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

from Monday, November 24, 2025 (8:00 AM) to Wednesday, November 26, 2025 (11:00 PM)
Maastricht, NL (Sint-Janskerk)

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