MPGD 2026

Session

Invited session

Aug 31, 2026, 9:45 AM

Masarykova Kolej Congress Centre, Czech Technical University in Prague

Conveners

Invited session: Stanislav Pospišil

• Stanislav Pospišil (CTU in Prague)

Invited session: Jerry Va'vra

• Jerry Vavra (SLAC)

Invited session: Michael Campbell

• Michael Campbell (CERN)

Invited session: Rui de Oliveira

• Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

Invited session: Jochen Kaminski

• Jochen Kaminski (University of Bonn (DE))

Invited session: Astronomical X-ray Polarimetry via the Photoelectric Effect in Gas: From IXPE to Future Opportunities

• Paolo Soffitta

Invited session: Gregor Kramberger

• Gregor Kramberger (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))

Invited session: Gaseous Ionization Detectors in the FCC-ee Era

• Oliver Kortner (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut) (D)

Invited session: Oed Prize winner

• There are no conveners in this block

2. A 25-Year Scientific Journey: IEAP's Contributions to the ATLAS, and MoEDAL Experiments, CERN Detector R&D and the Medipix2/3/4 Collaborations

Stanislav Pospisil (Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague)

8/31/26, 9:45 AM

Invited talk

The lecture will provide an overview of the main experimental activities of the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics of the Czech Technical University in Prague (IEAP CTU) during nearly 25 years of its existence as the university’s central institution for experimental research in subatomic physics and for the application of its results in engineering and biomedical fields.
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3. Development of high-resolution timing technique in the past 25 years

Dr Jerry Vavra (SLAC)

8/31/26, 2:00 PM

Invited speakers

Invited talk

The talk describes the progress in high-resolution timing, rate capability and aging performance over past 25 years. It concentrates on recent developments in MCP, SiPM, LGAD, 3D trench Si and SiEM detectors and compares them to gas detectors.

4. The Timepix ASIC family and gas detector readout

Michael Campbell (CERN)

9/1/26, 9:00 AM

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Invited speakers

Invited talk

The original Timepix chip resulted from a request by the EUDet Collaboration to provide Time of Arrival information for gas detector readout on an updated version of the Medipix2 ASIC. Since then, a further 3 Timepix ASICs have been developed with improved features and functionalities. This presentation will start by recounting the origins of the first Timepix ASIC and then explain the...

5. Invited speaker: Rui De Oliveira

Rui De Oliveira (CERN)

9/1/26, 2:00 PM

Invited talk

6. Invited speaker: Jochen Kaminski

Jochen Kaminski (University of Bonn (DE))

9/2/26, 9:00 AM

Invited talk

7. Astronomical X-ray and Gamma-ray Polarimetry: From IXPE to Future Opportunities

Paolo Soffitta

9/2/26, 2:00 PM

Invited talk

After more than 10 attempts to fly an X-ray polarimeter, aimed at revitalizing the field, with early efforts based on Bragg diffraction and Thomson scattering and yielding a single positive (and fundamental) result in the mid-1980s, the innovative use of the photoelectric effect in gas detectors led to the development of the Gas Pixel Detector, specifically designed for astronomical...

8. Invited speaker: Gregor Kramberger

Gregor Kramberger (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))

9/3/26, 2:00 PM

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10. Gaseous Ionization Detectors in the FCC-ee Era

Oliver Kortner (Max Planck Society (DE))

9/4/26, 9:00 AM

Invited talk

In recent years, gaseous ionization detectors have gradually been displaced in the LHC experiments and were mainly considered for muon systems because of their cost advantage for instrumenting large detector areas. However, in the context of future high-intensity and high-energy electron–positron colliders, these technologies are currently experiencing a renaissance. They are being considered...

9. Oed Prize talk

9/4/26, 12:20 PM

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