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Wagga condensed matter conference to be joined by Asia–Pacific delegation

writerMurray Batchelor

Vol.35 (Aug) 2025 | Article no.26 2025

The 48th Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting will be held in conjunction with the 6th Asia–Pacific Conference on Condensed Matter Physics from 9 to 13th February 2026 in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia.

The Australian-New Zealand Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Conference, colloquially known as “Wagga”, has been held almost annually at the Charles Sturt University Conference Centre, Wagga Wagga, NSW, since 1977. The annual Asia–Pacific Conference on Condensed Matter Physics is organized through the AAPPS Division of Condensed Matter Physics, with the joint meeting to attract an international delegation from the Asia Pacific region.

The conference covers a wide spectrum of topics in condensed matter physics, including energy and functional materials, magnetism, superconductivity, quantum and topological materials, biophysics and medical physics, strongly correlated electrons, and advances in condensed matter theory.

Full details and key dates can be found at https://aip.org.au/CMM-Conference.

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