Scientific Program

Sat. Mar. 13 Sun. Mar. 14 Mon. Mar. 15 Tue. Mar. 16 Wed. Mar. 17 Thu. Mar. 18 Fri. Mar. 19

Saturday, Mar. 13, 2021 All times Central

9:00 am–6:00 pm
DPOLY Short Course: Macromolecular Engineering of Formulations

Sunday, Mar. 14, 2021 All times Central

8:00 am–12:00 pm
Workshop for the US-Africa Initiative in Electronic Structure
8:30 am–12:30 pm
T4. Fermi-Hubbard Systems
8:30 am–12:30 pm
T3. Noisy Quantum Devices
8:30 am–12:30 pm
T2. Active Learning and AI for Computational and Autonomous Experiments
8:30 am–12:30 pm
T1. Density Functional Theory
9:00 am–6:00 pm
DPOLY Short Course: Macromolecular Engineering of Formulations
11:00 am–2:00 pm
Women Make the World Go Round: A Pi Day Wiki Edit-a-thon
12:30 pm–4:30 pm
DBIO Short Course: Machine Learning for Biological Physics
1:30 pm–5:30 pm
T8. Synthetic Photonic Matter
1:30 pm–5:30 pm
T7. Quantum Sensing
1:30 pm–5:30 pm
T6. Optical Coherence Tomography: Methods and Biomedical Applications
1:30 pm–5:30 pm
DSOFT/GSNP Short Course: Introduction to Topological Data Analysis
1:30 pm–5:30 pm
T5. Data analysis and modern visualization
6:00 pm–7:00 pm
National Mentoring Community Matching Event

Monday, Mar. 15, 2021 All times Central

8:00 am–6:00 pm
Scientific Sessions
8:00 am–6:30 pm
Industry Days
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Tutorial for Authors and Referees
12:00 pm–3:00 pm
Exhibit Hall
6:00 pm–9:00 pm
Kavli Foundation Special Symposium

Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2021 All times Central

8:00 am–6:00 pm
Scientific Sessions
8:00 am–6:30 pm
Industry Days
9:00 am–11:00 am
Bystander Intervention: A Tool to Build Inclusive and Equitable Society Events and Workplaces
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Physical Review Session on “Communication: A Key to the Progress of Physics”
12:00 pm–3:00 pm
Job Expo
12:00 pm–3:00 pm
Exhibit Hall
12:30 pm–2:00 pm
Student Chat with the Experts
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
APS Innovation Fund Q&A
4:00 pm–6:00 pm
Managing Threats to Your Department: Building a Thriving Physics Program
6:00 pm–8:00 pm
Student Networking and Game Night: Physics Crossing–A Virtual Physics Odyssey
7:15 pm–8:15 pm
NSF Polymers Q&A Session

Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2021 All times Central

8:00 am–6:00 pm
Scientific Sessions
8:00 am–6:30 pm
Industry Days
12:00 pm–3:00 pm
Job Expo
12:00 pm–4:00 pm
Graduate School Fair
12:00 pm–3:00 pm
Exhibit Hall
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Charitable Giving for Physicists
4:00 pm–5:00 pm
LGBT+ Roundtable
5:00 pm–6:00 pm
NSBP Meetup
5:30 pm–6:30 pm
Publishing Biological Physics in Physical Review Journals
6:00 pm–7:00 pm
NSHP Meetup
6:00 pm–7:00 pm
arXiv 30 Years Later: Present and Future
8:00 pm–9:00 pm
DBIO Happy Hour

Thursday, Mar. 18, 2021 All times Central

8:00 am–6:00 pm
Scientific Sessions
8:00 am–6:30 pm
Industry Days
12:00 pm–3:00 pm
Job Expo
12:00 pm–3:00 pm
Exhibit Hall
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
March Meeting Taskforce Town Hall
2:30 pm–5:00 pm
Building Your Physics Career: How to Put Your Science to WORK
5:30 pm–6:45 pm
Town Hall Meeting of BESAC Subcommittee on International Benchmarking Study
7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Movie Night: The Bit Player (Hosted by Physics Magazine)

Friday, Mar. 19, 2021 All times Central

8:00 am–2:30 pm
Scientific Sessions