DRD Calo Collaboration Meeting at CERN
500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
CERN
The fifth DRD Calo Collaboration Meeting will take place at CERN between Tuesday 7th and Friday 10th April 2026.
The Year 2026 will be rich on scientific activities of the collaboration. We have proposed an intensive beam test programme and the meeting will be at the eve of the series of beam tests. In addition we expect to see results form 2024-25 beam tests.
It will be the first meeting that can take into account the recommendations of the European Strategy Group in view of the Update of the European Strategy of Particle Physics.
At the end of 2026 DRD Calo will ask for prolongation into the period 2027-29 and the meeting will be a first milestone event in view of this prolongation.
If you wish to contribute please contact the session and topic conveners:
- Work Package 1: Lucia Masetti (masetti@uni-mainz.de), Adrian Irles (adrian.irles@ific.uv.es)
- Work Package 2: Nicolas Morange (nicolas.morange@ijclab.in2p3.fr)
- Work Package 3: Hwidong Yoo (hwi.dong.yoo@cern.ch), Marco Lucchini (marco.toliman.lucchini@cern.ch)
- Work Package 4: Christophe de la Taille (taille@in2p3.fr)
- WG1 - Tools and software: Brieuc François (brieuc.francois@cern.ch), Lorenzo Pezzotti (lorenzo.pezzotti@cern.ch)
- WG2 - Photosensors: Maria Ruzzarin (m.ruzzarin@fbk.eu)
- WG3 - Testbeam: Gabriella Gaudio (gabriella.gaudio@pv.infn.it)
The DRD meeting will start on Tuesday 7th April in the afternoon with parallel sessions. The plenaries will start in the morning of the 8th of April and run until noon of the 10th. The afternoon of the 10th is available for supplementary events like software workshop, etc.
We will raise no conference fees this time. Coffee, Tea or whatever you prefer can be taken in the nearest CERN Cafeteria and we have arranged for a self-paid dinner on Thursday April 9th in Cafe de Mategnin. The price for the dinner will be 64 CHF (including the drinks option). Please indicate your participation and dietary requirements upon registration.
Let us thank Emily of the DRD Secretariat for the help with the organisation of the Collaboration Meeting.

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Parallel sessions: WP1 160/1-009
160/1-009
CERN
https://maps.cern.ch/?xmin=2493043.24&ymin=1121089.45&xmax=2493101.09&ymax=1121115.51&mode=2D&n=[%27160/1-009%27]&floor=148Show room on mapConveners: Adrian Irles (IFIC CSIC/UV), Lucia Masetti (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))-
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Status of EBES experiment at KEK and its silicon-tungsten calorimeter layers 20mSpeaker: Fumihito IKEDA (School of Science, The University of Tokyo (Ootani-LAB))
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SiW-ECAL: Experience with small e- linac at DIRAMS 20mSpeaker: Roman Poeschl (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
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Progress in the Development of the Integrated Cooling System for the AHCAL 20mSpeaker: Andre Klotzbücher
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Transverse Shower analysis with a Partially Instrumented Silicon–Tungsten Calorimeter 20mSpeaker: Gal Gonen
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Impact of a small Gap between silicon ECAL sensors on the response 20mSpeaker: Ben Talmor (Tel Aviv U.)
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Parallel sessions: WP2 4/S-030Convener: Nicolas Morange (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
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Conveners: Roberto Ferrari, Roberto Ferrari (INFN Pavia (IT)), Roman Poeschl (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
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Spokesperson's Welcome 25mSpeaker: Roman Poeschl (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
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Report from Technical Board 20mSpeakers: Gabriella Gaudio (INFN-Pavia), Gabriella Gaudio (Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica)
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Report from Speakers Bureau 20mSpeaker: Dr Wataru Otani (University of Tokyo (JP))
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Organisational matters and discussion 15mSpeaker: Roman Poeschl (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
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Group photo 10m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Coffee Break 30m
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WP4 Plenary - Electronics and DAQ 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Auditorium for plenaries. For parallels see programme of April 7th400Show room on mapConvener: Dr Christophe De La Taille (OMEGA (FR))- 11:00
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planned WP4 activity at GHENT 20mSpeakers: Kirill Skovpen (Ghent University (BE)), Matei Climescu (Ghent University (BE))
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Radical DAQ experience 15mSpeaker: Dr James Wetzel
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An ultrafast plenoptic-camera system for high-resolution 3D particle tracking in unsegmented scintillators 30m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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WP1 Plenary 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Introduction 15mSpeakers: Adrian Irles (IFIC CSIC/UV), Lucia Masetti (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))
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Development of readout electronics for highly granular calorimeter 20mSpeaker: Melike Akbiyik (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))
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Preliminary studies on SDHCAL energy reconstruction optimization 20mSpeakers: Prof. Mary-Cruz Fouz Iglesias (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES)), Olmo Arquero Peinazo (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))
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Performance of a partly instrumented highly compact ECAL 20mSpeakers: Marek Idzik (AGH University of Science and Technology (PL)), Marek Idzik (AGH University of Krakow (PL))
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SiW-ECAL testbeam preparation 20mSpeaker: Vincent Boudry (Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, École polytechnique)
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Status of the EPICAL-2 Digital Calorimeter Prototype 20mSpeakers: Johannes Keul (Goethe Universität Frankfurt), Johannes Keul (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))
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MPGD-HCAL status update 20mSpeaker: Rosamaria Venditti (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
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Coffee Break 20m
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WP2 Plenary 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Auditorium for plenaries. For parallels see programme of April 7th400Show room on mapConvener: Nicolas Morange (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))-
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Carbon fiber cryostat R&D for ALLEGRO Ecal 30mSpeaker: Alexandre Achille Looten (EP-DT-EO)
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Development of Noble liquid Ecal Endcaps 30mSpeakers: Erich Varnes (University of Arizona), Erich Ward Varnes (University of Arizona (US))
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Plenary: Questions to Spokesperson Candidate 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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WP3 Plenary: Session I 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Auditorium for plenaries. For parallels see programme of April 7th400Show room on mapConveners: Hwi Dong Yoo (Yonsei University (KR)), Marco Toliman Lucchini (Università & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))- 09:20
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HGCCAL - status update 20mSpeaker: Jack Rolph (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))
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GRAINITA - status update 20mSpeaker: Stephane Monteil (Université Clermont Auvergne (FR))
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Coffee Break 20m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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WP3 Plenary: Session II 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Auditorium for plenaries. For parallels see programme of April 7th400Show room on mapConveners: Hwi Dong Yoo (Yonsei University (KR)), Marco Toliman Lucchini (Università & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))-
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DRCAL - status update 20mSpeaker: Andrea Pareti (Pavia University and INFN (IT))
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SCINTCAL - status update 20mSpeaker: Etiennette Auffray Hillemanns (CERN)
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RADiCAL - status update 20mSpeaker: Randy Ruchti (University of Notre Dame (US))
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No-host Lunch Break 1h 10m
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WG1 Plenary: Session I [start time postponed to 13:45!] 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Auditorium for plenaries. For parallels see programme of April 7th400Show room on mapConveners: Brieuc Francois (CERN), Lorenzo Pezzotti (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))-
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Introduction 10mSpeakers: Brieuc Francois (CERN), Lorenzo Pezzotti (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))
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High-granularity Calorimeter Simulation for the SHiP Experiment 20mSpeakers: Jesus Pedro Marquez Hernandez (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)), Jesús Márquez Hernández (IFIC/CSIC/UV)
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Simulation of the GRAiNITA demonstrator [remote] 20mSpeakers: Denys Klekots, Denys Klekots (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (UA))
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Pulse Shape Discrimination in GRAiNITA as a Novel Dual-Readout Method 20mSpeaker: Mykhailo Yeresko (Université Clermont Auvergne (FR))
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ML-Based Optimization of SiW-ECAL in terms of Photon Energy Response 20mSpeakers: Yukun Shi, Yukun Shi (Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, École polytechnique)
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Bilevel Detector Optimization Framework 15mSpeaker: Wonyong Chung (Princeton University (US))
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Coffee Break 30m
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Speaker: Roberto Ferrari (INFN Pavia (IT))
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Software Tutorial 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Auditorium for plenaries. For parallels see programme of April 7th400Show room on mapConveners: Andrea De Vita (CERN & Università di Padova), Andreas Loeschcke Centeno (CERN), Brieuc Francois (CERN), Lorenzo Pezzotti (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Sanghyun Ko (CERN) -
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No-host Collaboration Dinner 3h Cafe de Mategnin
Cafe de Mategnin
37 Av A.-F. Dubois 1217 Meyrin, GenèveCafe de Mategnin
https://www.cafedemategnin.com/
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DRD4 Guest Talk 30m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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WG2 Photodetectors Plenary 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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WG2 Photodetectors Plenary: Status, Activities, and Next Steps 30mSpeaker: Maria Ruzzarin
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Developments of glass-less TSV for SiPM for Calorimetry in FBK 30mSpeaker: Carina Trippl (FBK)
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Coffee Break 30m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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WG1 Plenary: Session II 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Auditorium for plenaries. For parallels see programme of April 7th400Show room on mapConveners: Brieuc Francois (CERN), Lorenzo Pezzotti (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))-
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CNN-Based Hadron Energy Regression for the ILD SiW-ECAL AHCAL System 18mSpeakers: Xin XIA, Xin Xia (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)), Xin Xia
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The Lorenzetti shower framework 18mSpeaker: Jonh Brian Lemos (Federal University of Bahia (BR))
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AI/ML approach to Calorimeter Design 18mSpeaker: Andy White
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Alignment of telescope and calorimeter granular sensors using combinatorial Hough Transform algorithm 18mSpeaker: Michal Elad
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Discussion on renewal of DRD Calo 45m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Closing Plenary 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
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Report from Collaboration Board 15mSpeakers: Roberto Ferrari (INFN Pavia (IT)), Roberto Ferrari
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Spokesperson's Farewell and next collaboration meeting 10mSpeakers: Katja Kruger (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)), Katja Kruger (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)), Roman Poeschl (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
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