A. General Information

You are invited to participate in the 26th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress which will be held at the University of the Philippines, Bagiuo City, Philippines from October 22 - 24, 2008.

The Congress will include plenary, invited and contributed papers and workshops. The workshops will feature hands-on laboratory experiments, lively demonstrations and small-group discussions of Physics and Physics Education topics. The workshops will be conducted by leading physicists and experienced physics educators of the country today.

B. Contributed Papers

Manuscripts will undergo peer-review and the procedure is summarized here (PDF ). The congress will cover the following technical areas:

1. Research Sessions

Atmospheric Physics, Complex Systems, Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Image and Signal Processing, Instrumentation Physics, Lasers and Their Applications, Material Science, Optics and Photonics, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Plasma Physics, Theoretical Physics, Superconductivity

2. Physics Education Sessions

Physics Education Research, Learning Techniques, IT in Physics Education, Original Laboratory Experiments,Physics Concepts and Misconceptions

3. Special Session: International Heliophysical year

The Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP) will host a special session during the 26th SPP physics congress to discuss important issues and fundamental problems on sun-heliosphere interaction. This is in coordination with the International Heliophysical Year (IHY), which is an internationally coordinated scientific campaign. It builds on the success of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1957 in which a similar unprecedented internationally coordinated campaign to study global phenomena of the Earth and geospace was conducted.About 60,000 scientists from 67 countries working around the globe were involved in IGY. In the 50th Anniversary of that remarkable year, the international scientific community again comes together to undertake a massive, system-wide study of the extended heliophysical domain. In recognition of the International Heliophysical Year, the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas is calling for papers in the following areas:

    * Solar Physics
    * Planetary Magnetospheres
    * Heliosphere and Cosmic Rays
    * Planetary Ionospheres, Thermospheres and Mesospheres
    * Climate Studies
    * Heliobiology

D. Important Dates

E. Registration Fees

PhP 2000: Student Participant:
PhP 3000: SPP Member (+ Membership renewal)
PhP 3000: Regular Participant

Registration includes:
26th SPP Proceedings in CD
26th SPP Book of Abstracts
Complimentary copy of PISIKA Vol. 2 No. 1

Depending on available funds, SPP provides discounts to student presentors.  We urge student presentors to contact the SPP Secretary General ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) to apply for student discount.  

F. Additional Information

For additional information, feel free to contact the SPP National Secretariat via This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . You may also contact us through telefax number +63 2-4365341.

G. Endorsements

• Commission on Higher Education (PDF 542KB )