Some 7000 people will descend upon Baltimore this month for the American Physical Society’s annual March meeting, which has more than 90 invited sessions, some 550 contributed sessions, more than 200 focus sessions, and three poster sessions. Topics range from condensed matter physics, materials physics, high polymer physics, and fluid dynamics to chemical and biological physics, laser science, computational physics, industrial and applied physics, and atomic, molecular, and optical physics. There are also dozens of group and division business meetings, symposia, workshops, socials, and receptions throughout the week.
The meeting, which runs from Monday, 13 March through Friday, 17 March, with pre-sessions scheduled for Saturday, 11 March and Sunday, 12 March, is well past its centennial. Specific information on session and other program descriptions is available at http://www.aps.org/meet/MAR06. All scientific sessions and some APS-sponsored sessions are held at the Baltimore Convention Center; other satellite sessions are convening at the...
