The AIP runs biennial Congresses to bring the Australian Physics community together. A new host is chosen each time, and the program committee draws heavily on input from the topical groups.

The 25th Congress was held in December 2024 in Melbourne; stay tuned for plans for the 2026 Congress!

The Handbook (program & abstracts) from many previous Congresses are accessible in the table below.

Index of all Congress papers

A simple list, sorted by the presenting author, is now available, see here.

This list doesn't have papers from 1979, 1984 & 1996.

(Please note this is "work in progress": in some instances not all authors are listed & there are numerous typos arising from the OCR process.)

Here is a complete list of previous AIP congresses with details of where to access the programme and possibly the abstracts.

#	Location	Date	Details & Publication Name	Library holding(s)	Program, outline, abstracts
25	Melbourne	December 2024	25th Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), the 17th International Conference on Near-field Optics, Nanophotonics, and Related Techniques (NFO-17), the 2024 Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP), and the 2024 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD)		Congress website
24	Adelaide	December 2022	24th Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics, co-locating with the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP), the 2022 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD), and the 7th International Workshop on Speciality Optical Fibers (WSOF)		Handbook Brief Abstracts Link to full abstracts
23	Perth	December 2018	23rd Australian Institute of Physics Congress joint with Australian Optical Society (AOS) Conference; 43rd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT); 2018 Conference on Optoelectronlc and Microelectronic: Materials and Devices (COMMAD 2018)		Handbook
22	Brisbane	December 2016	APPC-AIP Congress 2016 (Joint 13th Asian Pacific Physics Conference and 22nd Australian Institute of Physics Congress incorporating the Australian Optical Society Conf.)		Program Handbook
21	Canberra	December 2014	21st Biennial Australian Institute of Physics Congress, incorporating the Australian Optical Society Conf.		Handbook
20	Sydney	December 2012	20th Australian Institute of Physics Congress incorporating the 37th Australian Conf. on Optical Fibre Technology and the Australian Optical Society Conf. ISBN 978-0-85825991-1 (CD-ROM: Extended abstracts and full refereed papers)	National Library	Handbook Link to full abstracts
19	Melbourne	December 2010	19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress incorporating the 35th Australian Conf. on Optical Fibre Technology and the Australian Optical Society Conf. ISBN 978-0-9775657-6-4 (CD-ROM: Extended abstracts and full refereed papers)		Handbook Link to full abstracts
18	Adelaide	November/December 2008	Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) 18th National Congress [electronic resource]: incorporating the 27th AINSE Plasma Science Conference: refereed papers / 30 November-5 December 2008, The University of Adelaide. ISBN 1 876346 57 4 (CD-ROM: Refereed papers)	Libraries Australia	Handbook (including abstracts)
17	Brisbane	December 2006	Australian Institute of Physics 17th National Conference 2006 : Refereed Papers / Dobson, John, Sang, Robert. ISBN 0-9598064-7-4 (CD-ROM: Refereed papers)	National Library	Handbook (including abstracts)
16	Canberra	January/February 2005	16th National Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics: physics for the nation: Manning Clark Centre, Australian National University of Canberra, Sunday 30 January to Friday 4 February 2005: congress handbook and abstracts. ISBN 0-7315-5222-9 (CD-ROM)	Libraries Australia	Handbook (including abstracts)
15	Sydney	July 2002	Physics and industry working together [electronic resource]: proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002: 8-11 July 2002, Sydney Australia / edited by David Neilson. ISBN 0-9598064-4-X Co-located with the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT)	National Library	Handbook (including abstracts)
14	Adelaide	December 2000	14th National Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics, Adelaide, South Australia, December 10-15, 2000: Congress abstracts and posters summaries.	Libraries Australia	Handbook Program Abstracts and Poster Summaries
13	Perth	September/October 1998	13th National Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics, Fremantle, Western Australia, September 27 - October 2 1998 : program and abstracts. ISBN 1 86308 071 6	National Library	Program and Abstracts
12	Hobart	July 1996	Congress proceedings : July 1-5 1996, 12th Australian Institute of Physics Congress incorporating 16th AINSE Nuclear & Particle Physics Conference / Australian Institute of Physics.	National Library
11	Brisbane	July 1994	Abstracts: the sixth Asia Pacific physics conference of the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies and the eleventh Australian Institute of Physics Congress: 4-8 July 1994, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Nathan Brisbane, Australia.	Libraries Australia	Book of abstracts (including list of papers)
10	Melbourne	February 1992	Tenth national congress handbook: 10-14 February 1992, the University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.	Libraries Australia	Handbook (including abstracts)
9	Perth	February 1990	Cancelled (due to industrial troubles in the aviation industry)
8	Sydney	January 1988	Conference programme / Australian Bicentenary Congress of Physicists: Eighth AIP Congress, 25-29 January, 1988, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia.	Libraries Australia	Program and Abstracts
7	Adelaide	August 1986	Seventh National Congress: University of Adelaide, 25-29 August, 1986 / Australian Institute of Physics. Workshops on Condensed Matter Physics: University of Adelaide, 25-29 August, 1986	National Library	Program and Abstracts CMP Workshop Program and Abstracts
6	Brisbane	August 1984			Aust Physics
5	Canberra	August 1982	Fifth National Physics Congress, Australian National University, Canberra, 23-27 August 1982.	National Library	Program and Abstracts
4	Melbourne	August 1980	Australian Institute of Physics 4th National Congress, University of Melbourne	National Library	Prpgram and Abstracts
3	Perth	January 1979	Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics, Third National Congress, Perth 15-19 January 1979.	National Library
2	Sydney	August 1976	Second National Congress [with] 16th Annual Conference on Physics & Engineering in Medicine & Biology.	Libraries Australia	Program and Abstracts
1	Adelaide	May 1974	Australian Institute of Physics National Congress, Flinders University		Program and Abstracts

The AIP would like to provide a full copy of the handbook or program from all past congresses to the National Library. Anyone having a copy of those proceedings missing in the above table is asked to contact the AIP.

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