Padma Kant Shukla: International Conferences & Workshops:
Invited Speaker

1.    Astrophysics Plasma Physics Workshop. Astronomical Institute, Serraaskolwerk, Utrecht (The Netherlands). 29-31 October 1978.

2.    NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Integrable Systems.  East Carolina University, Greenville (USA). 22-26 June 1982.

3.    Tbilisi-School-Workshop on Plasma Physics and Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion.  Talevi (USSR). 8-17  October 1982.

4.    Spring College on Plasma Physics. Trieste (Italy). 25-29 May 1987.

5.    1987 International Conference on Plasma Physics. Kiev (USSR). 6-12 April 1987.

6.    1987 International Workshop on Nonlinear and Turbulent Processes in Physics. Kiev (USSR). 13-26 April 1987.

7.    Joint Workshop on Plasma Focusing.CERN-University of Naples (Organizer), Capri (Italy). 1-3 October  1987.

8.    Spring College on Plasma Physics. International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy). 15 May -- 9 June 1989.

9.    International Workshop on Dusty Plasmas in Space Physics and Astrophysics. Capri (Italy). 28 May 28 -- 1 June 1989.

10.    Ringberg-Seminar Plasmatheorie. Max-Planck-Institute, Garching bei München (Organizer), Schloßingberg, Tegernsee (FRG)}. 17-21 July 1989.

11.    1989 International Conference on Plasma Physics. New Delhi (India). 22-28 November . Theory of Plasma Vortices.

12.    First International Workshop on Laser Plasma Interaction. Indore (India). 30 November -- 5 December 1989.

13.    SFB 328 - IAEP Workshop on Galaktische Plasmaprozesse. Max-Planck-Institut, Bonn (Organizer), Bad Honnef (FRG). 13-16 May 1990.

14.    Workshop on Active Experiments in Space Plasmas. Abingdon (UK). 9-12 July  1990.

15.    10th European School on Plasma Physics. Tbilisi (USSR). 2-15 September 1990.

6.    International Workshop on Strong Microwaves in Plasmas. Suzdal (USSR). 8-23  September 1990.

17.    National Seminar on Plasma Science & Vth National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology.  Calcutta (India). 4-8 December 1990.

18.    The XVI General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society. Wiesbaden (FRG). 22-26 April 1991.

19.    Spring College on Plasma Physics ICTP. Trieste (Italy). 27 May -- 21 June 1991.

20.    3rd International Workshop on Radio Emissions from Planetary Magnetospheres. Graz (Austria). 2-4 September 1991.

21.    Workshop on Plasma-Driftwellen-Dynamik. Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth (FRG)}. 24-25 October1991.

22.    6th National Symposium on Science and Technology of Plasmas - Plasma 91.  Indore (India). 17-21 December 1991.

23.    International Workshop on Nonlinear Waves and Turbulence. School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Unviversity, Delhi (India). 23-29 December 1991.

24.    International Symposium on Laser-Plasma Interactions. Shanghai (China). 9-12 November 1992.

25.    International Workshop on Plasma Physics. Pichl/Schladming (Austria).  24-28 Februay 1993.

26.    Spring College on Plasma Physics. ICTP Trieste (Italy). 7-11 June 1993.

27.    URSI-ICPIG-RIKEN Symposium on Dusty Plasmas and Related Topics, Noise and Chaos. RIKEN (Japan). 23-24 August 1993.

28.    The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. San Francisco (USA). 6-10 December 1993.

29.     27th International Workshop "Quantum-Like Models and Coherent effects.  Erice-Sicily (Italy). 13-20 June 1994.

30.    1994 International Conference on Plasma Physics. Foz do Iguacu (PR-Brazil), 31 October--4 November 1994. Theory of Auroral arcs.

31.    International Workshop on Alfven Waves.  Rio de Janeiro (PR-Brazil). 8--10 November 1994.

32.    1995 Cambridge Symposium/Workshop on the Physics of Space Plasmas-Multiscale Phenomena in Space Plasmas. Bermuda, 20-25 February 1995.

33.    International Workshop on Laser-Plasma Interactions. Goa (India). 6-9 March 1995.

34.    The Sixth International Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas. La Jolla, California (USA). 22-24 March 1995.

35.    General Conference of the EU Human Capital and Mobility Network and INTAS Network "Nonlinear Phenomena in Microphysics of Collisionless Plasmas. Application to Space and Laboratory Plasmas. La Badine, Presqu'ile de Giens, Hy`eres (France). 2-5 May 1995.

36.    La Jolla Summer School 95: Plasma Physics and Technology. La Jolla, California (USA). 8-18 August 1995.

37.    International Workshop on Plasma Physics: Coherent Processes in Nonlinear Media. ICTP, Trieste (ITALY), 16-20 October1995.

38.    IAU Colloquim No. 160- Pulsars: Problems and Progress. The University of Sydney, NSW, Sydney (Australia), 8-13 January1996. Nonlinear Propagation of Pulsar Radiation.

39.    EU Colloidal Plasma Workshop. Chavannes de Bogis (Switzerland). 24-26 January 1996. Low-Frequency Dust Waves.

40.    EU Workshop "New Perspectives in the Physics of Mesoscopic Systems. Quantum-Like Descriptions and Macroscopical Coherence Phenomena. Caserta (Italy). 18-20 April 1996. Nonlinear Dynamics of Coupled Waves in Dispersive Media.

41.    XXVth General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science. Universit'e de Lille, Lille (France), 28 August- 5 September 1996. Dusty Plasma waves.

42.    International Conference on Cooperation of Plasma Science and Technology. The United Nations University, Tokyo (Japan), 16-18 September 1996. Applications of Dusty Plasmas.

43.    International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas. Goa (India), 21-25 October 1996. Theory of Coulomb Crystals.

44.    170th WE-Heraeus Seminar on Dusty Plasmas. Physikzentrum Bad Honnef (Germany), 15-17 January 1997. Waves and Instabilities in Dusty Plasmas.

45.    International Topical Conference on Plasma Physics: New Perspectives of Collective Effects.  International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy), 10-14 November 1997. Neutrino Plasma Physics.

46.    7th International Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas.  Boulder (Colorado), USA, 6-9 April1998. Status of Collective Processes in Dusty Plasmas.

47.    XXIII General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society. Nice, France, 20-24 April 1998. Nonlinear Alfv'en Waves in Multi-Ion Plasmas.

48.    VII International Plasma Astrophysics and Space Physics Conference. Max-Planck Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, 4-8 May 1998. Status of Waves and Instabilities in Dusty Plasmas.

49.    1998 Cambridge Symposium/Workshop. Hotel Estoril sol, Lisboa, Portugal, 22 June--3 July 1998. Order and Chaos in Electromagnetic Turbulence.

50.    1998 International Congress on Plasma Physics (1998 ICPP) combined with 25th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics.  Praha, Czech Republic, 29 June 29-- 3July 03 1998. Physics of Neutrino Plasma Coupling.

51.    CECAM Workshop on Nonlinear Processes in Non-Neutral Plasmas.  Lyon, France, 15-18 July 1998. Order and Chaos in Dispersive Alfv'en Wave Turbulence.

52.    International Conference on New Worlds in Astroparticle Physics.  Faro, Portugal, 03--05 September, 1998. Ponderomotive Force of Neutrinos in a Dense Medium.

53.    Heraeus Stiftung Seminar on Energetic Processes on the Sun and in the Heliosphere.  Bonn, Germany, 19-21 October 1998. Nonlinear Neutrino Physics.

54.    International Workshop on MHD Waves and Turbulence. Nice, France, 1-4 December 1998. Nonlinear Alfv'enic Structures.

55.    2nd International Conference on Physics of Dusty Plasmas. Hakone, Japan, 24-28 May 1999. Perspectives of Collective Processes in Dusty Plasmas: A Keynote address.

56.    The 5th International Conference on Interrelation between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space (IPELS). Kreuth, Germany, 9-13 August 1999. Acoustic Waves in Dusty Plasmas (Topical Lecture).

57.     Symposium on Nonlinear Plasma Science. Universidade do Algrave, Faro, Portugal. 4 September 1999. Dusty Plasma Physics (Topical Lecture).

58.     International Topical Conference on Plasma Physics: New Frontiers in Nonlinear Sciences.  Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
6-10 September 1999. Ponderomotive Force of Neutrinos in Magnetized Plasmas (Topical Lecture).

59.     The American Physical Society Meeting: Division of Plasma Physics.  Seattle, USA15-19 November 1999. Two talks: i) Attractive Potentials of Dust Grains in a Plasma (Topical Lecture); ii) Collective neutrino-plasma interactions (Topical Talk with/speaker L. O. Silva).

60.    14 National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology. Amritsar, India, 21-24 December 1999. Novel Plasmas: Neutrino and Dusty Plasma Physics (Popular/Review Talk).

61.     8th Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 25-28 April 2000. New Instabilities and Nonlinear Structures in Dusty Plasmas (Topical Lecture).

62.     Workshop on Waves in Dusty, Solar and Space Plasmas. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 22-26 May  2000. Collective Processes in Complex Plasmas (Review Talk).

63.     27th European Physical Society (EPS) Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics.  Budapest, Hungary, 12-16 June 2000. New Collective Processes in Dusty Plasmas: Applications to Space and Laboratories (Topical Lecture).

64.     27th European Physical Society (EPS) Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, Budapest, Hungary, 12-16  June 2000. Electroweak Plasma Instabilities and Supernovae (Topical Lecture with/speaker L. O. Silva).

65.     International Topical Conference on Plasma Physics: Colloidal Plasma Science. Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 3-7 July 2000. Four Topical Lectures: i) Shocks in Dusty Plasmas: Theory and Experiment (with/speaker S. I. Popel); ii) Self-Excited Oscillations of Charged Grains in the Plasma Sheath (with/speaker D. P. Resendes); iii) Low-Frequency Acoustic Modes in Dusty Plasmas: Theory and Experiments (with/speaker K. Avinash); iv) Dispersion Properties of a Dusty Plasma with Nonspherical Rotating Grains (with/speaker D. D. Tskhakaya).

66.     33rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly and Associated Events: Symposium  " Dusty Plasmas and Active Experiments: Ionospheric Heating"Warsaw, Poland, 16-23 July 2000. Influence of longitudinal Inhomogeneity on Interaction of Waves in Striations (Solicited/Topical Lecture).

67.     20th Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases (20th SPIG). Zlatibor, Yugoslavia, September 04--08, 2000.  Complex Plasmas in Cosmic and Laboratory Environments  (Planery Talk).

68.     International Congress on Plasma Physics Combined with 42nd Annual Meeting of the DPP of the APS. Quebec City, Canada, October 23--27, 2000.  A Survey of Dusty Plasma Physics (Tutorial Talk).

69.     Workshop on Space Plasma Phenomena at the Collisional/Non-Collisional Interplay. CIAS, Paris, France, June 18--29, 2001. Dusty Plasmas in Cosmos (Review talk).

70.     43rd Annual Meeting of the DPP of the APS. Long Beach, USA, 29 October-2 November, 2001.  Generation of Mesospheric Turbulence by Radar Beams (Solicited Talk).

71.    3rd nternational Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas. Durban, South Africa, 20-24 May 2002. Nonlinear Processes in Dusty Plasmas (Topical  Review Lecture).

72.     29th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Montreux, Switzerland, 17-21 June 2002. Wakefield Generation by Incoherent  Laser Beams (Solicited Talk in Specialist Session: Laser Plasma Particle Acceleration) and Theory of Voids in Dusty Plasmas (Solicited Talk in Specialist Session: Dusty and Complex Plasmas).

73.     The XXVII General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). Maastricht, The Netherlands, 17-24 August 2002. Progress in Dusty Plasma Physics (Topical Lecture).

74.     44th Annual Meeting of the DPP of the APS, Orlando, USA, 11-15 November 2002. Nonlinear Waves and Structures in Dusty Plasmas (Topical Lecture).

75.     11th International Workshop on the Physics of Non-Ideal Plasmas-PNP11, Valencia, Spain, 20-25 March 2003.  A Survey of Nonlinear Effects in Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas (Review/Overview Talk).

76.    Tenth  US Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas, St. Thomas (US Virgin Islands),  USA, 18-21 July 2003. Formation of dust-Alfvenic Mach cones (Topical Lecture).

77.     COSPAR Colloquium on Dynamical Processes in Critical regions of the Heliosphere, Ben Gurion University (Tel Aviv), Isreal, 3-10 March 2004. Nonlinear waves and structures in complex plasmas (Review Talk).

78.     31st Annual Plasma Physics Conference of the IOP, York University, UK, 5-9 April 2004. Collective processes in dusty plasmas (Review Talk).

79.     Alfven 2004 Workshop on Space Environment Turbulence, Beaulieu, France, 19-23 April 2004. Nonlinear Phenomena Caused by Shear Alfven Waves in Space and Laboratory Plasmas (Review Talk).

80.     Third Capri Workshop on Dusty Plasmas, Capri, Italy, 1 June-5 June 2004.  Complete Theory of Langmuir Envelope Solitons in Dusty Plasmas (Review Talk).

81.     30th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, London, UK, 27 June-1 July 2004. Nonlinear effects associated with dispersive Alfven waves in plasmas (Topical Lecture).

82.     Scuola Nazionale Fisica della Materia, Torino, Villa Gualino, Italy, 6-17 September 2004. 1. Linear and Nonlinear Dispersive Waves in Plasmas; 2. Collective Processes in Dusty Plasmas (Tutorial Talks).

83.    Dusty and Space Plasma Physics Workhop, University of Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 Septmber 2004. Dusty Plasmas in Cosmic and Laboratory Environments (Planary Talk).

84.     International Congress on Plasma Physics, Nice, France, 25-29 October 2004. Nonlinear waves and structures in dusty plasmas (Topical Lecture).

85.    46th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the APS, Savannah, USA, 15-19 November 2004. Survey of dispersive Alfven waves and associated nonlinear effects (Solicited  Talk).

86.     Symposium on Cold Atom/Matter Wave Experiments in Space, CfFP/RAL, UK, 1-3 December 2004. Gross-Pitaevskii desciption of BECs (Tutorial Talk).

87.    Symposium on New Frontiers of Plasma Physics: Relativistic Laser Plasma Interaction, Dusty and Space Plasmas, National Central University of Taiwan, 17-19 January 2005. A panoramic view of complex (dusty) plasmas: New areas of interdisciplinary applied Science and Technology (Review Talk).

88.     WIESER HPC2005 Workshop on Computing in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas. Catholic  University of  Leuven,
Belgium, 18-22 April 2005. Some important nonlinear effects associated with dispersive Alfven waves in plasmas (Topical Lecture).

89.    4th International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas. University of Orleans, France, 13-17 June 2005. Nonlinear Effects in Dusty Plasmas (Topical Lecture).

90.    14th International Workshop on Laser Physics, Kyoto, Japan, 4-8 July 2005. Trapping of light in relativistic electron holes (Topical Lecture).

91.     Autumn College on Plasma Physics, Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 5-30 September 2005. 5 Tutorial Lectures on  different topics in plasma physics.

92.     XXVIIIth General Assembly on International Union of Radio Science (URSI), New Delhi, India, 23-29 October 2005. Dispersive Alfven wave vortices and structures in space plasmas, H04 session, (Invited Lecture).

93.      Workshop on Fundamental Physics, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton. Didcot, UK,  3-5 May 2006. Waves in Quantum
Plasmas (Invited Review Talk).

94.      International Congress on Plasma Physics, Kiev, Ukraine, 22-26 May 2006. Collective Nonlinear Dust-Plasma Interactions (Invited Topical Lecture).

95.      32nd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Rome, Italy, 19-23 June 2006. Nonlinear aspects of solar coronal heating  (Topical Lecture).

96.      International Workshop on  Frontiers of Plasma Science. Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 21 August-1 September 2006. 4 Tutorial Lectures on
collective processes in plasmas (Tutorial Lectures).

97.      Symposium on Maxwell 150 Years on the Impact of His Science, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, 7-9 September 2006. Localization of
intense electromagnetic waves in plasmas
(Topical Lecture).

98.      International School ASSE 2006. Aquila INFN, Rome, Italy, 11-15 September 2006. Nonlinear Processes in Space Plasmas (Tutorial Lecture).

99.      3rd FSA Workshop on Space Plasma Physics, University of Ghent, Belgium, 27-29 September 2006. Collective Interactions in Quantum Plasmas (Topical Lecture).

100.      48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the APS, Philadelphia, USA, 30 October-3 November 2006. Human Outreach Through Physics (Invited Talk).

101.      International Workshop on Collective Phenomena in Macroscopic Systems, Villa Como, Italy, 4-6 December 2006. Collective Phenomena
at Kinetic Levels in Dusty Plasmas (Keynote speaker).

102.      International Symposium on Contemporary Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan, 26-31 March 2007. Nonlinear Interactions in Quantum Systems (Plenary  Lecture).

103.       Fourth Capri Workshop on  Dusty Plasmas, Capri, Italy, 29 May-2 June 2007. Dust Grain Acceleration in Plasmas (Topical Lecture).

104.      52nd South African Institute of Physics (SAIP) Conference, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesberg, South Africa, 2-6 July 2007. Collective Processes in Very Dense Plasmas (Plenary Lecture).

105.      Summer College on Plasma Physics, Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, 30 July-24 August 2007. Mini Course (Four lectures) on Fluctuations in Tokamak Plasmas; Tutorial Talk: Collective Interactions in Quantum Plasmas.

106.       First Kodai-Trieste Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics, Kodaikanal, India, 27 August-7 September 2007. Two Tutorial Talks: i) Nonlinear Collective Processes in Dense Astrophysical Plasmas; ii) Dust-Plasma Interactions in Astrophysics and Laboratories.

107.        International Conference on New Energy Sources, Tbilisi, Georgia, 22-25  October 2007.  Localzed Energy in Dense Plasmas (Keynote address).

108.    49th Annual Meeting of the APS-Division of Plasma Physics, Orlando, USA, 12-16 November 2007. Nonlinear Structures in Very Dense Plasmas (Solicited  Talk).

109.    The Seventh International Workshop on Nonlinear Waves and Turbulence in Space Plasmas, Beaulieu, France, 21-25 April 2008. Importance of Alfven Wave Nonlinearities in Plasmas (Invited Talk).

110.      International Congress on Plasma Physics, Fukuoka, Japan, 08-12 September 2008. On the Formation of Plasma Structures in Our Magnetized Dusty Universe (Invited Solicited Lecture).

111.    50th Annual Meeting of the APS-Division of Plasma Physics, Dallas, USA, 17-21 November 2008. Drift wave Turbulence and Associated Transport in a Collisional Dusty Magnetoplasma (Solicited  Talk).

112.    50th Annual Meeting of the APS-Division of Plasma Physics, Dallas, USA, 17-21 November 2008. 3D Simulations of Turbulent Spectra in Compressible Hall-MHD Plasma (Solicited  Talk).

113.    From Leonardo to ITER: Nonlinear and Coherence Aspects Workshop on the Occasion of Hans Willhemson's
Promotion to Jubliee Dr., Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden, 18-19 May 2009. Nonlinear Nanostrutures in Dense Quantum Plasmas (Review Talk).

114. 2009 Summer College on Plasma Physics, The Abdus Salam ICTP Trieste, Italy, 10-28 August 2009.
Two Tutorial Talks: i) Waves in  Plasmas; ii) Discoveries in Dusty Plasmas.

115. International Workshop "50 Years Plasma Physics in Innsbruck", University of Innsbruck, Austria,
23-24 September 2009. Review Talk: Fundamentals of Dust-Plasma Interactions.

116.  13th European Fusion Theory Conference, Riga, Latvia, 12-15 October 2009. Dusty Plasmas and Possible Impact on ITER (Tutorial Talk).

117. 10th International Symposium on Frontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics, Perth, Australia, 24-26 November 2009. Physics of Nanostructures in Quantum Systems (Review Talk).

118. International Conference & Humboldt Kolleg 2010 India: Frontiers of Environmental & Health Science Useful
to Mankind: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Lucknow University, Lucknow, India, 25-27 February 2010.
i) Exploring New Horizons of Environmental and Health Sciences and Advancing Them through Modern Human Approaches (Keynote Speech); ii) Dusty Plasmas: Possible Applications to Environment and Energy (Invited Topical Talk).

119. International Conference & Humboldt Kolleg 2010 Russia: Science & Innovations in Modernization of Russia and World Development. The Moscow Satate University, Moscow, Russia, 22-24 April 2010. Emerging Aspects of Environmental & Health Sciences (Invited Plenary Talk).

120. The 2010 EGU General Assembly Vienna. Austria Center Vienna, 2-7 May 2010. Acceleration of charged dust particles by low-frequency electromagnetic waves in our solar system (Invited  Oral Solicited Talk).

121. 37th European Physical Society (EPS) Conference on Plasma Physics, Belfast, Ireland, 21-25 June 2010.
Quantum Plasmas (Invited Plenary Talk).

122. International Advanced Workshop on the Frontiers of Plasma Physics, The Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy,
5-16 July 2010. New Directions in Modern Plasma Physics (Plenary Talk).

123. The 2010 International Congress on Plasma Physics, Santiago de Chile, 8-13 August 2010. Introduction to Quantum Plasma Physics (Invited Plenary Talk).

124. 20th International Toki Conference (ITC20) on the Next Twenty Years in Plasma and Fusion Science, Ceratopia Toki, Toki City, Gifu, Japan, 7-10 December 2010. Dusty Plasmas: Frontier of Interdisciplinary
Science (Invited Plenary Talk).

125.    6th International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 16-20 May 2011. Experiments and Theory of Complex (Dusty) Plasmas (Keynote Speech).

126.   International Astrophysics Forum (IAFA2011): Frontiers in Space Environment Research. Alpbach, Tyrol, Austria, 20-24 June 2011. Nonlinear Dispersive Alfven Waves in Plasmas (Invited Talk).

127.    Physics Symposium at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-17 November  2011.
Dusty Plasmas (Plenary Talk).

128.     International Symposium  on  the Frontiers of Fundamental Physics (FFP12),  University of Udine,  Italy, 
21-23 November 2011. Relativistic Nonlinear Quantum Plasmas at Nanoscales (Plenary Talk).

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