LIII International Meeting on Fundamental Physics

May 11, 2026, 2:30 PM → May 15, 2026, 12:30 PM Europe/Madrid

Salón de actos, Facultad de Relaciones Laborales y RR HH (Universidad de Granada)

Programme

The International Meeting on Fundamental Physics is the Spanish Symposium on high energy particle physics with the longest tradition. Since its creation in 1973, it has been organized on an annual basis by each of the main Spanish groups in turn. Its scientific programs have included dedicated reviews with the latest results in the fields of particle and astroparticle physics and cosmology.

The 2026 edition is organized by the high-energy physics group (FTAE) of the University of Granada.

FCC discussion sessions

The first two sessions of the meeting (Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning) will be devoted to a strategic discussion on the participation of the Spanish HEP community in the FCC project. 

Scientific Advisory Committee

Bárbara Álvarez González (U. Oviedo) Fernando Arteche (ITAINNOVA) Manuel Asorey (U. Zaragoza) Alicia Calderón (IFCA, CSIC-UC) David Cerdeño (IFT UAM) Xabier Cid (IGFAE, USC) Antonio Dobado (U. Complutense) Elvira Gámiz (U. Granada) M. José García Borge (IEM, CSIC)

Domènec Espriu (U. Barcelona) Pilar Hernández (IFIC, CSIC-UV) M. Isabel Josa (CIEMAT) Quim Matias (IFAE) Gemma Rius (IMB-CNM-CSIC) Carlos Salgado (IGFAE, USC) Alicia Sintes (UIB) Miguel A. Vázquez Mozo (USAL)

Local Organizing Committee

Elvira Gámiz  Diego García Gámez José I. Illana Patricia Sánchez Lucas

 

A collection of pictures here

Mon, May 11

2:30 PM → 3:00 PM Registration

3:00 PM → 7:00 PM FCC discussion

3:00 PM Introduction

Speakers: Maria Jose Costa (IFIC (CSIC-UV) Valencia (ES)), Jose Santiago (University of Granada)

FCCSession_WinterMeeting_11.05.26.pdf

3:25 PM CERN Council and FCC

Speaker: Inmaculada Figueroa (Deputy Director General for International Consortia, Organizations, and Research Infrastructures CERN Council Spanish Delegate)

20260511 LIIII International FF meeting GRANADA.pdf

3:50 PM FCC: status of project and global collaboration

Speaker: Gregorio Bernardi (APC Paris CNRS/IN2P3)

FCC-status-collaboration-building-granada-V6.pdf

4:30 PM FCC-ee: PED (Physics, Experiments and Detectors) activities

Speaker: Guy Wilkinson (University of Oxford (GB))

FCC_PED_Granada.pdf

PED_egroups_chart_2026_04_28.pdf

5:10 PM Coffee break

5:40 PM FCC-ee: Detector concepts

Speaker: Mogens Dam (Niels Bohr Institute (DK))

Granada_260511.pdf

6:20 PM FCC-ee: Industrial opportunities

Speaker: Javier Echavarri (CDTI)

GICs_20260511_LIII Reunión Internacional sobre Física Fundamental CDTI.pdf

Tue, May 12

9:00 AM → 2:00 PM FCC discussion

9:00 AM Past, current and planned Spanish contributions to FCC Physics & Experiment performance studies

Speaker: Maria Cepeda (CIEMAT)

SpanishFCCPhysics&Performance.pdf

9:40 AM Potential Spanish contributions to detectors for FCC-ee

Speakers: Abraham Antonio Gallas Torreira (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES)), Carlos Marinas Pardo (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES)), Prof. Ivan Vila Alvarez (Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC)), Prof. Mary-Cruz Fouz Iglesias (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES)), Salvador Marti I Garcia (IFIC-Valencia (UV/EG-CSIC)), Sebastian Grinstein (IFAE - Barcelona (ES))

20260511_FCC-ee_V4.pdf

DiscussionDetectors.pdf

10:40 AM Coffee break

11:10 AM Accelerator R&D in Spain: FCC-ee current and potential contributions

Speaker: Concepcion Oliver Amorós (CIEMAT)

R&D_accelerators_Spain_FCCdays_120526_COliver.pdf

R&D_accelerators_Spain_FCCdays_120526_COliver.pptx

11:50 AM Towards identifying Spanish industry contributions to FCC based on the ILC experience

Speakers: Marcel Vos (IFIC Valencia (ES)), Erik Fernández (INEUSTAR)

spanish_network_fccee_contributions.pdf

12:50 PM General discussion on evolution of structures in Spain in the context of FCC

Speakers: Juan Alcaraz Maestre (CIEMAT - Madrid (ES)), Jose Santiago (University of Granada)

Alcaraz_FCC_Spain_12May2026.pdf

2:30 PM → 3:00 PM Opening of regular sessions

3:00 PM → 4:40 PM Physics

3:00 PM CMS Physics Highlights

Speaker: Alberto Escalante del Valle (CIEMAT)

CMS_Physics_Highlights_IMFP_AEV.pdf

3:50 PM Search for New Physics with the ATLAS experiment

Speaker: Tamara Vazquez Schroeder (IFAE)

051226_IMFP_Granada_BSMexp_TVS.pdf

4:40 PM → 5:10 PM Coffee break

5:10 PM → 7:00 PM Physics

5:10 PM Detector R&D: DRDs and Strategy Priorities

Speaker: Thomas Bergauer (ÖAW)

2026-05-12-Bergauer-DRD-Strategy.pdf

6:00 PM Future Colliders

Speaker: Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez (Uppsala University)

Winter_RGS_2026.pdf

8:30 PM → 11:00 PM Social program

8:30 PM Reception cocktail at Carmen de la Victoria

Wed, May 13

9:00 AM → 10:40 AM Physics

9:00 AM Summary of flavour physics results

Speaker: Miriam Lucio Martinez (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC)

IMFP_2026_MLucioMartinez.pdf

9:50 AM Flavor as an Organizing Principle for New Physics

Speaker: Admir Greljo (Universitaet Basel (CH))

_Greljo-Granada-2026.pdf

10:40 AM → 11:10 AM Coffee break

11:10 AM → 12:50 PM Physics

11:10 AM Status of EW & Higgs Physics and EFT interpretations

Speaker: Jorge de Blas (Universidad de Granada)

EW_Higgs_EFT_deBlas.pdf

12:00 PM Amplitudes (at colliders and beyond)

Speaker: Samuel Abreu (CERN)

abreu.pdf

12:50 PM → 3:00 PM Lunch

3:00 PM → 3:50 PM Physics

3:00 PM Strong Interactions through the prism of energy correlators

Speaker: Andrey Sadofyev (Ikerbasque, EHU)

Granada_2026_final.pdf

Granada_2026_final.pptx

3:50 PM → 4:20 PM Strategy

3:50 PM European Strategy on Astroparticle Physics

Speaker: Carlos Peña Garay (Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc)

APPEC_CPG_IMFP26.pdf

5:00 PM → 8:00 PM IFMIF-DONES

5:00 PM Bus from Granada

6:00 PM Visit to IFMIF-DONES site

7:30 PM Bus returns to Granada

Thu, May 14

9:00 AM → 10:40 AM Physics

9:00 AM Neutrinos experiment

Speaker: Roxanne Guenette (University of Manchester)

Guenette_LIIIMeetingSpain_neutrinos.pdf

9:50 AM BSM searches in the neutrino sector

Speaker: Pilar Coloma (Instituto de Fisica Teorica UAM/CSIC)

pcoloma-IMFF26.pdf

10:40 AM → 11:10 AM Coffee break

11:10 AM → 12:50 PM Physics

11:10 AM Where should we look for Dark Matter?

Speaker: Bradley Kavanagh (Universidad de Cantabria and CSIC)

KAVANAGH_Granada_May2025_v3.pdf

12:00 PM Searching for Dark Matter with Direct Detection Experiments

Speaker: Maria Martinez Perez (Universidad de Zaragoza)

IMFP26_MMartinez.pdf

12:50 PM → 3:00 PM Lunch

3:00 PM → 4:40 PM Physics

3:00 PM High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy: From Detection to Discovery

Speakers: Simona Toscano, Simona Toscano (IDP - ULB (Universite libre de Bruxelles))

Toscano_IMFP2026.pdf

3:50 PM Gamma-ray astronomy

Speaker: Javier Rico (IFAE)

Gamma-rays_WM2026_JRico.pdf

4:40 PM → 5:10 PM Coffee break

5:10 PM → 6:50 PM Physics

5:10 PM Fundamental Physics with Gravitational Waves

Speaker: Paolo Pani (Sapienza University of Rome & INFN Roma1)

FundPhys_GWs.pdf

6:00 PM Inflationary Cosmology in the Precision Era

Speaker: Javier Rubio (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

JavierRubio_IMFP.pdf

8:30 PM → 11:00 PM Social program

8:30 PM Conference dinner (Restaurante Las Tomasas)

Fri, May 15

9:00 AM → 10:40 AM Physics

9:00 AM Quantum Computing in HEP

Speaker: German Rodrigo (IFIC UV-CSIC)

2026_05_Granada_rodrigo.pdf

9:50 AM Lattice field theory for HEP

Speaker: Alberto Ramos Martinez (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC)

Granada_IMFP.pdf

10:40 AM → 11:10 AM Coffee break

11:10 AM → 12:10 PM Strategy

11:10 AM RECFA

Speaker: Celso Martinez Rivero (IFCA (CSIC-UC) (ES))

RECFA-CPAN-may26-v2.pdf

11:40 AM FPN

Speaker: Jose Santiago (Universidad de Granada)

12:10 PM → 12:30 PM Closure