From May 13 to 15, 2025, the 2025 IOP Mini Symposium on Ultrafast Science was successfully held in the Huairou Park of the Institute of Physics. More than 60 experts and young scholars from many countries and regions including China, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Italy, Japan and other countries participated in the conference to discuss the cutting-edge progress and future development directions in the field of ultra-fast science.

The opening ceremony of the conference was chaired by Professor Kiyoshi Ueda of Tohoku University in Japan. Researcher Wei Zhiyi from the Institute of Physics first introduced to domestic and foreign experts in the welcome speech the comprehensive extreme condition experimental device and the advanced AS-sized laser facilities under construction, as well as their important application prospects in the field of ultra-fast science. Subsequently, Professor Misha Ivanov from the Maxborn Institute (MBI) in Germany, Professor Francesca Calegari from DESY, Professor Caterina Vozzi from the Italian National Research Council, Professor Gergana D. Borisova from the Max Planck Institute of Nuclear Physics, Professor Anna Skitnevskaya from the Irkutzk Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Takeshi Sato from the University of Tokyo, Japan, Dr. Marvin Schmoll from the University of Freiburg, Switzerland, Dr. Ji Jiabao from the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Dr. Weiyu from the Max Planck Institute of Nuclear Physics, Germany, and Khadga from the Israel Institute of Technology in Guangdong Dr. Karki gave invitation reports to the conference, introducing their latest research progress in the fields of ultrafast laser technology, ASIC, X-ray free electron laser, etc. Researcher Meng Sheng of the Institute of Physics, Professor Luo Sizuo of Jilin University, Researcher Zhang Wenbin of East China Normal University, and Professor Peng Liangyou of Peking University also introduced their respective research achievements in the fields of ASIC electronic dynamics, strong field physics, and ultrafast dynamics of atomic molecules.

During the meeting, participants visited the ultra-fast platform experimental terminal of the comprehensive extreme conditions experimental device, had in-depth exchanges, and jointly discussed the application prospects of ultra-fast science in the fields of atomic molecular physics, materials science, chemical reaction kinetics, biomedicine, etc., and put forward valuable opinions and suggestions for future research directions. The meeting was concluded by Professor Kiyoshi Ueda. He expressed his hope to take this meeting as an opportunity, take the comprehensive extreme condition experimental equipment and advanced ASMI laser facilities as the fulcrum, promote the regular holding of international academic conferences, build a high-level academic exchange and international cooperation platform, and jointly promote the development of ultra-fast scientific.

The conference was co-organized by the Institute of Physics Ultrafast Material Science Center and the Integrated Extreme Condition Experimental Device. The conveners were Professor Kiyoshi Ueda from Tohoku University, Japan, and Zhang Pengju, a special researcher at the Institute of Physics, and Wei Zhiyi. The successful success of this conference provides new ideas and directions for the research in the field of ultra-fast science, and also lays a solid foundation for the future of in-depth and extensive international academic cooperation based on major national scientific and technological infrastructure.