Organization of CPOD at CERN: April 13-17, 2026

• Roberta Arnaldi (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))
• Maja Mackowiak-Pawlowska (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))

Timeline 1. Save the date - send to th community on 6/8/2025 2. Call for abstracts (after IAC meeting) 3. End abstract submission: mid November (16.11) 4. mid-Nov -- mid-Dec IAC abstract voting 5. Abstract notification: end of December (31.12) 6. Early registration deadline: end of December (31.12) 7. Late registration deadline: end of January (31.01) 8. Fee payment: mid of February (14.02)

Plenary speakers proposals If we follow the timeslots (invited 25+5; contributed 15+5) of CPOD24 for example we may have: Invited talks: 6 (Mon) + 6 (Tue) + 5 (Fri) = 17 Contributed talks: 8 (Mon) + 8 (Tue) + 8 (Wed) + 16 (Thu) = 40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If we extend duration of talks (invited 30+10; contributed 25+5) then we would have: Invited talks: 4 (Mon) + 4 (Tue) + 6 (Fri) = 14 Contributed talks: 6 (Mon) + 6 (Tue) + 6 (Wed) + 12 (Thu) = 30 Scientific Programme: -- Critical point -- Phase transition -- Deconfined matter -- Hadronization -- Compact Starts -- Future experimental facilities and detectors

IAC Composition

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Informal Bylaws of CPOD

• Marek Gazdzicki (Jan Kochanowski University (PL))