European physicists in astro-particle physics as well as in neighboring fields are planning the next generation of experiments to be built within the next decade. The success of the projects in direct dark matter detection, low energy neutrino physics, neutrino properties, gravitational wave detection as well as related accelerator-based experiments in particle and nuclear physics highly depends on challenging technologies in the domain of vacuum and cryogenics. The first event of this series, focusing on vacuum and cryogenics, took place in Darmstadt/Germany in 2012. A brochure was published after the meeting, providing an overview of participating experiments and companies.
For a thorough planning of all stakeholders it is important to carefully elaborate the timing of the projects and their needs as well as the market availability of key products. The APPEC Technology Forum is organized jointly with the international union of vacuum societies IUVSTA, national vacuum societies from the Netherlands and Germany, Maastricht University, NIKHEF and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) to identify synergies between projects from neighboring fields. It shall provide a discussion forum for companies, project scientist and funding agencies to define future ways of boosting cooperation to the benefit of all stakeholders.
Full registration is expected to be available im May 2025. However, you can already register your e-mail address to help us with planning and to receive updated information, as it becomes available. You can also indicate, if you are interested in presenting a poster for your experiment, or if you would like to present products and information about your company.
At the end of the meeting we offer a visit to ET-Pathfinder, a R&D facility for the development and testing of technologies for the next generation gravitational wave observatory, the Einstein Telescope,
