MCnet Summer School 2026

from Sunday, May 31, 2026 (8:45 AM) to Friday, June 5, 2026 (2:00 PM)
CERN (4/3-006)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
May 31, 2026
Jun 1, 2026
Jun 2, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
Jun 4, 2026
Jun 5, 2026
AM
8:45 AM Welcome from the organisers - Enrico Bothmann (CERN)  
9:00 AM Introduction to Event Generators I - Simon Platzer (University of Graz (AT))  
10:00 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:30 AM Introduction to Event Generators II - Simon Platzer (University of Graz (AT))  
11:30 AM Model-Independent Measurements - Andrew Pilkington (University Of Manchester)  
9:00 AM Introduction to Event Generators III - Simon Platzer (University of Graz (AT))  
10:00 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:30 AM Parton Showers, Matching and Merging I - Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (Università degli Studi di Torino)  
11:30 AM Modern Computing Paradigms - Enrico Bothmann (CERN)  
9:00 AM Aspects of the Electroweak Standard Model I - Stefan Dittmaier (University of Freiburg (DE))  
10:00 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:30 AM Precision Requirements and Opportunities at FCC-ee - Sarah Louise Williams (University of Cambridge (GB))  
11:30 AM Parton Showers, Matching and Merging III - Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (Università degli Studi di Torino)  
9:00 AM Aspects of the Electroweak Standard Model II - Stefan Dittmaier (University of Freiburg (DE))  
10:00 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:30 AM Simulating Human Behaviour for Decision-Making in Complex Systems - Joseph Bullock (IPPP, Durham University)  
11:30 AM Readiness of the MC Tools for the Sub-Per-Mille Frontier - Jürgen Reuter  
9:00 AM Invisible Dimensions of Diversity - Louise Carvalho (CERN)  
10:00 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:30 AM Event Generators for Heavy Ion Collisions - Leif Lönnblad (Lund University (SE))  
11:30 AM Machine Learning and Event Generators - Michael Spannowsky (KIT)  
PM
5:30 PM --- Dinner and refreshments ---
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM
Tutorials - Siddharth Sule (The University of Manchester (GB)) Andreas Papaefstathiou (Kennesaw State University (US)) (until 3:00 PM)
2:00 PM
Tutorials - Leif Lönnblad (Lund University (SE)) Albi Kerbizi (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT)) Dr Ilkka Helenius (University of Jyväskylä) (until 3:00 PM)
2:00 PM
Tutorials - Daniel Reichelt (CERN) Peter Meinzinger (Zürich University) ZARA,MONICA,GILLIAN GRAHAM-JONES (IPPP) (until 3:00 PM)
3:00 PM --- Coffee break ---
3:30 PM
Tutorials - Siddharth Sule (The University of Manchester (GB)) Andreas Papaefstathiou (Kennesaw State University (US)) (until 5:30 PM)
3:30 PM
Tutorials - Albi Kerbizi (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT)) Dr Ilkka Helenius (University of Jyväskylä) Leif Lönnblad (Lund University (SE)) (until 5:30 PM)
3:30 PM
Tutorials - ZARA,MONICA,GILLIAN GRAHAM-JONES (IPPP) Daniel Reichelt (CERN) Peter Meinzinger (Zürich University) (until 5:30 PM)
6:00 PM --- Welcome reception & poster presentation ---
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Parton Showers, Matching and Merging II - Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (Università degli Studi di Torino)  
3:00 PM --- Coffee break ---
3:30 PM
Tutorials - Enrico Bothmann (CERN) (until 5:30 PM)
3:30 PM
Tutorials - Ramon Winterhalder (Università degli Studi di Milano) Luca Beccatini Theo Heimel (UCLouvain) (until 5:30 PM)
3:30 PM
Tutorials - Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (Università degli Studi di Torino) Daniel Reichelt (CERN) Joanne Roper (Durham University) (until 5:30 PM)
5:30 PM --- Dinner ---
7:30 PM
Discussions (until 8:30 PM) (R1)
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM TH colloquium  
2:00 PM
Time off (until 5:30 PM)
5:30 PM --- Dinner ---
7:30 PM
Discussions (until 8:30 PM) (R1)
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Panel Discussion  
3:00 PM --- Coffee break ---
3:30 PM
Tutorials - Enrico Bothmann (CERN) (until 5:30 PM)
3:30 PM
Tutorials - Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB)) Christian Gutschow (UCL (UK)) Joe Egan (University College London) Jonathan Butterworth (UCL) (until 5:30 PM)
3:30 PM
Tutorials - Joanne Roper (Durham University) Daniel Reichelt (CERN) Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (Università degli Studi di Torino) (until 5:30 PM)
5:30 PM --- School dinner ---
12:30 PM Close-out - Enrico Bothmann (CERN)