Happy New Year! As I assume the role of APS president for 2025, I feel honored to serve our community and advance the important work we do together. I am especially pleased that during my tenure we will celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), an opportunity to highlight the transformative impact of quantum science and its potential to shape the future. I look forward to working with you to make the most of this exciting moment for our field.

As you may know, the United Nations proclaimed 2025 to be the IYQ. Our Society is a founding partner of this worldwide celebration, and is committed to spreading the word about the second quantum revolution, a century after the initial development of quantum mechanics. With the rise of quantum technologies, we can envision their application across many sectors, fueling important advances.

Throughout my career, I have deeply valued international scientific collaboration. APS is proud to serve as the professional home to members in more than one hundred nations, and I appreciate IYQ’s focus on engaging a global audience, expanding awareness about the power of quantum physics, and spreading opportunities for education and research to every continent.

IYQ provides APS, and the entire physics community, the opportunity to amplify the impact of physics on society and to expand the broader public’s scientific literacy. I hope you’ll join us for the activities and events APS has planned to mark IYQ and that you’ll attend and connect at the Global Physics Summit this coming March in Anaheim, California.

I also encourage you, as well as your unit or department, to plan and sponsor your own engagement activities to observe IYQ. Please submit your events via this webform so that APS staff can add them to a public-facing calendar on the IYQ website and include them in a final report to UNESCO.

I’d like to acknowledge the generous sponsors and donors who have partnered with APS to offer our exciting slate of events for public engagement, scientific discussions, and educational programs. It’s through these strong collaborations that APS will continue to serve as a leader in strengthening the many possibilities quantum science offers. If you or your company, lab, or organization would like to learn more about these opportunities, the APS website includes additional information.

In the meantime, I ask you to consider ways you and your colleagues can champion quantum science in 2025, and to follow IYQ on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and X.

Let’s use this opportunity to capture the imaginations of aspiring physicists, and the public, as broadly as possible. Together, we can encourage the study of quantum physics in moving forward humankind’s understanding of the world, introducing innovations that will power practical, positive change, and helping the public come to understand the potential of quantum science and technology, not only in the lab, but in everyday life.

Thank you for your collaboration.

Sincerely,

John Doyle
2025 APS President