AFPAC 2025 – Anglo-French Physical Acoustic Conference

The Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference (AFPAC) is organised by Le Groupe d’Acoustique Physique and the Sous-marine et UltraSonore (GAPSUS) of the Société Française d’Acoustique (SFA) and the IOP Physical Acoustics Group. AFPAC provides a forum in which the current research activity in physical acoustics, underwater acoustics and ultrasonics is reviewed. 

This year, the 23rd edition of AFPAC is organised by the GREMAN laboratory (INSA Centre Val de Loire, Université de Tours & CNRS) in the Loire Valley!

The scope for this conference is to encourage cross-fertilisation of ideas across different application areas in the field of physical acoustics. Topics include, but are not limited to: theoretical developments (all methods); experimental measurements; transduction; linear or nonlinear elastic or acoustic (bulk, surface, guided) wave radiation, propagation, scattering and reception; application to material characterisation, biomedical ultrasound, imaging (non-destructive testing, medical, underwater, seismology), SAW in electronic devices etc.

This conference will pay tribute to Thérèse Planiol, a pioneer of ultrasounds in Touraine, by organising a session on medical ultrasound, a gala dinner. These events will take place at the Château de Saint Senoch, where she used to live. 

AFPAC Student Competition with 200€ prize

Students (Master, Phd & Post-doctoral fellows) have an opportunity to enter a Graphical Abstract to promote their presentations. These will be displayed virtually during the conference and a cash prize will be awarded to the graphical abstract judged to be the best. Guidelines for the graphical abstract can be found here. Students must have an accepted abstract to submit a graphical abstract.
Please email submissions to thibaut.devaux@univ-tours.fr

Graphical Abstract Submission Deadline Friday 10 January 2025.  

Important Dates

  • Registrations will open on 10 September 2024
  • Abstract Submission Deadline 23:59 Friday 1st November 2024 
  • Registration Deadline 23:59 Friday 29 November 2024 
  • Graphical Abstract Submission Deadline 23:59 Friday 10 January 2025