The 2017 edition of the General Scientific Meeting of the Belgian Physical Society Conference will take place in UMONS on the 17th of May 2017. This conference aims at gathering all the physicists in Belgium from different disciplines. This annual one-day conference brings together physicists from Belgian universities, Belgian high schools and higher education schools, as well as from Belgian industries and companies. Its main aim is to establish links and stimulate collaborations between research groups working at different research institutions within Belgium, and to provide a platform for Belgian high school teachers to get updated on the current state of the art in physics.