Press program now available for the world's largest physics meeting

Check out the press program for the Global Physics Summit.

2026-03-10

(Press-News.org) Next week, nearly 14,000 scientists from around the world will convene to share new research results from across physics at the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit. The conference will be held in Denver and online everywhere March 15-20.

Press kit Press releases, tip sheets, and other materials are now available in the Global Physics Summit digital press kit. Registered journalists and public information officers will also receive emails with information daily for the duration of the meeting.

Press room In-person press registrants will have access to a press room (meeting room 608 in the Colorado Convention Center) for work and networking. The room will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. MT on Friday. Light breakfast, snacks, refreshments, and lunch will be served Monday through Thursday. Only breakfast will be available on Friday. An interview room will be available next door (Convention Center meeting room 606) by reservation or on a first-come, first-served basis.

Panel discussion and virtual tour: Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment On Monday, March 16 from 10 a.m. to noon MT, Fermilab will host an in-person panel discussion and virtual tour in the press room that will feature scientists and engineers working on the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) currently under construction in Illinois and South Dakota. The panel portion will be livestreamed.

Panel and Q&A: Colorado Underground Research Institute (CURIE) On Tuesday, March 17 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. MT, join Colorado School of Mines in the press room for a livestreamed, in-person panel discussion and Q&A about how part of a historic Colorado silver and gold mine is being transformed into a shallow underground laboratory for research in quantum information science, subatomic physics, quantum sensing, and more.

Breakfast briefing: from qubits to fault-tolerant quantum computers On Wednesday, March 18 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. MT in the press room, join Quantum Machines, a leader in hybrid quantum control, for a livestreamed, in-person briefing about the latest advances toward fault-tolerant quantum computing with their chief technology officer, a 2025 Nobel laureate, and scientists from MIT/the Niels Bohr Institute and more.

Science writers happy hour In partnership with the Science Writers Association of the Rocky Mountains (SWARM), APS will host a happy hour on Wednesday, March 18 at 5:30 p.m. MT at the Assembly Hall Bar + Market located on the first floor of the Hyatt Regency. When you arrive at the bar, you will find the happy hour group next to a giant stuffed bee. Press registrants will receive two complimentary drink tickets.

Pre-meeting events Press registrants, meeting attendees, and members of the public are invited to attend Squishy Science Sunday at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on March 15. This family-friendly event features hands-on activities about physics and is included with a general admission museum ticket. Discounted museum tickets are available with the code APSSQUISHY26.

All three winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics will discuss their prize-winning research on macroscopic quantum phenomena. This special session will take place at the Convention Center in Bellco Theatre 3-5 from 4-6:12 p.m on March 15.

Scientific program The scientific program includes more than 12,000 individual presentations on new research in astrophysics, particle physics, quantum information science, computational physics, and more. For more information, search the scientific program. All times are in Mountain time.

Press registration News media with valid APS press credentials may register for the meeting at no cost. To request press credentials, visit APS’ online newsroom. Registration will remain open throughout the meeting.

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The American Physical Society is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance physics by fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and global community dedicated to science and society. APS represents more than 50,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories, and industry in the United States and around the world.

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