IUVSTA Workshop 109 APPEC Tech Forum Vacuum & Cryogenics - Industry meets Academia

from Monday 24 November 2025 (08:00) to Wednesday 26 November 2025 (23:00)
Maastricht, NL (Sint-Janskerk)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
24 Nov 2025
25 Nov 2025
26 Nov 2025
AM
11:30
Registration, coffee (until 12:30)
08:30
Registration, coffee (until 09:00)
09:00
Session 4: Dark Matter with Xe (Chair: Julien Masbou) (until 10:30)
09:00 Searching for Dark Matter and Rare Events with XENONnT - Lutz Althüser (University Münster)  
09:30 Vacuum and cryogenics technologies in Xenon Purification - Christian Philipp Weinheimer (Universität Münster (DE))  
10:00 VACOM - Christopher Gray (Vacom B.V.)  
10:10 Allectra GmbH - Benjamin Holmes (Allectra GmbH)  
10:20 Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics - Ummara Anyum (Sumitomo)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Session 5: Axions and CMB (Chair: Christian Weinheimer) (until 12:30)
11:00 Vacuum and Cryogenic Technologies in large Axion Detectors - Joern Schaffran (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
11:30 The QUBIC Instrument: Design and Implementation of a Bolometric Interferometer for CMB Polarization - Manuel GONZALEZ  
12:00 The LiteBIRD Space Mission cryogenic detection chain - Andrea Tartari (INFN Pisa)  
08:30
Registration, coffee (until 09:00)
09:00
Session 8: Technology and ETpathfinder (Chair: Joachim Wolf) (until 10:30)
09:00 Vacuum Technology Developments at Daresbury Laboratory for modern accelerators - Keith Middleman (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)  
09:30 ET-Pathfinder - Henk Jan Bulten  
10:00 INFICON - Dr Roberto Salemme  
10:10 Vernooy Vacuum Engineering B.V. - Freek Kronenberg (Vernooy Vacuum Engineering B.V.)  
10:20 SAES - NEG solutions in large vacuum system: from material design to Integrated Engineering Solutions - Enrico Machallini (SAES Getter SpA)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Session 9: Panel Discussion (Chair: Martin Wüest) (until 12:20)
11:00 Panel discussion: Vacuum Technology  
12:00 Wrap-up  
PM
12:30
Session 1: Neutrinos (Chair: Freek Molkenboer) (until 14:00)
12:30 Welcome and introduction  
13:00 Next generation tritium-based direct neutrino mass searches: From KATRIN++ to Project 8, QTNM, and Ptolemy - Thomas Thümmler  
13:30 Technological Challenges in the Design and Operation of Tritium-Based Experiments: A Case Study on Atomic Tritium Production - Marco Röllig (Karlsruhe Institute für Technologie)  
14:00 --- Coffee break ---
14:30
Session 2: Neutrinos (Chair: Thomas Thümmler) (until 16:00)
14:30 Low-Energy Neutrino Physics and Cryogenic Innovation with the NUCLEUS Experiment - Raimund Johann Strauss (TUM)  
15:00 LARGE SIZE NOBLE LIQUID DETECTORS: DUNE AND PROTODUNE - Caroline Fabre (CERN)  
15:30 Leybold Nederland B.V. - Johannes Benninghoven (Leybold)  
15:40 Busch - Pfeiffer Vacuum - Ehider Polanco (Busch - Pfeiffer Vacuum)  
15:50 Hositrad Vacuum Technology - Frans van Roosmalen (Hositrad Vacuum Technology)  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30
Session 3: Neutrinos & Dark Matter (Chair: Carlos P. Garay) (until 18:00)
16:30 LEGEND-1000 cryostat and cryogenic system - Bernhard Schwingenheuer (MPI Kernphysik)  
17:00 DarkSide-20k cryogenics - Ms Bianca Bottino  
17:30 Applications of mK technologies in astroparticle physics: from resolution to exposure frontiers - Dr Paolo Gorla (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (INFN) (IT))  
18:00
Poster session with snacks (until 20:00)
18:00 3Dpi: PET Scanner with Xenon-doped Liquid Argon and SiPM - Dr Masayuki Wada (AstroCent: Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre, PAN, Poland)  
18:00 Development of a platform dedicated to the measurement of material properties at cryogenic temperatures : CryoMat - Gwendal DENIEL  
18:00 Innovative On-Site Continuous Production and Welding of the Einstein Telescope Vacuum Pipes - Charlotte Benning  
18:00 Large-volume CRES detectors for the Project 8 neutrino mass measurement - Juliana Stachurska  
18:00 Low radon and low internal radioactivity (LowRad) for next generation liquid xenon experiments - Lutz Althüser (University of Münster)  
18:00 Manufacturing Opportunities for the FCC-ee Vacuum System - Martin Bammer (Technische Universitaet Wien (AT))  
18:00 Monitoring and mitigation of gas accumulation on cryogenic mirror surfaces of ET - Markus Schulz-Ritz (KIT)  
18:00 R&D activities at LNF-INFN on cryogenic vacuum issues in future cryogenic gravitational wave detectors - Luisa Spallino  
18:00 Sterile neutrino search at the KATRIN experiment - Dominic Hinz (KIT - Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP))  
18:00 The Cryogenic System of Darkside Proto-0: Design and Long-Term Performance - Mr Gianfrancesco Grauso (INFN)  
18:00 ‘1500W Cryostat’ as a Testbed for ET Studies - Antonio Pasqualetti (European Gravitational Observatory)  
12:30 --- Buffet lunch ---
14:00
Session 6: Gravitational Waves (Chair: Achim Stahl) (until 15:30)
14:00 The Virgo Vacuum System and Next-Phase Upgrades - Antonio Pasqualetti (European Gravitational Observatory)  
14:30 ET @ CERN (beam line) - Dr Carlo Scarcia (CERN)  
15:00 ET tower (vac & cryo) - Fulvio Ricci (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:00
Session 7: Panel Discussions (Chair: Fulvio Ricci) (until 17:30)
16:00 REUTER TECHNOLOGIE GmbH - Mike Löschinger (Reuter Technology GmbH)  
16:10 RI Research Instruments GmbH - Christoph Quitmann (Research-Instruments)  
16:20 Demcon Kryoz - Adrie Visser (Demcon Kryoz)  
16:30 Panel discussion: Cryogenic Technology  
17:30
Free (until 19:00)
19:00
Dinner (until 21:00)
12:20
Transfere to ET-PF (until 13:00)
13:00
ET-Pathfinder visit (until 16:00) (ET-Pathfinder)
13:00
Lunch at ET-Pathfinder (until 16:00) (ET-Pathfinder)