The 2026 Atlantic Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy Conference (AUPAC) will take place March 06 to 08. The conference will be hosted by the University of Prince Edward Island, at the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering and Physics Building.
Registration is open now until March 2, 2026.
Presentation submissions are open and the deadline is February 27, 2026.
Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Paul Scholz (York University): Fast radio bursts: What are they and where do they come from?
- Aldona Wiacek (Saint Mary’s University): Remote sensing for air quality and climate change applications: Aeolian (wind-blown) mineral dust in the Canadian Arctic
- Laurent Kreplak (Dalhousie University): Nature’s steel: collagen mechanics at the nanoscale
- Michael Steinitz, Emeritus Professor of Physics (St. Francis Xavier University): Why Everyone Should Have a Synchrotron Light Source
- Maria Kilfoil (University of Prince Edward Island): The cell nucleus as active matter driven by DNA topology-relaxing enzyme activity
For more information on the event, keynote speakers, and student presentations, visit the AUPAC 2026 website.