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SAIP2026

6–10 Jul 2026
University of the Western Cape
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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SAIP2026 Conference

Session

Plenary

7 Jul 2026, 08:30
Jakes Gerwel Hall (University of the Western Cape)

Jakes Gerwel Hall

University of the Western Cape

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  1. 541. What the Cell Sees: Modelling the Bionano Interface
    Prof. Vladimir Vladimir Lobaskin (School of Physics, University College Dublin)
    07/07/2026, 08:30
    Track A - Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials
    Oral Presentation

    Bionano interactions sit at the heart of some of the most promising technologies of the
    coming decade, including targeted drug delivery, mRNA vaccines, biosensors, theranostic
    agents, and engineered interfaces for regenerative medicine. They are, at the same time,
    the key to understanding the toxicity of nanomaterials. In both roles, what matters is not the
    pristine nanomaterial but the...

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  2. 542. Applied Physics Plenary - Prof EE van Dyk
    Ernest van Dyk
    07/07/2026, 13:40
    Track F - Applied Physics
    Oral Presentation

    The global deployment of photovoltaic (PV) technology has accelerated dramatically over the past decade, establishing solar energy as one of the fastest-growing sources of electricity worldwide. South Africa has mirrored this trend, driven by both utility-scale developments and widespread adoption across the commercial, industrial and residential sectors. By early 2026, the country's...

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  3. 546. Structured Light and Darkness in Nanophotonics
    Prof. Natalia Litchinitser (Duke University)
    08/07/2026, 13:40
    Track H - Plenaries
    Oral Presentation

    The rapid development of optical technologies, including optical manipulation and trapping, data processing, sensing and metrology, advanced imaging and microscopy, as well as classical and quantum communications, necessitates the exploration of new degrees of freedom for structuring light in space and time beyond conventional control of amplitude, phase, and polarization. Topological...

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  4. 547. Advances in Nuclear Structure Physics
    Paul Garrett (University of Guelph)
    09/07/2026, 08:30
    Track H - Plenaries
    Oral Presentation

    The past two decades have witnessed a resurgence in nuclear structure physics due to the advent of radioactive beam facilities around the world. In parallel, there have been tremendous strides in nuclear structure theory that are able to provide highly accurate predictions from first-principle approaches. New phenomena are being discovered and old paradigms challenged resulting in a much...

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  5. 540. JENS H. GUNDLACH
    09/07/2026, 13:40
  6. 177. The Sun in Focus: From Early Telescopes to High-Resolution Physics
    Prof. Eamon Scullion (University of Northumbria Newcastle upon Tyne (UK))
    10/07/2026, 13:30
    Track H - Plenaries
    Oral Presentation

    From its earliest presence in southern African cosmology, where the Sun was revered in San and Nguni traditions as a life-giving and regulating force, to its formal study within the Royal Astronomical Society era of systematic observation, our understanding of the Sun has evolved through a remarkable fusion of culture, geography, and technology. This plenary traces the evolution of solar...

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