Beauty 2026 @Maastricht
The 21st International Conference on B-Physics at Frontier Machines, "BEAUTY 2026", will be held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from the 1st to the 5th June 2026.
Initiated in Prague - 1993, the BEAUTY conference series is devoted to reviewing the latest theoretical and experimental advances in heavy flavour physics.
The scientific programme will cover a wide range of topics, including CP violation, rare decays, spectroscopy, and production of heavy flavoured B and charmed hadrons. Prospects for upcoming B-physics experiments at frontier machines, and at the next generation of high-energy colliders will also be discussed.
During the week, several social activities are scheduled (welcome reception, excursion, conference dinner).
We would like to specifically invite early-career scientists to join and contribute to the two poster sessions with short lightning talks.
Please note that June is a very busy time in Maastricht. We urge everyone to book their accomodation as soon as possible.
As part of Beauty 2026, we are organize Bachelors@Beauty which has been generously sponsored by the Universiteitsfonds Limburg/SWOL


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Registration 45m
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Welcome 15mSpeakers: Keri Vos (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)), Marcel Merk (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
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CP violation in B decays 30mSpeaker: Kristof Antoon M De Bruyn (University of Groningen)
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Measurements of time-dependent b-hadron properties in LHCb 20mSpeaker: Lucas Arthur Foreman (The University of Manchester (GB))
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Tea Break 30m
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Time-dependent CPV measurements at Belle II 20mSpeaker: Cecilia Antonioli
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Nonleptonic B decays 30mSpeaker: Marta Burgos Marcos (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
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Hadronic B-meson decays at Belle II 20mSpeaker: Ansu Johnson (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
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Recent results in charmless b-hadron decays at LHCb 20mSpeaker: Edoardo Mariani (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), LPNHE, Sorbonne Université)
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Small Break 25m
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Violation of fundamental symmetries in B and D decays at CMS 20mSpeaker: Riccardo Manzoni (ETH Zurich (CH))
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Recent lifetime measurements in ATLAS 20mSpeaker: Dvij Mankad (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))
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Practical info 20mSpeaker: Keri Vos (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
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Welcome drinks at Maastricht Town Hall 1h 30m Hall (Town hall, Markt 78)
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Town hall, Markt 78
Town hall, Markt 78
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Standard Model uncertainties of B -> K(*) ell+ ell-, angular distributions 30mSpeaker: Danny van Dyk (Durham University & IPPP)
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Recent results in b->sll transitions at LHCb 20mSpeaker: Juan Jose Juan Castella (University of Cambridge (GB))
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b->s Penguin results from Belle II 20mSpeakers: RISHABH MEHTA, Rishabh Mehta (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
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Rare decays at CMS 20mSpeaker: Szymon Slawinski (University of Warsaw (PL))
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Tea Break 30m
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The Plan B Z' Model and b->s transitions 30mSpeaker: Prof. Ben Allanach (University of Cambridge (GB))
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Recent results in rare b-hadron decays (excluding b->sll) at LHCb 20mSpeaker: Lukas Calefice (Universitat de Barcelona / ICCUB)
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CMS highlights on flavour physics 20mSpeaker: Chiara Basile (University of Florida (US))
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New HF excited states and LFV searches in ATLAS 25mSpeaker: Yue Xu (University of Washington (US))
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Lunch 55m
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Results with light collision systems at the LHC and future perspectives 20mSpeaker: Shreyasi Acharya (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
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HF production and properties: cross section and lifetimes at CMS 20mSpeaker: Lucas Karwatzki (Rheinisch Westfaelische Tech. Hoch. (DE))
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Quarkonium/QCD results at Belle II 20mSpeaker: Giulia Italia (INFN & Univ. Torino)
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Tea Break 30m
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Cross sections for heavy-flavour production in ATLAS 20mSpeakers: Yuxuan Zhang (Tsinghua University (CN)), Yuxuan Zhang
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recent ALICE heavy-flavour results and prospects for LHC Run4 and Run5 20mSpeaker: Alessandro Grelli (Utrecht University (NL))
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B -> invisibles 30mSpeaker: Dr Martin Novoa-Brunet (IFIC, U. Valencia, CSIC)
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Dark matter results at Belle II 20mSpeaker: Rajesh Kumar Maiti (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))
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Small break 15m
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Lightning talks and poster session
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Pitch: Searches for lepton flavour violation involving tau lepton in B decays at Belle and Belle II 5mSpeaker: Isaac-Paul CONSIGNY (CPPM)
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Pitch: Improving the LHCb VELO simulation with data-driven cluster efficiencies 5mSpeaker: Mark Waterlaat (CERN & VU)
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Pitch: An EFT on an EFT on an EFT 5mSpeaker: Jaime del Palacio Lirola (University of Siegen)
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Pitch: Development of a Kinematic Over-Constraint Method for Pentaquark Search in $\Lambda_b^0$ Decays at LHCb in Run 3 10mSpeaker: Sophia Pennuttis (Vilnius University (LT))
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Check out the posters! 45m
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Poster: Quantum Emergence of Euclidean Regions and Implication for Fermionic Physics 5mSpeaker: Guus Beenen
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Poster: Relativistic Binaries in Post-Newtonian Approximations: Full Derivation from the Einstein-Hilbert Action to a Coded Analytical Framework at 1PN Order 10mSpeaker: Sophia Berinski
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Poster: Investigation of the Ricci flow equation as a dynamic constraint on the Einstein Field Equation 10mSpeaker: Lara Kropej
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Poster: Bridging the Gap: Can a Single Z' Solve the B and D Anomalies 10mSpeaker: Marija Hrstic
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Poster: Using machine learning for the analysis of semileptonic decays at LHCb 15mSpeaker: Francesco Cipollone
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Recent results in charm physics at BESIII (excluding strong-phase measurements) 20mSpeaker: Wenhan Shen (University of Chinese Academy of Science)
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Mixing and CPV in charm at LHCb 20mSpeaker: Paula Herrero Gascon (Heidelberg University (DE))
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Tea Break 30m
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Recent results and prospects in charm strong-phase measurements at BESIII 20mSpeaker: Yu Zhang
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Conventional spectroscopy of doubly heavy hadrons at LHCb 20mSpeaker: Yuhao Wang (School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing)
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B -> D(*)taunu results at Belle and Belle II 20mSpeaker: Lin Wang (Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP))
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Recent b->c tau nu results from Babar 20mSpeaker: Vincent Tisserand (LPC Clermont IN2P3/CNRS)
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Conference Photo 15m
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Explore the city and grab a nice lunch somewhere
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Excursion
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Transfer to Conference Dinner 30m
More info follows
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Conference Dinner 3h 15m
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Transfer back to pick-up location inner city
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Recent results on spectroscopy at LHCb (excluding B_c) 20mSpeaker: Yiming Li (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))
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Recent results in spectroscopy at BESIII 20mSpeaker: Yanping Huang (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))
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Spectroscopy: new baryons, onia-associated production (triple Jpsi, Upsilon + Z etc) at CMS 20mSpeaker: Jinjing Gu (Tsinghua University (CN))
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Tea Break 30m
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Tau physics at Belle II 20mSpeaker: Zuzana Mediankin Gruberova (Charles University)
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Recent results from NA62 20mSpeaker: Silvia Martellotti (INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))
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Strange physics at LHCb 20mSpeaker: Marco Santimaria (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))
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Results and prospects with KOTO 20mSpeaker: Bob Hsiung (National Taiwan University (TW))
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Lunch 1h
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Semileptonic B decays, latest |V_xb| 30mSpeakers: Alexandre Carvunis, Alexandre Carvunis (Università di Torino)
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Measurements of |V_cb| at Belle and Belle II 20mSpeaker: Markus Tobias Prim (University of Bonn (DE))
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Measurements of |V_ub| at Belle and Belle II 20mSpeaker: Jyotirmoi Borah (Fudan University)
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Tea Break 30m
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Measurements of CKM angle gamma in LHCb 20mSpeaker: Vincent Tisserand (LPC Clermont IN2P3/CNRS)
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Lattice QCD (focus on Charm and Beauty form factors, RD*, b- & c-quark masses) 30mSpeakers: William Jay, William Jay (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
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Recent results in semileptonic b-hadron decays at LHCb 20mSpeaker: Marta Calvi
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Short break 10m
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Lightning talks and poster session
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Pitch: A Theoretical Study of Non-leptonic Charm Decays 5mSpeaker: Yağmur Zubaroğlu
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Pitch: Feasibility study of CP violation of hyperon decay at STCF 5mSpeaker: Mingyu Yu (Shandong University)
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Pitch: B-physics triggers 2024-2025 5mSpeaker: Adam Edward Barton (Lancaster University (GB))
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Pitch: Particle Tracking using Quantum Computers 5mSpeaker: Xenofon Chiotopoulos (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
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Pitch: Quark-Hadron Duality Violations and Higher-Order 1/m_b Corrections in Inclusive Semileptonic B Decays 5mSpeaker: Rens Verkade
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Pitch: Prospects of searches for invisible B-meson decays at FCC-ee 5mSpeaker: Ella Wood (University of Cambridge (GB))
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Check out the posters! 55m
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Poster: Asessing Radiation Damage of the LHCb electromagnetic Calorimeter 10mSpeaker: Aleksandre Kiria
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Poster: $B\to \pi \ell \nu$ and the search for New Physics 10mSpeaker: Joanna Wądołowska
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Poster: Search for the Cabibbo-Suppressed Decay $B_c^+ \to B_s^0 K^+$ at LHCb 10mSpeaker: Clotilde Papot
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Poster: Bc → τ ν and New Physics 10mSpeaker: Emma Small
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Poster: Two is Company, Three is a Crowd: Heavy-Flavor Baryon Enhancement in PYTHIA 8 15mSpeaker: Inaki Pardo Zambrana
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Poster: Exploring CKM unitarity trhough Vcd with D-> pi decays 10mSpeaker: Jens Hieronymus
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Hadronic methods for rare B decays on the Lattice 30mSpeaker: Felix Erben (CERN)
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Projections for ATLAS heavy-flavour measurements at the HL-LHC 20mSpeaker: Pavel Reznicek (Charles University (CZ))
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LHCb Upgrade II 20mSpeaker: Neville Harnew (University of Oxford (GB))
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Tea break 30m
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Status of Belle II and SuperKEKB and future prospects 20mSpeaker: Martin Bessner (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
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Heavy-flavour prospects at FCC-ee 20mSpeaker: Matthew William Kenzie (University of Cambridge (GB))
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Summary Talk 35mSpeaker: Niels Tuning (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
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Poster prize award and Closing 10mSpeaker: Keri Vos (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
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Lunch 1h
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