In a deviation from decades of hosting this annual forum at CSIRO Lindfield, in 2025 we were invited to combine the Physics in Industry Day with the AIP's Summer Meeting – a major physics conference, held for the first time in a regional centre: Wollongong.

The Physics in Industry Forum is scheduled for the Wednesday afternoon and will be open to the general public as well as any of the 400+ delegates at the conference.

Our 2025 topic has been chosen to align with local strengths in space technologies to attract delegates from further afield.

Space and space industries are a growing industrial segment in Australia. The nation possesses increasing numbers of companies with "space heritage" (launched something!) and with globally competitive technology. Space is an industry that instantly captures the imagination, but is also provides practical, inexpensive, routine benefits that we all use (potentially unknowingly) every single day. In our forum we will firstly consider successful space endeavours in Australia and delve into the more specialised topic of how to ensure the microelectronics in space-deployed systems operates flawlessly, is fault-tolerant and is designed to withstand the effects of radiation and cosmic interference.

Session 2: Microelectronics in Space

Event  website: https://www.aip.org.au/PID2025

Registration: 2025 AIP Physics in Industry Forum: Future Space Technologies - CSIRO