HEPiX Preparation Meeting Spring 2026 #3

Wednesday 18 Feb 2026, 16:00 → 17:10 Europe/Paris

Ofer Rind (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Tomoaki Nakamura (KEK), Jose Flix Molina (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))

16:00 → 16:10 Welcome, note-taking

Excused for today's meeting: -

16:10 → 16:30 Preparations for the Spring 2026 workshop - organization news

• Confirmed sponsors
• Registrations and abstract submissions status
• Confirmed (and new) track conveners
• Topical sessions status
• Tentative timetable (blocks)
• Local news?

Speakers: Jorge Humberto Lucio Oliveira Gomes, Jose Flix Molina (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))

16:30 → 16:45 HEPIX WG reports preparations

• Benchmarking
• Techwatch
• IPv6

16:45 → 16:55 Future Workshops

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• HEPIX Autumn 2026 (proposals)
  • Toronto (Canada/SCInet) - contact: Leslie
  • Nebraska (USA/UNL) - contact: Garahm
  • Manchester (UK/Jodrell Bank Observatory) - contact: Ian C.

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• HEPIX Spring 2027:
  • Karlsruhe (Germany/KIT)

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• HEPIX Autumn 2027:
  • TBD

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• HEPIX Spring 2028:
  • Elba (Italy) - 2nd week in May pre-reserved - contact: Michelle

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• Future hosts proposals?
  • Bern (Switzerland) - contact: Gianfranco
  • Madison (USA) - contact: Ajit
  • Glasgow (Scotland) - contact: David B.

16:55 → 17:00 Any other business