Physics is the most fundamental of all the natural sciences, and its applications extend even to other areas of human endeavor. It is the study of the natural world based on quantitative observations and experiments. Physics attempts to discover simple rules by which observations of many different situations can be correlated within a common framework of fundamental ideas. Physical laws and the framework in which they are used have profound influence on how we view our universe and ourselves. The Physics Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung has organized the biannual Asian Physics Symposium since 2005, which is the extension of the annual meeting named Annual Physics Seminar since 2001. Motivated by the encouraging results of and responses to those events, we have decided to continue this meeting this year. To be exact, we are now in the process of preparing the 4th Asian Physics Symposium (APS 2010) to be held at October 12-13, 2010 in Bandung.

This meeting is aimed at providing the much needed forum of scientific communication and interaction among distinguished scientists working in the field physics and related fields. In turn, the seminar on the latest research results will present the state-of-the-art development in the field and help to chart our future research directions. This event is also designed to offer the opportunity of making direct contacts for the young Indonesian scientist and students with well-known scientist abroad, and thereby fostering the existing research collaborations and extending international research networking for the future.

The scope of research results to be presented and discussed in the symposium covers the following topics concerning:
Theoretical High Energy Physics
Material Physics
Biophysics and Medical Physics
Nuclear Physics
Earth and Planetary Physics
Computational Physics
Instrumentation
Interdisciplinary Physics