34th International Workshop on Vertex Detectors

from Monday, 20 July 2026 (12:00) to Friday, 24 July 2026 (14:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
20 Jul 2026
21 Jul 2026
22 Jul 2026
23 Jul 2026
24 Jul 2026
AM
09:00
Operational experience on current detectors - Rainer Wallny (ETH Zurich (CH)) (until 09:40)
09:00 Operational experience and performance of the Belle II Vertex Detector after the first long shutdown - Kookhyun Kang (Kyungpook National University)  
09:20 Status of the LHCb Upstream Tracker - Basem Khanji (Syracuse University (US))  
09:40
Detectors in design and construction - Rainer Wallny (ETH Zurich (CH)) (until 10:20)
09:40 Design and construction of the CMS Inner Tracker for the Phase-2 Upgrade - Giacomo Sguazzoni (INFN (IT))  
10:00 Design and construction of the ATLAS ITk Pixel Detector - Denise Muller (Universitaet Siegen (DE))  
10:20 --- Coffee break ---
10:50
Detectors in design and construction - Stefanos Leontsinis (University of Zurich (CH)) (until 12:10)
10:50 Construction of the ATLAS ITk strip detector for the HL-LHC era - Botho Paschen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
11:10 Design and construction of the CMS Outer Tracker for the Phase-2 Upgrade - Suman Chatterjee (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
11:30 Upgrade of the Belle II vertex detector with depleted monolithic CMOS active pixel sensors - Guglielmo Francesco Benfratello (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)  
11:50 ITS3, a truly cylindrical MAPS tracker for the ALICE Experiment - Markus Keil (CERN)  
09:00
Timing - Valentina Sola (Universita e INFN Torino (IT)) (until 10:30)
09:00 TI-LGAD: current status and future directions - Anna Macchiolo (University of Zurich (CH))  
09:30 Recent Developments in AC-LGADs for Timing-Capable Tracking Detectors - Koji Nakamura (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))  
10:00 Status and perspectives of DC-coupled Resistive Silicon Detectors. - Roberta Arcidiacono (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Timing - Fabian Huegging (University of Bonn (DE)) (until 12:00)
11:00 Characterisation of Silicon electron multiplier structures - Federico De Benedetti (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))  
11:20 3D integrated sensing solutions - Shuoxing Wu (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
11:40 Developments and latest results from the IGNITE project on 4-dimensional vertex detectors - Adriano Lai (Universita e INFN, Cagliari (IT))  
09:00
Monolithic - Ben Kilminster (University of Zurich (CH)) (until 10:20)
09:00 Tracking and Vertexing at FCC-ee - Andrea De Vita (CERN & Università di Padova)  
09:20 Vertex detectors at the FCC-ee – Requirements, layouts, and link to MAPS R&D - Armin Ilg (University of Zurich)  
09:40 Design and status of the ePIC Silicon Vertex Tracker detector for the Electron-Ion Collider - Laura Gonella (University of Trieste and INFN)  
10:00 4D Semiconductor Tracking Detector R&D for CEPC - Xin Shi (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))  
10:20 --- Coffee break ---
10:50
Monolithic - Laura Gonella (University of Trieste and INFN) (until 12:30)
10:50 ARCADIA fully-depleted CMOS sensors for future vertex and silicon trackers - Matteo Barbagiovanni  
11:10 Performance Studies of the CASSIA Monolithic Sensors with Internal Amplification - Leena Diehl (University of Zurich (CH))  
11:30 Characterisation of pixel chip prototypes for ALICE 3 - Elena Dall'Occo (CERN)  
11:50 Status of the OCTOPUS project - Dominik Dannheim (CERN)  
12:10 Monstera - status and latest developments of CMOS strips - Marta Baselga (Technische Universitaet Dortmund (DE))  
09:00
New Developments - Stefano Terzo (IFAE Barcelona (ES)) (until 10:00)
09:00 Recent developments in Allpix Squared - Naomi Davis (ATLAS)  
09:20 Progress of SiC and GaN as particle detector - Xin Shi (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))  
09:40 Progress in 3D Diamond detector characterisation and design - Alexander Oh (The University of Manchester (GB))  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:25
New Developments - Martin Kocian (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)) (until 12:05)
10:25 Talk by the poster prize winner  
10:45 Quantum sensors for forward detectors - Ben Kilminster (University of Zurich (CH))  
11:05 Modern interconnection technologies for pixel detectors - Fabian Huegging (University of Bonn (DE))  
11:25 NEUROPix: Spiking Neural Networks fo pixel detector data processing - Mathieu Benoit (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL))  
11:45 Smart pixels: on-chip data reduction with machine learning - Jennet Elizabeth Dickinson (Cornell University (US))  
PM
12:30
Registration (until 13:30)
13:30
Introduction - Giacomo Sguazzoni (INFN (IT)) (until 15:10)
13:30 Welcome  
13:40 Future directions of particle physics at accelerators - Michele Selvaggi (CERN)  
14:10 Status Report of the DRD3 Collaboration on Solid-State Detector Technologies - Prof. Ivan Vila Alvarez (Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC))  
14:40 Vertex reconstruction at the LHC experiments and new developments - Wolfram Erdmann (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
15:10 --- Coffee break ---
15:40
Operational experience on current detectors - Giacomo Sguazzoni (INFN (IT)) (until 17:20)
15:40 Lessons learned from the CMS Pixel and Strip Detector operation in Phase-1 - Davide Zuolo (University of Colorado - Boulder (US))  
16:10 Lessons learned from the ATLAS Pixel, SCT and TRT Detectors operation in Phase-1 - Martin Kocian (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))  
16:40 Operation and performance of the ALICE Inner Tracking System - Anna Villani (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT))  
17:00 Operation and Radiation Damage of the LHCb Upgrade I VELO - David Vico Benet (University of Oxford (GB))  
17:30
Reception at Fronalpstock (until 20:50)
12:10 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Detectors in design and construction - Koji Nakamura (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP)) (until 15:10)
13:30 The LHCb Mighty Tracker Upgrade for the HL-LHC Era - Atanu Modak (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))  
13:50 MAPS-based Upstream Pixel Tracker for LHCb upgrade II - Carolina Arata (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))  
14:10 Sensor and Module Development and Construction of the CBM Micro Vertex Detector - Franz Matejcek (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Kernphysik)  
14:30 Developments towards the ALICE 3 Inner Tracker - Andrea Sofia Triolo (CERN)  
14:50 Development of the MAPS-based inner tracker for the Super Tau-Charm Facility - Ruiyang Zhang (USTC)  
15:10 --- Coffee break ---
15:40
Detectors in design and construction - Danek Kotlinski (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH)) (until 17:20)
15:40 Mu3e Pixel Tracker: Construction & Performance Studies - Luigi Vigani (Heidelberg University (DE))  
16:00 The NA62 Gigatracker and 4D track reconstruction - Alina Kleimenova (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))  
16:20 The ATAR, a dense and compact vertex detector for the PIONEER experiment - Tilman Rohe (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
16:40 Precision Timing with the CMS MIP Timing Detector for High-Luminosity LHC - Irene Dutta (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
17:00 Design and Construction of the ATLAS High-Granularity Timing Detector - Annika Stein (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))  
17:30
Poster session (until 19:45)
17:45 Integration of the LIGHT01 ASIC with Ti-LGADs: a pixel detector demonstrator for precision timing - Abderrahmane Ghimouz (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
17:46 DAQTRS: A Modular ATX-Based Data Acquisition and Control Platform for Experimental Systems - Aliakbar Ebrahimi (University of Zurich (CH))  
17:47 Quality Control of the Phase-2 CMS Inner Tracker Modules for the HL-LHC - Amrutha Samalan (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
17:48 Spatial distribution of displacement damage in silicon diodes under neutron and high-energy proton irradiation - Andrea Danu (Institute of Space Science subsidiary of INFLPR (RO))  
17:49 Identification of Sensor Cleavage in ITk Pixel Quad Modules - Anna Raquel Petri (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
17:50 Electrical Quality Control Testing of Barrel Strip Modules for the ATLAS Inner Tracker Upgrade for the HL-LHC - Botho Paschen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
17:51 TCAD Simulation Study of Radiation Damage Effects on LGAD performance under Neutron Irradiation - Chakresh Jain  
17:52 High Resolution Characterisation of Pristine and Irradiated Silicon Carbide PIN and LGAD Radiation Detectors Using Two- and Three-Photon Absorption Transient Current Techniques - Cristian Quintana San Emeterio (Universidad de Cantabria and CSIC (ES))  
17:53 Electrical simulation and S-parameter measurements of all-silicon CMOS monolithic pixel modules - Darshil Girishbhai Vagadiya (Universitaet Siegen (DE))  
17:54 The MUonE Test Run 2025: DAQ Development and Tracking Performance - Dr David Gabriel Monk (Northwestern University (US))  
17:55 Laboratory Characterization of Embedded TDCs in Prototype ASICs for Ti-LGAD and MAPS Pixel Timing Applications - Ennio Monteil (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
17:56 Novel Self-Suppression Breakdown Phenomena in High-Aspect-Ratio 3D Silicon Detectors for Extreme Radiation Environment and Fast Timing - Prof. Gordana Lastovicka Medin (Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Montenegro (ME))  
17:57 Lookup table based vertex digitisation for accurate sensor response simulation and detector layout optimisation at FCC-ee - Jona Dilg (University of Zurich (CH))  
17:58 Inter-pixel Distance Characterization of TI-LGAD Sensors of Different Thickness - Juan Ignacio Carlotto (Fundazione Bruno Kessler)  
17:59 Nanowire-Based Thermal Interconnects for Enhanced Thermal Management in High-Density Silicon Pixel Modules - Julian Weick (CERN)  
18:00 Advanced Radiation Damage Modelling of Neutron-Irradiated Thin Low Gain Avalanche Detectors - Kalpna Tiwari (CDRST, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi (IN))  
18:01 Global MaPSA Production and Testing for the CMS Phase-II Outer Tracker Upgrade: Status and Readiness for HL-LHC - Leticia Braga Da Rosa (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
18:02 Progress on the MALTA CMOS Sensor: Edge-TCT Measurements for Parametric Pixel Simulation - Lucian Fasselt (DESY)  
18:03 A Dual-Gain Front-End Channel with Time-over-Threshold Digitization for Hybrid Pixel Detectors in Photon Science Applications - Luigi Gaioni (University of Bergamo (IT))  
18:04 Results from the pre-series production of the loaded module cells for the upgrade of the new Inner Tracker of the ATLAS experiment - Matej Repik (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
18:05 ITk Pixel 3D Modules: Final Test Beam Results Ahead of Production - Simone Ravera (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))  
18:06 Efficiency of the Microstrip Silicon Detector in the FOOT experiment - Sofia Mazzolani (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)  
18:07 Scaling up test-beam measurements of detector material via multiple scattering with the MONSTAR telescope - Sophie Rohletter (ETH Zurich (CH))  
12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Timing - Dominik Dannheim (CERN) (until 15:10)
13:30 The path to the extreme fluences via the nLGAD sensors - Valentina Sola (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
13:50 Development of 4D (5D) pixel detectors at PSI - Hans-Christian Kaestli (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
14:10 Performance of MiniCACTUSV2: A Monolithic HV-CMOS Sensor for Precision Timing - Stefano Terzo (IFAE Barcelona (ES))  
14:30 Time Resolution and Radiation Hardness of monolithic pixel sensor with PicoAD - Théo Moretti (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
14:50 LHCb VELO Upgrade II - 4D Tracking at HL-LHC - Dan Thompson (University of Birmingham (GB))  
15:40
Excursion and social dinner (until 19:40)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Other applications - Roberta Arcidiacono (Universita e INFN Torino (IT)) (until 15:20)
14:00 Hybrid detectors for synchrotrons and XFELs - Anna Bergamaschi  
14:20 Improving spatial resolution in Transmission Electron Microscopy using the sub-ns timing sensitivity of Timepix4 - Richard Plackett (University of Oxford (GB))  
14:40 Hardware Demonstration of Level-1 Vertexing with the Track Finder for the CMS Phase-2 Upgrade - Andrew Mastronikolis (Imperial College (GB))  
15:00 Advanced muon spin spectroscopy using silicon-pixel vertex reconstruction at PSI - Dr Zaher Salman (The Paul Scherrer Institute)  
15:20 --- Coffee break ---
15:50
System integration: Mechanics/Electronics - Wolfram Erdmann (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH)) (until 18:30)
15:50 Low-Mass Mechanics for Vertex and Tracker Detectors at Future Colliders: Challenges and Perspectives - Gherardo Ammirabile (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))  
16:10 Advanced Cooling Concepts for Vertex and Tracker Detectors at Future Colliders - Javier Fernandez-Tejero (Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC) (ES))  
16:30 Data transmission technologies for future Vertex and Tracker detectors - Stefan Biereigel (CERN)  
16:50 Timing distribution for future 4D tracking detectors - Eduardo Brandao De Souza Mendes (CERN)  
17:10 Powering Next Generation Detector Systems: The DRD7.1b Project - Alvaro Pradas Luengo (Aragon Institute of Technology Itainnova (ES))  
17:30 A Combined Serial Powering Approach for the ATLAS and CMS HL‑LHC Trackers - Antonio Cassese (INFN, Firenze (IT))  
18:30 --- Dinner and announcement of poster prize winner ---
12:05
Closure (until 12:15)