Our theme is Transitions. In physics, this often refers to a change in state, such as a change in energy state for a quantum system. There will be three SHAPE workshops related to quantum systems. However, transitions also describes high schools students going to a two-year college or four-year college and college students going to the workforce. We will have presentations by Brand Conrad and Lavinia Sebastian on developing the workforce. With the disruptive technology of agentic AI, the entire field of education is in transition.

• Call for Papers (due March 18)

• Register for the Conference (due March 19)

• Pay registration fees for the Spring 2026 meeting

• Directions to Riddick Hall, NC State

• Campus Map (Riddick Hall)

• Hotels

  1. • Aloft Raleigh

     • Holiday Inn Express & Suites Raleigh SW NC State

     • The StateView Hotel

• Dinner/Breakfast/Lunch Menu 

• Tentative Schedule:

Friday, Mar. 27, 2026                                                       Saturday, Mar. 28, 2026

5:00 – 6:00 PM Registration                                          7:30 – 8:20 AM Coffee / Breakfast

6:00 – 7:00 PM Dinner                                                     8:20 – 8:30 AM Welcome

7:00 – 8:00 PM Invited Speaker                                    8:30 – 9:10 AM Invited Speaker - Astro

9:10 – 9:50 AM Invited Speaker - Workforce Development

                                                                                          9:50 – 10:00 Break

                                                                                          10:00 – 11:00: Contributed Talks

11:00 – noon: Parallel Sessions for Contributed Talks and Workshop 1 (Photoelectric Effect with LEDs)

                                                                                          12:00 – 12:45 Lunch

12:45 – 1:15 Poster Session

                                                                                           1:15 – 2:10 Workshop 2 (QuarkNet)

                                                                                           2:15 – 3:10 Workshop 3 (Quantum Games)

3:15 – 4:15 NCS-AAPT Business Meeting

Contact host Aaron Titus (aptitus@ncsu.edu) if you have questions about the meeting.