Europhysics News 53-4

YOUNG MINDS
EPS Young Minds - an outlook in 2022
The Young Minds (YM) programme of the European Physical Society (EPS) was
initiated 12 years ago, with the goal to connect young students and researchers all
over Europe, to strengthen their collaboration, the exchange among them, and to
support their professional and personal growth. The program now comprises more than
60 active sections operating in over 35 countries within Europe and the neighboring
Mediterranean countries.
l Richard Zeltner and Mattia Ostinato
The EPS YM Leadership
Meeting 2022
A highlight in the annual agenda of
YM is the annual Leadership Meeting
(LM) during which section delegates
from the whole network are coming
together to engage in various professional
development and networking
activities. Due to the Corona pandemic
the LM 2020 had to be cancelled
and the LM 2021 has been
organized as a virtual event. In 2022,
with the pandemic situation being
more under control, the YM community
gathered for its first physical
LM since 3 years ago in the framework
of the EPS Forum 2022, from June
2 to 3 at the Sorbonne University in
Paris. The co-location with the EPS
Forum allowed the participants to
benefit from both the professional
development and networking opportunities
which are provided during
the LM and from the exposition
to industrial technology leaders and
world-class researchers, including
3 Nobel Laureates, that presented at
the Forum. The meeting gathered 43
section delegates, coming from 21
different countries, as well as guests
from the “International Association
of Physics Students” and other young
. The EPS Young
Minds leadership
meeting during
the EPS Forum
2022 in Paris.
researchers not yet related to EPS YM.
This meeting can therefore be considered
as a great success.
The Leadership Meeting was
opened on June 2 by welcoming words
of Richard Zeltner, EPS YM Chair, and
Mattia Ostinato, Action Committee
Member and lead of the LM organization
team. After the participants
formed a first connection during a
Physics Quiz, they attended the various
industrial talks, which provided
insights into the career opportunities
and the research carried out in the
private sector. In the afternoon of the
first day Dr. Jean-François Morizur,
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