This conference will be hosted by the Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech (UCAM) and the Tunisian Society of Optics (STO), in collaboration with the International Commission on Physics Education within the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP/ICPE). ICPE2007 is the first IUPAP-supported international conference on physics education in North Africa. Its main objective is to provide an opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences about Building Careers with Physics, and to discuss findings and experiences in the teaching-learning process in Physics in general, and in career-oriented curricula and Educational Reforms in particular.
ICPE2007 aims to present issues and examples of practice that highlight the following main themes:

• New Job Opportunities
• Effective Teaching Strategies
• Learning with Technology
• Physics for Sustainable Development
• Bridging the Gaps
• Women and Girls in Physics

Given the significant success that the previous conferences (Delhi, Tokyo) of the ICPE have enjoyed, we strongly feel that this event will be a strong impetus to introduce new curricula and teaching methods in Morocco as well as in other countries where educational reforms have been (or will be) undertaken.
Lastly, the Moroccan Society of Applied Physics is created. ICPE2007 will be an opportunity to introduce it in order to form networks with other physics societies.