MCnet Summer School 2026

from Sunday, 31 May 2026 (08:45) to Friday, 5 June 2026 (14:00)
CERN (4/3-006)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
31 May 2026
1 Jun 2026
2 Jun 2026
3 Jun 2026
4 Jun 2026
5 Jun 2026
AM
08:45 Welcome from the organisers - Enrico Bothmann (CERN)  
09:00 Introduction to Event Generators I - Simon Platzer (University of Graz (AT))  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 Introduction to Event Generators II - Simon Platzer (University of Graz (AT))  
11:30 Model-Independent Measurements - Andrew Pilkington (University Of Manchester)  
09:00 Introduction to Event Generators III - Simon Platzer (University of Graz (AT))  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 Parton Showers, Matching and Merging I - Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (Università degli Studi di Torino)  
11:30 Modern Computing Paradigms - Enrico Bothmann (CERN)  
09:00 Aspects of the Electroweak Standard Model I - Stefan Dittmaier (University of Freiburg (DE))  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 Precision Requirements and Opportunities at FCC-ee - Sarah Louise Williams (University of Cambridge (GB))  
11:30 Parton Showers, Matching and Merging III - Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (Università degli Studi di Torino)  
09:00 Aspects of the Electroweak Standard Model II - Stefan Dittmaier (University of Freiburg (DE))  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 Simulating Human Behaviour for Decision-Making in Complex Systems - Joseph Bullock (IPPP, Durham University)  
11:30 Readiness of the MC Tools for the Sub-Per-Mille Frontier - Jürgen Reuter  
09:00 Invisible Dimensions of Diversity - Louise Carvalho (CERN)  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 Event Generators for Heavy Ion Collisions - Leif Lönnblad (Lund University (SE))  
11:30 Machine Learning and Event Generators - Michael Spannowsky (KIT)  
PM
17:30 --- Dinner and refreshments ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Tutorials - Siddharth Sule (The University of Manchester (GB)) Andreas Papaefstathiou (Kennesaw State University (US)) (until 15:00)
14:00
Tutorials - Leif Lönnblad (Lund University (SE)) Albi Kerbizi (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT)) Dr Ilkka Helenius (University of Jyväskylä) (until 15:00)
14:00
Tutorials - Daniel Reichelt (CERN) Peter Meinzinger (Zürich University) ZARA,MONICA,GILLIAN GRAHAM-JONES (IPPP) (until 15:00)
15:00 --- Coffee break ---
15:30
Tutorials - Siddharth Sule (The University of Manchester (GB)) Andreas Papaefstathiou (Kennesaw State University (US)) (until 17:30)
15:30
Tutorials - Albi Kerbizi (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT)) Dr Ilkka Helenius (University of Jyväskylä) Leif Lönnblad (Lund University (SE)) (until 17:30)
15:30
Tutorials - ZARA,MONICA,GILLIAN GRAHAM-JONES (IPPP) Daniel Reichelt (CERN) Peter Meinzinger (Zürich University) (until 17:30)
18:00 --- Welcome reception & poster presentation ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Parton Showers, Matching and Merging II - Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (Università degli Studi di Torino)  
15:00 --- Coffee break ---
15:30
Tutorials - Enrico Bothmann (CERN) (until 17:30)
15:30
Tutorials - Ramon Winterhalder (Università degli Studi di Milano) Luca Beccatini Theo Heimel (UCLouvain) (until 17:30)
15:30
Tutorials - Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (Università degli Studi di Torino) Daniel Reichelt (CERN) Joanne Roper (Durham University) (until 17:30)
17:30 --- Dinner ---
19:30
Discussions (until 20:30) (R1)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00 TH colloquium  
14:00
Time off (until 17:30)
17:30 --- Dinner ---
19:30
Discussions (until 20:30) (R1)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Panel Discussion  
15:00 --- Coffee break ---
15:30
Tutorials - Enrico Bothmann (CERN) (until 17:30)
15:30
Tutorials - Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB)) Christian Gutschow (UCL (UK)) Joe Egan (University College London) Jonathan Butterworth (UCL) (until 17:30)
15:30
Tutorials - Joanne Roper (Durham University) Daniel Reichelt (CERN) Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (Università degli Studi di Torino) (until 17:30)
17:30 --- School dinner ---
12:30 Close-out - Enrico Bothmann (CERN)