General Informations

You can find the registration form at the bottom of this page.

Before you fill it, please read the terms and conditions below. Please note that, upon registration, you will be asked for personal details (such as name, surname, date of birth, university affiliation, passport number etc.) and a note to describe your motivation to take part in the event. We recommend that you take this element of the selection very seriously, as it will be taken into consideration when selecting applicants.

Posters and Talks

During the event a set of students talk and a poster session will take place, so everyone is invited to apply and present their current research work, wheter it is part of a thesis project (at bacherlor, master or PhD level) or is an outcome of a summer programme or personal project.

Participants

In order to enroll one must be a member to IAPS or any affiliated associations. If you are not an AISF/IAPS member you can become one while registering for this event by compiling the following form.
Being an AISF member also includes membership to IAPS. Form 40 places are available, of whom approximatedly half will be Italian. Once registrations are closed, the selected participants are required to confirm by covering a participation fee of maximum €100. Please note that unfortunately we are not able to provide scholarships and/or bursaries for any students at this time. Please note that participants do not need to be specialized in the field of photonics, but can come from any discipline of physics.

Price and What is Included

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Once registrations are closed, the selected participants are required to confirm by covering a participation fee of maximum €100. To this price you will have to add the AISF registration fee, only if the participant is not already registered. Payments will then be required (by bank transfer or PayPal) by a date yet to be defined. The receipt will be delivered on the first day of the event. The price includes accommodation for the nights from May 15th to 19th, personalized gadgets, identification badge, access to the various facilities and events (university, laboratories, conferences), certificate of participation, insurance. The price does NOT include anything not explicitly indicated under 'the price includes'. In particular are not included travel toward Pisa and return from Florence, organization and payment of these are in charge of the participant. Meals not specified in the official Program are not included. The organizing committee will however suggest a few places where to eat and spend some free time.

Deadline for Registrations and Payment

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The registration period will be from the 25th of March 2025 to the 21st of April 2025. All applicants will be emailed within a few days of the registration closing, in order to communicate the outcome of the selection for the event. Payments will then be required (by bank transfer or PayPal) by a date yet to be defined.

Registrations are not open yet!
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Terms and Conditions

Before you subscribe to the event, please read carefully and take note of the followings:

All personal data will be handled confidentially. It will not be forwarded to any third parties except where necessary for the purpose of the conference. Please keep in mind that we will forward some of the information in your registration form to the Universities and research centres involved, as well as accomodation facilities. We will also send your name and university to the board of the national/loca committees of IAPS to check for your IAPS membership. Only students enrolled in a university or similar institution in a physics or physics-related course can participate, as well as those who received their degree in the last twelve months. You also confirm that you will be 18 years old on the 21st of April 2025. You acknowledge and agree that the organizing committee and the hosts of the event have no responsibility whatsoever for injuries, losses, or damages of any kind that result from your participation in the Lights of Tuscany 2025 programme. You accept the IAPS Code of Conduct. PDF By participating in the event you agree to be filmed, photographed and otherwise recorded during the conference anf hereby expressly grant the organizing committee, AISF and IAPS the right to use your pictures, movie or any other form of media publication in contexts such as internet sites, social media, brochures, posters, informative and advertising materials. You also confirm that the information contained in this application is true and correct. You accept that either the organizing committee, AISF or any other of the hosting institutes cannot be made responsible for the content of any poster, talk, workshop, excursion or similar activity. You accept that, in case of cancellation by a participant, the Organizing Committee will provide a reimbursement up to a date to be defined, only if a replacement for the student can be found. Before this date, any reimbursement will be made except for a 20 € fee, which will be withheld to cover administrative costs. No reimbursement will be given for membership fees under no circumstances. The present terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the Republic of Italy.