July 30, 2026 to August 5, 2026
Natal Convention Center
America/Sao_Paulo timezone

Track conveners

Higgs Physics

Marisilvia DONADELLI (UERJ, Brazil)

Rick Sandeepan GUPTA (TIFR Mumbai, India)

Martina OJEDA (CERN, Switzerland)

Toni SCULAC ( University of Split, Croatia)

Chen ZHOU (Peking University, China)

LOC Liaison: Marco LEITE (USP, Brazil)

 

Neutrino Physics

Arman ESMAILI (PUC-Rio, Brazil)

Joel JONES-PEREZ (PUC-Lima, Peru)

Liudmila KOLUPAEVA (JINR, Russia)

Shirley LI (UC Irvine, USA)

Jose MANEIRA (LIP, Portugal)

Juan Pedro OCHOA RICOUX (UC Irvine, USA)

Cristovão VILELA (LIP, Portugal)

LOC Liaison: Carla BONIFAZI (CBPF, Brazil)

 

Beyond the Standard Model

Francisco ALONSO (La Plata, Argentina)

Sasha BELYAEV (University of Southampton, UK)

Louie CORPE (Clermont Auvergne, France)

Gero GERSDORFF (PUC-Rio, Brazil)

Helena MALBOUISSON (UERJ, Brazil)

Nicolas NEILL (Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile)

LOC Liaison: André LESSA (UFABC, Brazil)

 

Electroweak and Top Quark Physics

Jorge de BLAS (University of Granada, Spain)

Matteo DEFRANCHIS (CERN, Switzerland)

Francesco GIULI (Roma II, Italy)

Joany MANJARRES (Dresden, Germany)

Emilie PASSEMAR (Universitat de València, Spain)

Miguel RAMOS PERNAS (University of Warwick, UK)

LOC Liaison: Yara COUTINHO (UFRJ, Brazil)

 

Quark and Lepton Flavor Physics

Svende BRAUN (University of New Mexico, USA) 

Melissa CRUZ (Universidad Autonoma, Honduras)

Michal KOVAL (Charles University, Czech Republic)

Dmytro KOVALSKYI (MIT, USA)

Saurabh SANDILYA, (IIT Hyderabad, India)

Olcyr SUMENSARI (IJClab/Saclay, France)

Jianchun WANG (IHEP, China)

LOC Liaison: Erica POLYCARPO (UFRJ, Brazil)

 

Strong Interactions and Hadron Physics

Nils HERMANSSON-TRUEDSSON (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Ezra LESSER (LANL, USA)

Beijiang LIU (IHEP, China)

Raquel MOLINA (Universitat de València, Spain)

Letícia F. D. PALHARES (UERJ, Brazil)

Mengzhen WANG (CERN, Switzerland)

LOC Liaison: Patrícia MAGALHÃES (Unicamp, Brazil)

 

Heavy Ions

Liliana APOLINÁRIO (LIP, Portugal)

Gabriel DENICOL (UFF, Brazil)

Evgeny KRYSHEN (JINR, Russia)

Wei LI (Rice University, USA)

Michael LISA (OSU, USA)

Sebastian TAPIA ARAYA (UTFSM, Chile)

LOC Liaison: Marcelo MUNHOZ (USP, Brazil)

 

Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology

Ruben CONCEIÇÃO (LIP, Portugal)

Alma GONZÁLES-MORALES (University of Guanajuato, Mexico)

Ioana MARIS (ULB, Belgium) 

Manuela VECCHI (Un. Groningen, Netherlands)

Julia Tena VIDAL (Valecia, Spain)

LOC Liaison: Vitor DE SOUZA (USP, Brazil)

 

Dark Matter

Danijela BOGAVAC (University of Barcelona, Spain)

Roberto LINEROS (Univ. Catolica del Norte, Chile)

Yue MENG (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

Bjoern PENNING (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Juri SMIRNOV (University of Liverpol, UK)

Sukanya SINHA (University of Manchester, UK)

LOC Liaison: Farinaldo QUEIROZ (UFRN, Brazil)

 

New Developments in Quantum Field Theory, String Theory and Quantum Information in HEP

Andrea GUERRIERI (London City University, UK)

Yutaro IJIYAMA (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Tereza C. R. MENDES (USP, Brazil)   

Horatiu NASTASE (IFT-UNESP, Brazil)

LOC Liaison: Rogerio ROSENFELD (IFT-UNESP, Brazil)

 

Accelerator: Physics, Performance, and R&D for Future Facilities

Laura FIELDS (Notre Dame, USA)

Wei LU (IHEP, China)

Yukiyoshi OHNISHI (KEK, Japan)

Zarko PAVLOVIC (Fermilab, USA)

Marlene TURNER (CERN, Switzerland)

LOC Liaison: Gustavo GIL DA SILVEIRA (UFRGS, Brazil)

 

Operation, Performance and Upgrade of Present Detectors

Dmitrii Dementev (JINR, Russia)

Silvia GAMBETTA (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Ana MACHADO (UNICAMP, Brazil) 

Swagata MUKHERJEE (IIT Kanpur, India)

Sarah PORTEBOEUF (U. Clermont-Ferrand, France)

Nicolas VIAUX (UTFSM, Chile)

LOC Liaison: Mauro Cosentino (UFABC, Brazil)

 

Detectors for Future Facilities, R&D and Novel Techniques (including Quantum Sensors)

Chun (Ginger) CHENG (Nikhef, Netherlands)

Blake LEVERINGTON (Heidelberg University, Germany)

Deywis MORENO (UAN, Colombia)

Antonio PELLEGRINO (Nikhef, Netherlands)

Antonio PEREIRA (CBPF, Brazil)

Felix REIDT (CERN, Switzerland)

LOC Liaison: Ulisses CARNEIRO (CBPF, Brazil)

 

Software, Computing and Data Handling 

Carla Marin BENITO (University of Barcelona, Spain)

Jianming BIAN (UC Irvine, USA)

Enrico BOTHMANN (CERN, Switzerland)

Marco GIACALONE (CERN, Switzerland)

Kevin PEDRO (FNAL, USA)

Norraphat SRIMANOBHAS (Chulalongkorn U., Thailand)

Thiago TOMEI (IFT-UNESP, Brazil)

LOC Liaison: Carsten HENSEL (CBPF, Brazil)

 

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Quantum Computing in HEP

Julia GONSKI (SLAC, USA)

Philip HARRIS (MIT, USA)

Yingying LI (IHEP, China)

Vinicius MIKUNI (Nagoya U., Japan)

Daniel MURNANE (Niels Bohr Inst., Denmark)

Manuel SZEWC (ICAS, U. San Martin, Argentina)

Sofia VALLERCORSA (CERN)

Mike WILLIAMS (MIT, USA)

LOC Liason: Andre SZNAJDER (UERJ, Brazil) 

 

Education & Outreach

Pedro ABREU (LIP, Portugal)

Freya BLEKMAN (DESY, Germany)

Sara CELANI (CERN, Switzerland)

Azwinndini MURONGA (NMMU, South Africa)

Dilia PORTILLO QUINTERO (TRIUMF, Canada)

Kate SHAW (University of Sussex, UK)

LOC Liaison: Sandra PADULA (UNESP, Brazil)

 

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Ece ASILAR (Hanyang University, South Korea)

Johan BONILLA (Northeastern University, USA)

Mu-Chun CHEN (UC Irvine, USA)

Flavia DE ALMEIDA DIAS (Nikhef, Netherlands)

Toyoko ORIMOTO (Northeastern University, USA)

LOC Liaison: Clemencia MORA (CBPF, Brazil)

 

Technology Applications and Industrial Opportunities

Jorge AMARAL (UERJ, Brazil)

Igor LENSKY (JINR, Russia)

Tiago MOTTA QUIRINO (UERJ, Brazil)

Charles THANARAJ (Fermilab, USA)

LOC Liaison: Danielle MORAES (N7, Brazil)

 

Sustainability

Veronique BOISVERT (University of London, UK)

Alberto PACE (CERN, Switzerland)

Ruth PÖTTGEN (Lund University, Sweden)

Heinrich SCHINDLER (CERN, Switzerland)

Maksym TITOV (CEA, France)

LOC Liaison: Sandro FONSECA (UERJ, Brazil)