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this year we are back again to well-known territory with our annual meeting, revisiting the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at Nanyang Technologcial University after exploring a new venue with Yale-NUS College last year. As every year, we aim to give all researchers in physical sciences in Singapore an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the current research landscape in Singapore– for newcomers to learn about who is doing what, who to collaborate with, and for long timers to catch up with new developments on the little red dot, learn about new colleagues and directions, or finally talk to your next-door neighbour about the science they are involved in, and not only about the chores of everyday’s routine in our departments. In this spirit, our six plenary talks this year provide an overview over a very diverse spectrum of outstanding local research activities: Starting with Huanqian Loh from NUS with work on ultracold molecules, over to Shengyuan Yang from SUTD with new developments in theoretical condensed matter physics and Robert Simpson, also SUTD, on chalcogenide material applications for electronics and photonics, we highlight currently hot academic research topics. Then, Koh Wee Shing from the Institute for High Performance Computing, a long time supporter and organizer for the IPS meetings, takes us on a tour out of the academic ivory tower and shows us where physics research has a very direct impact on the quality of our lives in an urban environment. Touching on our physicist’s trade mission to go beyond the known in nature, Cheong Siew Ann from the Complexity Institute at NTU will then reflect on how physicists perceived and tried to shape the world around us over time. And while we all share the excitement on the way of thinking as a physicist, it is important to pass this excitement on to the next generation: therefore, Subramaniam Ramanathan from the National Institute of Education will therefore share is insights of being successful at that important task, and conclude this year’s selection of plenary talks.