Image credit: Huntington Digital Library. Building and area adjacent to Albert Michelson's speed of light experiment tube, Irvine, California.
Welcome to the first U.S.-based meeting in the Foundations of Physics series
Foundations comes to North America for the first time in June 2026, for its 23rd iteration, after conferences spanning three decades held in various locations throughout Europe. As with the successful recent meetings in Paris (2021), Bristol (2023), and Gdansk (2025), the conference will bring together scholars with a mix of disciplinary backgrounds for stimulating and fruitful discussions of the foundations of physics. The Foundations of Physics conference series is presented in coordination with the Philosophy of Physics Society.
The conference program is now available. A book of abstracts is also available.
Registration for the meeting is now closed. We look forward to welcoming registered participants to Irvine in June. As a reminder, the conference dinner on June 17 is included for registered participants at no additional fee.
Travel information and a link to book the conference hotel at a discounted rate are available on the travel and accommodation page.
Questions concerning registration or event administration should be directed to weatherj@uci.edu
Keynote Speakers
Nigel Goldenfeld (UCSD)
Emergence and Generalization in Machine Learning
Laura Ruetsche (Michigan)
Epistemology Quantized
Key dates
Event
Date
Abstract Submission Opens
9th January 2026
Abstract Submission Closes
15th February 2026
Early Bird Registration Opens
24th March 2026
Early Bird Registration Closes
15th April 2026
Registration Closes
22nd May 2026
Conference
16th -> 18th June 2026
Our Sponsors
For questions about submissions or the conference program, please write to the program committee chairs at foundationsphysics2026@gmail.com. For questions concerning conference registration or other administrative and organizational matter, please write to the local organizing committee chair at weatherj@uci.edu