Programme of the congress
All lectures are with English translation.
October 16, 2020 (Warsaw University of Technology) | ||
Forenoon session | ||
11.00am – 12:45pm | Opening Ceremony of the Congress Chairperson: prof. Leszek Sirko |
Physics Hall |
11.00am – 11.45am | Welcome speeches | ![]() |
11.45am – 12.45pm | Medals and awards of the Polish Physical Society prof. Leszek Sirko |
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12.45am – 1.45pm | The centennial of the Polish Physical Society prof. dr hab. Andrzej Kajetan Wróblewski |
(cancelled) |
11.45am – 1.30pm | Lectures by physicists from the five cities whose delegates attended the PPS Founding Meeting in 1920 Chairperson: prof. Leszek Sirko |
Physics Hall |
11.45am – 1.30pm | Polish Physical Society in Warsaw Jerzy E. Garbarczyk (Warsaw University of Technology) |
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1.30pm – 2.00pm | Unveiling of the plaque commemorating the establishment of the PPS on April 11, 1920 in the Physics Building of the Warsaw University of Technology | ![]() |
Afternoon session | ||
4:00pm – 4:30pm | Unveiling of the holographic installation in honor of prof. Mieczysław Wolfke | ![]() |
4.30pm – 5.30pm | Lectures by physicists from the five cities whose delegates attended the PPS Founding Meeting in 1920 Chairperson: prof. Katarzyna Chałasińska-Macukow |
Physics Hall |
4.30pm – 5.00pm | Polish Physical Society in Wilno and Toruń Józef Szudy (Nicolaus Copenicus University in Torun) |
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5.00pm – 5.30pm | Polish Physical Society in Lviv and Wroclaw Adam Kiejna (University of Wroclaw) |
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Evening session | ||
6.00pm – 7.00pm | Lectures by physicists from the five cities whose delegates attended the PPS Founding Meeting in 1920 Chairperson: prof. Stefan Pokorski |
Physics Hall |
6.00pm – 6:30pm | Polish Physical Society in Krakow Wojciech Gawlik (Jagellonian University) |
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6:30pm – 7.00pm | Polish Physical Society in Poznan Henryk Drozdowski (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan) |
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October 17, 2020 (Building of the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw) | ||
Morning session | ||
9.00am – 9.15am | Announcement of the results of the jubilee competitions "My physics teacher" and "Physics, I like it!" prof. Dariusz Wasik - Dean of the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw |
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9.15am – 11.45am | Physics in Poland - where we are? Chairperson: prof. Wiesław Kamiński |
Auditorium |
9.15am – 9.45am | What is new in gravitational wave astronomy? Tomasz Bulik (Univeristy of Warsaw) |
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9.45am – 10.15am | Spectroscopy, optical atomic clocks, and dark matter Roman Ciuryło (Nicolaus Copenicus Univeristy in Torun) |
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10.15am – 10.45am | Neutrino oscillations Jan Sobczyk (University of Wroclaw) |
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10.45am – 11.15am | Higgs particle - the end of a story and what next? Stefan Pokorski (Univeristy of Warsaw) |
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11.15am – 11.45am |
Exotic nuclei and two-proton radioactivity Marek Pfützner (Univeristy of Warsaw) |
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Forenoon session | ||
12.00pm – 2:00pm | Physics in Poland - where we are? Chairperson: prof. Dariusz Wasik |
Auditorium |
12.00pm – 12.30pm | Nanotechnologies, photonics and alternative energy sources Maria Kamińska (University of Warsaw) |
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12.30pm – 13.00pm | From semimagnetic semiconductors to spintronics and topological matter Tomasz Dietl (Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw; Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
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1.00pm – 1.30pm | Quantum information Ryszard Horodecki (University of Gdansk) |
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1.30pm – 2.00pm | Physics for politicians Janusz Hołyst (Warsaw Univeristy of Technology) |
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Afternoon session | ||
4.00pm – 6.00pm | Physics in Poland - where we are? Chairperson: prof. Roman Puźniak |
Auditorium |
4.00pm – 4.30pm | Next generation therapeutics: are chemically modified mRNAs the greatest hope for gene therapy? Joanna Kowalska (University of Warsaw) |
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4.30pm – 5.00pm | Hadronotherapy - from physics to medicine Paweł Olko (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS) |
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5.00pm – 5.30pm | Positronium in physics, biology and medicine Paweł Moskal (Jagiellonian University in Kraków) |
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5.30pm – 6.00pm | Solaris - X-rays for physics, chemistry, biology and medicine Marek Stankiewicz (Jagiellonian University) |
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Evening session | ||
6.00pm – 8.00pm | Poster session "100 posters for the century" | Virtual space |
8:00pm – 8:15pm | Announcement of the EPL competition results for the best poster | Virtual space |
October 18, 2020 (Building of the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw) | ||
Forenoon session | ||
10.45am – 12.45pm | Century of teaching physics in Poland Chairperson: prof. Krzysztof Turzyński |
Auditorium |
10.45am – 11.30am | 100 years of physics teacher education in Poland Wojciech Nawrocik (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan) |
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11.30am – 12.00am | Physical experiment in teaching physics in the past and today Jerzy Jarosz (University of Silesia in Katowice) |
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12.00am – 12.45am | Spectacular physical shows over 100 years Krzysztof Karpierz (University of Warsaw) |
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Aftrnoon session | ||
1.00pm – 4:15pm | Century of teaching physics in Poland Chairperson: prof. Andrzej Wysmołek |
Auditorium |
1.00pm – 1.30pm | Modern technologies in physical demonstrations Bożena Zgardzińska, Zbigniew Surowiec (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin) |
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1.30pm – 2.30pm | Experiment at the 21st century school Maria Dobkowska, Mirosław Łośtogether with Physical Organisation of Doctor LABO, Ewa Pater, Zenona Stojecka and Adam Buczek |
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2:30pm – 4:00pm | Didactic bazaar | ![]() |
4:00pm – 4:15pm | Closing of the congress prof. Leszek Sirko |
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Warsaw University of Technology:

Physics Building of WUT
Koszykowa 75

Main Building of WUT
pl. Politechniki 1

Main Building of WUT
pl. Politechniki 1
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics:

Faculty of Physics UW
Pasteura 5

Faculty of Physics UW
Pasteura 5

Faculty of Physics UW
ul. Pasteura 5