Name: MPGD 2026
Start: 2026-08-31T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-04T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Masarykova Kolej Congress Centre, Czech Technical University in Prague

MPGD 2026

from Monday, August 31, 2026 (8:00 AM) to Friday, September 4, 2026 (6:00 PM)

Monday, August 31, 2026

8:00 AM Arrival and registration

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

9:15 AM Conference opening session

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM Invited session: Stanislav Pospišil
Stanislav Pospišil
9:45 AM - 10:25 AM
Contributions

9:45 AM Invited speaker: Stanislav Pospišil - Stanislav Pospišil (CTU in Prague)
10:25 AM Plenary Session
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM
Contributions

10:25 AM Development of the FATIC front-end electronics for the Muon detector at the LHCb Upgrade II - Liliana Congedo (INFN Bari (IT))

10:45 AM The Stabilized Voltage Divider – A Rate-Capable HV-Scheme for GEMs - Jakob Quentin Krauss (University of Bonn (DE))
11:05 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM
11:25 AM Plenary Session: Plenary session
Plenary session
11:25 AM - 12:45 PM
Contributions

11:25 AM Progress on the design and testing of the Lateral and Central modules of large area Micromegas for AMBER experiment - Maxim Alexeev (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

11:45 AM The SALSA versatile readout ASIC for MPGD detectors - Damien Neyret (CEA IRFU, Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

12:05 PM Modular and scalable DAQ system for GEM detectors - Bartłomiej Łach (AGH University of Krakow)

12:25 PM High Granularity Readout Time Projection Chamber R&D for Future Circular e+e- Collider - Huirong Qi (Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS)
12:45 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Invited session: Jerry Va'vra
Jerry Va'vra
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Development of high-resolution timing technique in the past 25 years - Jerry Va'vra (SLAC ret.)
2:40 PM Plenary Session
2:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions

2:40 PM Optical readout of MPGDs with SiPMs - Florian Maximilian Brunbauer (CERN)

3:00 PM Optical time projection chamber measurements with an intensified sCMOS camera - Lindsey Bignell (Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, The Australian National University)

3:20 PM Optimization of optical readout micromegas detectors for spatial resolution with X-rays and beta imaging - Elisavet Fasoula (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

3:40 PM Optical Readout of Particle Beam Profile with MPGD - Bernd Schoenfelder (Technische Universitaet Wien (AT))
4:00 PM Flash talks

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM
4:50 PM Plenary Session
4:50 PM - 6:30 PM
Contributions

4:50 PM Studies on the effects of THGEM rim-width on charge accumulation and avalanche to streamer transition by numerical modelling - Abhijit Pal (Adamas University) PURBA BHATTACHARYA (Adamas University, Kolkata, India)

5:10 PM Experimental and Numerical Studies of Resistive and Non-Resistive Micromegas for Muon Imaging - Shubhabrata Dutta (Atomic, Nuclear and High Energy Physics Group, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, 1/AF Block, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, West Bengal, India.) Saikat Ghosh (Atomic, Nuclear and High Energy Physics Group, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, 1/AF Block, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, West Bengal, India.)

5:30 PM Development of a large area DMM-based photodetector for the RICH detector in STCF - Xu Wang (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

5:50 PM PICOSEC Timing with Graph Neural Networks - Ioannis Karakoulias

6:10 PM Simulation and Reconstruction of e+ and e- Trajectories in a Time Projection Chamber with Orthogonal Fields - Martin Vavřík (IEAP CTU)
6:30 PM Reception

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
9:00 AM Invited session: Michael Campbell
Michael Campbell
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Invited speaker: Michael Campbell - Michael Campbell (CERN)
9:40 AM Plenary Session: Plenary session I
Plenary session I
9:40 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:40 AM A new design of secondary electron detector for low-energy radioactive ion beam - Julien PANCIN (GANIL)

10:00 AM Low pressure and low energy studies of μ-RWELL in planar and cylindrical geometries - Soham Chakraborty

10:20 AM Developments for Spherical Proportional Counters - Philippe Gros
10:40 AM Flash talks

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

11:10 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Plenary Session: Plenary session II
Plenary session II
11:30 AM - 12:50 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM µ-RWELL R&D activities for the IDEA muon system at FCC-ee - Emma Di Fiore (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))

11:50 AM Performance of cylindrical μRGroove in magnetic field - Qixuan Huang (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

12:10 PM The CGEM-IT detector of the BESIII experiment - Michela Greco (INFN-UniTO)

12:30 PM Micromegas Performance in the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer New Small Wheel: First Four Years of Operation - Valerio D'Amico (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))
12:50 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:50 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Invited session: Rui de Oliveira
Rui de Oliveira
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Invited speaker: Rui De Oliveira - Rui De Oliveira (CERN)
2:40 PM Plenary Session: MPGD technologies
MPGD technologies
2:40 PM - 4:20 PM
Contributions

2:40 PM The G-RWELL: a high-rate resistive MPGD for the LHCb Upgrade II Muon system - Francesco Debernardis (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))

3:00 PM Performance of the Full-scale Prototype for ePIC's G-RWELL Endcap Tracker - Elena Sidoretti

3:20 PM An Overview of Large-area MPGDs for Upcoming Physics Programs at Jefferson Lab - Huong Nguyen (University of Virginia (US))
4:20 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM

4:40 PM Poster session

4:40 PM - 6:20 PM

6:20 PM Social events: Open session: MPGD to Czech community
Open session: MPGD to Czech community
6:20 PM - 7:20 PM

7:20 PM Social events: Cocktail
Cocktail
7:20 PM - 9:20 PM
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
9:00 AM Invited session: Jochen Kaminski
Jochen Kaminski
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Invited speaker: Jochen Kaminski - Jochen Kaminski (University of Bonn (DE))
9:40 AM Plenary Session: Plenary session V
Plenary session V
9:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:40 AM The CYGNO experiment - Stefano Piacentini

10:00 AM Gas Pixel MPGD for Migdal Effect Observation - Qian Liu

10:20 AM TREX-DM: a TPC with GEM+Micromegas detection system for low mass WIMP searches - Ana Quintana García

10:40 AM Status of C/N-1.0: Large gaseous detector for direction-sensitive dark matter search - Ryota Namai (Kobe University)
11:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM Plenary Session: Plenary session VI
Plenary session VI
11:20 AM - 12:40 PM
Contributions

11:20 AM Development of a hadronic calorimeter read out by resistive micro-pattern gaseous detector for future collider experiments - Antonello Pellecchia (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))

11:40 AM The Micromega detectors of the PADME experiment - Fabio Bossi

12:00 PM Performance of the new T2K High Angle TPCs - Daniele D'Ago (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))

12:20 PM Double Micro-Mesh (DMM) detectors for low-pressure TPC applications in the direct measurement of 12C+12C reaction at stellar energies - Zhiyong Zhang (USTC)
12:40 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Invited session: Astronomical X-ray Polarimetry via the Photoelectric Effect in Gas: From IXPE to Future Opportunities
Astronomical X-ray Polarimetry via the Photoelectric Effect in Gas: From IXPE to Future Opportunities
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Astronomical X-ray and Gamma-ray Polarimetry: From IXPE to Future Opportunities - Paolo Soffitta
2:40 PM Plenary Session: Simulation and software
Simulation and software
2:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions

2:40 PM Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors for Low-Energy Nuclear Physics: Status and Prospects at FRIB - Marco Cortesi (Michigan State University (US))

3:00 PM µRWELL detectors for the MUSHROOM spectrometer at ISIS - Davide Raspino

3:20 PM A prototype neutron spectrometer based on MICROMEGAS detector for solar physics - Paolo Maestro (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))

3:40 PM Gaseous Detectors for Hard X-ray Polarimetry: from EXPO to Wide-Field Hard X-ray TPCs - Davide Fiorina (GSSI & INFN LNGS) Stefano Piacentini
4:00 PM Flash talks

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM
4:50 PM Plenary Session: Electronics
Electronics
4:50 PM - 6:30 PM
Contributions

4:50 PM Quality Management for the Mass-production of GEM Foil - Dong Hyun Kim (University of Seoul & Kyungpook National University (KR))

5:10 PM From CMS GEM Mass Production to microRWELL R&D: Status of the Korean MPGD Infrastructure - Inseok Yoon (Seoul National University (KR))

5:30 PM Suppressing GEM-Foil Creep-Induced Gain Nonuniformity in the NinjaSat-2 LCP-GEM Detector - Satoko Iwata (Tokyo University of Science / RIKEN)

5:50 PM New developments in MPGD manufacturing with the MPT Magnetron Sputtering Machine - Karl Jonathan Floethner (CERN)

6:10 PM Development of Large-Area Resistive Micromegas Detectors for the MX17 Experiment at n_TOF - Stephan Aune (CEA Saclay)
Thursday, September 3, 2026
9:00 AM Invited session: Gregor Kramberger
Gregor Kramberger
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Invited speaker: Gregor Kramberger - Gregor Kramberger (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))
9:40 AM Plenary Session: Plenary session VIII
Plenary session VIII
9:40 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:40 AM Development of wavelength-shifting MPGD structures for ultra-cold Argon applications - Diego Rodas Rodriguez (Astrocent /CAMK PAN)

10:00 AM Advances in photocathode development for PICOSEC Micromegas precise-timing detectors - Marta Lisowska (CERN)

10:20 AM Visible light gas-PMT based on triple Micromegas - Kunyu Liang
10:40 AM Flash talks

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

11:10 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Plenary Session: Plenary session IX
Plenary session IX
11:30 AM - 12:50 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM Study of a new ecofriendly gas mixture for the PICOSEC-Micromegas detector - Matteo Brunoldi (Pavia University and INFN (IT))

11:50 AM CF4 Reduction Studies for µRWELL Detectors - Stefania Juks (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

12:10 PM Searching for X17 at n\_TOF with Large Area Micromegas Detectors in $\mu$TPC Mode - Dylan Neff (The University of Manchester (GB))

12:30 PM Performance of Low-Material Budget Metallic Micromegas Trackers for the P2 Experiment - Alexandra Kallitsopoulou (CEA / IRFU / Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
12:50 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:50 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM Tours: Scientific tour
Scientific tour
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM

7:00 PM Social events: Night event
Night event
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Friday, September 4, 2026
9:00 AM Invited session: Gaseous Ionization Detectors in the FCC-ee Era
Gaseous Ionization Detectors in the FCC-ee Era
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Gaseous Ionization Detectors in the FCC-ee Era - Oliver Kortner (Max Planck Society (DE))
9:40 AM Plenary Session: Plenary session XII
Plenary session XII
9:40 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:40 AM Development of a charge-sharing Micromegas detector with a pixel-strip hybrid readout - Eshita Vinay Kumar (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))

10:00 AM A Monolithic Gas Pixel Detector with on On‑Chip Micro‑Gap Amplification - Luca Baldini

10:20 AM μ-RWELL Technology: Practical Rules for Design, Manufacturing and Safe Operation - Marco Poli Lener (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))
10:40 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Plenary Session: Plenary session XIII
Plenary session XIII
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Development of GEM-based detectors to study of X-rays emission during in-vacuum discharges at the High Voltage Padova Test Facility - Gabriele Croci (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))

11:20 AM Construction and test of a µRGroove based transition radiation detector prototype - Guofeng Song (University of Science and Technology of China)

11:40 AM The MultiStrip Proportional Chamber: a MWPC-inspired new detector based on MPGD techniques - Matteo Giovannetti (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))
12:00 PM Prize ceremony

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM Invited session: Oed Prize winner
Oed Prize winner
12:20 PM - 12:50 PM
Contributions

12:20 PM Oed Prize talk
12:50 PM Closing session

12:50 PM - 1:10 PM

1:10 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:10 PM - 2:20 PM