Category: Scientific Events
HDR defense: Ziad Rustom – December 15, 2025
FIRST-TF 2025 annual meeting & workshop on “Application of Time-Frequency technologies to defense and space industries”
Slides presented at those events are now available at this page
HDR defense: Clement Lacroute
On Thursday, October 16, 2025, Clement Lacroute will defend his HDR entitled:
“Cavités Fabry-Perot ultra-stables et pièges à ions à électrodes surfaciques pour la métrologie des fréquences optiques”
The defense will take place at 2 p.m. in the Mesnages amphitheater at SUPMICROTECH-ENSMM (Besançon).
REFIMEVE 2025 Annual meeting- Grenoble – Registrations open
On behalf of the organizing committee, I am pleased to announce the opening of registration for the REFIMEVE 2025 General Assembly. You can do so here:
https://agrefimeve2025.sciencesconf.org/.
For logistical reasons, the registration deadline is November 7th at 12:00 PM UTC+1. Registration is free but mandatory, even for guests.
On the General Assembly website, you will find the full program, which includes laboratory visits on the morning of the second day. These will be organized into three parallel groups, including a visit to LIPhy. You are invited to prioritize the second laboratory on campus from among three options: IRAM, IPAG, and ISTERRE.
Workshop – Fundamental Physics in Space with Quantum Sensors
We are organizing an Aspen Center for Physics (ACP) winter workshop on Fundamental Physics in Space with Quantum Sensors, to be held February 22-27, 2026 in Aspen, Colorado, USA. The goal of this workshop is to bring together the fundamental physics, quantum sensor, and space instrument communities in order to brainstorm ideas for space missions with quantum sensors that can shed light on physics beyond the Standard Model. For more information, please see our conference website:
https://sites.google.com/view/fundamental-physics-in-space
We hope that you will join us for the workshop! Please also forward this message to colleagues and team members who may be interested, especially postdocs and graduate students who are not on this email list.
All interested participants must apply to attend the workshop through the ACP website:
https://aspenphys.org/winter/winter-application-process
The application portal is open now, and applications must be submitted before the portal closes on September 15. Contributed talks and posters are encouraged.
Call for Abstracts: ITM/PTTI 2026
Abstract Deadline is October 3, 2025
Submit your abstract today for the ITM/PTTI 2026 conference. The ION International Technical Meeting (ITM) features a technical program related to positioning, navigation and timing and includes the ION Fellows and Annual Awards presentations. The meeting will take place in Anaheim, California, January 26-29, 2026, and will be co-located with the Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting (PTTI).
Two Technical Events for the Price of One
ITM is the ION’s winter meeting with peer-reviewed technical papers related to positioning, navigation, and timing and includes the ION Fellows and Annual Awards presentations.
PTTI is the technical conference designed to disseminate and coordinate PTTI information at the user level; review present and future PTTI requirements; inform government and industry engineers, technicians and managers of precise time and frequency technology and its problems; and provide an opportunity for an active exchange of new technology associated with PTTI.
Registration will open in Fall of 2025.
REFIMEVE general meeting 2025 – Grenoble
The next REFIMEVE/T-REFIMEVE general meeting will be held this year on December 1 and 2 in Grenoble.
The program is currently being finalized, but the outline will be as follows:
December 1 – opening at 2 p.m., followed by scientific presentations and a poster session.
December 2 morning – scientific presentations.
December 2 afternoon – lab visits and poster session (continued).
Please reserve these dates now.
IEEE IFCS 2026: Call for Abstracts
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First Call for Papers for EFTF 2026, the 39th edition of the European Frequency and Time Forum
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the first Call for Papers for EFTF 2026, the 39th edition of the European Frequency and Time Forum.
EFTF is a leading international conference and exhibition focused on the latest advances in the science and technology of Frequency and Time. In 2026, the conference will be proudly hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and held in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, just steps from ESTEC – ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre – a unique setting at the heart of Europe’s space community.
📄 Download the Call for Papers
🌐 Visit the EFTF 2026 website
📌 Topics of Interest include:
- Materials, Resonators & Resonator Circuits
- Oscillators, Synthesizers, Noise & Circuit Techniques
- Microwave Frequency Standards & Applications
- Sensors & Transducers
- Timekeeping, Time & Frequency Transfer, GNSS Applications
- Optical Frequency Standards & Applications
- High-Precision Measurement & Metrology
- Quantum Technologies with Frequency Control
🔍 Conference Highlights
- Tutorials by renowned experts
- Invited and contributed presentations across a wide range of topics
- Plenary sessions with leading voices in the field
- Exhibition area with global industry leaders
- Awards, including the EFTF Awards and Student Paper Competition
📅 Key Dates
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 11 November 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: 12 January 2026
- Early Registration Deadline: 20 February 2026
- Tutorials: 20 April 2026
- Conference Dates: 21–23 April 2026
Thanks to IEEE technical co-sponsorship, accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore®.
We warmly invite you to submit your abstract and join us in Noordwijk for this exciting edition of EFTF. Instructions about paper submission will be published soon.
Best regards,
On behalf of the EFTF 2026 Organising Committee
Registration and program: AG FIRST-TF annual meeting- Thematic Workshop – Rennes, 7-9 October 2025
Hello,
Registration is now open for the FIRST-TF 2025 Annual Meeting. This year’s AG will be held in Rennes at the FOTON laboratories (logistics being finalized) from October 7 to 9, and will be followed by a thematic workshop:
– October 7: laboratory visits at FOTON
– October 8: FIRST-TF Annual Meeting
– October 9: workshop on “Application of Time-Frequency technologies to defense and space industries”.
The detailed program (still being finalized) and registration form are available on:
https://agfirsttf2025.sciencesconf.org/
Logistical information is not yet complete. The website will be updated as details become available.
In order to facilitate organization, and in particular mission management, it would be advisable for the bulk of registrations to be made during July and August, so please don’t delay too long.
For further information: contact@first-tf.com
Yours sincerely
-Yann Kersalé and Luca Lorini