The Institute for Corpuscular Physics (IFIC), a joint research center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Valencia (UV), organized the 3rd edition of the @FlipPhysics workshop from May 26 to 29. The event was led by Raquel Molina, Associate Professor at the University of Valencia.

The workshop aims to bring together the research community in Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, and their applications, with special emphasis on the participation of women, as well as undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students, and early-career researchers. The meeting provides participants with the opportunity to learn about different research areas, primarily through presentations by distinguished women scientists with recognized expertise and outstanding careers.

As in the previous two editions, this year’s workshop was held at the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia, located in the city center. It gathered around 100 participants and featured a majority of invited plenary speakers who were women working in the fields of Nuclear and Particle Physics. They delivered excellent talks on a wide range of topics, including quantum chromodynamics, nuclear interactions, gamma spectroscopy, dark matter, cosmology, neutrinos, medical physics, machine learning, and quantum computing. The event took place in an international environment, bringing together researchers from France, Germany, China, Morocco, Canada, Italy, Sweden, and various cities across Spain.

A particularly important and meaningful part of the program was the gender session. First, Carmen García (recipient of the 2024 Blas Cabrera National Research Award in Physical Sciences) presented “Women in the Physical Sciences and Technology: A Personal Reflection", in which she shared her personal experience as a woman in science. Next, Farida Fassi, member of the African Academy of Sciences and representative of the IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) Working Group on Women in Physics, delivered the talk “Bridging the Gender Gap: Empowering Women in Science for Sustainable Development,” focusing on strategies to reduce the gender gap in science. The session concluded with the presentation of the book The Right to Be Women Scientists by Isabel Cordero, professor at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Valencia. The session also included a round-table discussion held in an atmosphere of great enthusiasm and lively debate, addressing issues such as whether gender quotas should exist in universities and research institutions.

Another highlight of the workshop was the outreach talk delivered by Judit Pérez Romero, entitled “What Do You Actually Do? to Outreach: Who Are We Explaining Physics To—and Why?”. The presentation had a strong impact on the audience, generating considerable interest and motivation in science communication. It addressed key aspects of how to communicate and disseminate science effectively, making it accessible to all kinds of audiences.

The workshop concluded with the presentation of two awards: one for the best poster and another for the best oral presentation, awarded to Ivet Barranco Llorca and Victoria García Pol, respectively. The event thus came to a close, having once again highlighted the need for greater representation of women in science and helping to make visible a reality that still persists today.

Preparations for the 4th edition of the @FlipPhysics workshop are already underway. It will be organized by the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Madrid and will take place in May 2027.