Call for Papers
We invite submissions for contributed talks and symposia at Foundations of Physics 2027, to be held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, from 14 to 16 July 2027.
The conference brings together physicists, philosophers and scholars working in the foundations of physics to share their work, build connections, and explore foundational issues in physics. As the first Foundations of Physics conference to be held in Asia, Foundations 2027 also aims to promote research in the region and connect researchers with the wider international community.
We welcome contributions that advance foundational and philosophical questions in physics, regarding quantum mechanics, spacetime theories, statistical physics, cosmology, or other topics at the conceptual frontiers of physics.
Submission
All submissions must be made through the Foundations of Physics 2027 submission form on Oxford Abstracts: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/83476/submitter
Please select either Contributed Talk or Symposium under “Presentation category” and follow the requirements for your chosen category.
1. Contributed Talks
Each talk will be given for 30 minutes, inclusive of Q&A. Please enter an abstract of 300–500 words, with 3–5 bibliographic references, in the “Abstract” field of the form.
2. Symposia
Each symposium is given up to two hours, and it is up to the symposium organizer to allocate time as they deem fit. Symposium submissions require both a short abstract entered into the form and a separate proposal uploaded as a single PDF.
In the “Abstract” field, please enter an abstract of 100–200 words introducing the topic of the symposium.
Please upload a single PDF containing a summary of the symposium topic of 1,200–1,500 words, with 5–10 bibliographic references, which should include:
1) An abstract of 200–300 words for each talk in the symposium.
2) Brief biographical details for each speaker.
3) You must include in the summary a plan for how you wish to allot your two hours to your speakers.
Submission Guidelines
Please complete all required fields in the submission form. In particular:
Title: Enter the full title of your submission as it should appear in the final programme.
Authors and affiliations: Enter the names of all authors, including yourself if you are an author, in the order in which you wish them to appear in the programme. Provide an email address and affiliation details for each author, including institution, city and country.
Presenting authors: Identify the presenting author or authors using the “Presenting” checkbox in the author details section.
Please ensure that all authors are included in the form. Names omitted from the form will not appear in the author index of the final programme.
As part of your submission, you must confirm that at least one author will register in full to attend and present at the conference.
Any author can appear on the program only once as a presenter, either in a symposium or an oral presentation.
For co-authored contributions, only one presenter of the paper must be chosen and identified as such in Oxford Abstracts. Presenters may appear as co-authors of other papers that are part of the program, but not as first author/presenter.
Decisions on the acceptance of submissions will be made by the end of March 2027.
The final program of the conference will be released before May 2027.
Submission Deadline
The deadline for all contributed talk and symposium submissions is Sunday, 31 January 2027.
Contact
Please direct any inquiries to the Foundations 2027 Local Organizing Committee, which can be contacted at: soh-foundations2027@ntu.edu.sg