Chamonix Workshop 2026

from Monday, 2 February 2026 (08:30) to Thursday, 5 February 2026 (17:50)
Chamonix (le Majestic)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
2 Feb 2026
3 Feb 2026
4 Feb 2026
5 Feb 2026
AM
08:30 Introduction - Oliver Bruning (CERN)  
08:45
Session 1 - Michi Hostettler (CERN) Foteini Asvesta (CERN) (until 12:15)
08:45 Injector performance 2025 - Alexandre Lasheen (CERN)  
09:15 LHC proton performance 2025 - Delphine Jacquet (CERN)  
09:45 Ions through the complex - injectors to LHC - 2025 and outlook to 2026 - Theodoros Argyropoulos (CERN)  
10:15 --- Coffee break ---
10:45 Injector / fixed target experiment feedback and priorities 2026 - Paolo Martinengo (CERN)  
11:15 LHC experiment feedback and priorities 2026 - Chiara Zampolli (CERN)  
11:45 LHC limitations, configuration & cycle 2026 - Xavier Buffat (CERN)  
08:30
Session 3 - Claudia Ahdida Johannes Bernhard (CERN) (until 12:00)
08:30 Nuclear dismantling activities in LS3 - Nicolas Quinquis  
09:05 ISOLDE Upgrade and Plans for Run4 and beyond - Joachim Vollaire (CERN)  
09:30 North Area Experiments in Run 4 - Dipanwita Banerjee (CERN)  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 NA-CONS Readiness for LS3 - Thomas Zickler (CERN)  
11:05 HI-ECN3 - Matthew Alexander Fraser (CERN)  
11:30 ACC-CONS overview - Rende Steerenberg (CERN)  
08:30
Session 5 - Joao Batista Lopes (CERN) Hector Garcia Gavela (CERN) (until 12:00)
08:30 MME workload prior and during LS3 - Alessandro Bertarelli (CERN)  
09:00 HL-LHC Vertical Cores - David Rodriguez Gomez (CERN)  
09:30 (De-)cabling and other EN-EL core activities in LS3 - Jan De Voght (CERN)  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 ATLAS updates and readiness for LS3 - Martin Aleksa (CERN)  
11:00 CMS updates and readiness for LS3 - Paola Tropea (CERN)  
11:30 Some contributions to the experiments (Beryllium, CO2 Cooling Transfer Lines,...) from the accelerator sector - Isabel Bejar Alonso (CERN)  
08:30
Session 7 - Malika Meddahi (CERN) Jacqueline Keintzel (CERN) (until 12:00)
08:30 The FCC integrated program in the CERN strategy - Mark Thomson (CERN)  
09:00 Delivering the FCC: workforce - Mar Capeans Garrido (CERN)  
09:30 Delivering the FCC: organisation and interfaces - Dr Florian Sonnemann (CERN)  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 The FCC-ee baseline concepts - Christian Carli (CERN)  
11:00 FCC-ee injector complex - Dr Simone Gilardoni (CERN)  
11:30 FCC-hh studies: improving and ensuring continued compatibility with FCC-ee - Massimo Giovannozzi (CERN)  
PM
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30
Session 2 - Alexander Huschauer (CERN) Helga Timko (CERN) (until 21:05)
16:30 Beam performance and preparation in the injectors - Carlo Zannini (CERN)  
17:00 Perspectives on automation and improved efficiency - Michael Schenk (CERN)  
17:25 LHC beam limitations: protection strategy for the 2026 high-intensity tests - Daniel Wollmann (CERN)  
17:50 --- Coffee break ---
18:05 LHC plans for high-intensity MDs and 2026 tests - Sofia Kostoglou (CERN)  
18:30 RF limitations and mitigation measures in the LHC - Rama Calaga (CERN)  
18:55 Status of the beam screen treatment project - Valentine Petit (CERN)  
19:20 Backgrounds and operational impact of forward physics at the LHC - Dr Roderik Bruce (CERN)  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30
Session 4 - Davide Bozzini (CERN) Susana Izquierdo Bermudez (CERN) (until 19:45)
16:30 QXL Cryogenic Lines: Technical Challenges, Installation Status, and Path to Full Deployment - Antonio Perin (CERN)  
17:00 HL-LHC Crab Cavities: Production status, Installation Plans & Contingencies - Ofelia Capatina (CERN)  
17:30 HL-LHC Magnets – Manufacturing, Retrofitting, Testing, and Installation Readiness - Delio Ramos (CERN)  
18:00 --- Coffee break ---
18:15 HL-LHC IT String: Lessons Learned and the Road Towards the Validation Program - Samer Yammine (CERN)  
18:45 From IT-String Nonconformity to HL-LHC Solution: Redesigning the N-Lines Busbars Layout - Lucie Baudin (CERN)  
19:15 HL-LHC Cold Powering: Insights from Assembly & Tests and the Challenges Ahead for Installation - Yann Leclercq (CERN)  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30
Session 6 - Andreas Herty (CERN) Maria Barberan Marin (CERN) (until 19:45)
16:30 Run3 and LS3 safety related topics - Simon Marsh (CERN)  
17:10 Electrical Safety Project and its rollout - Anne-Laure Perrot (CERN)  
17:35 Outcome of the Logistics and Storage Space Review - Rende Steerenberg (CERN)  
18:05 --- Coffee break ---
18:20 Overview on Injector planning and schedule drivers - Fernando Baltasar Dos Santos Pedrosa (CERN)  
18:45 Overview on LHC planning and schedule drivers - Estrella Vergara Fernandez (CERN)  
19:15 Priorities, rescoping, reprofiling - Jean-Philippe Tock (CERN)  
12:00 --- Lunch (Majestic) ---
13:00
Session 8 - Rhodri Jones (CERN) Yannis Papaphilippou (CERN) (until 17:00)
13:00 Conclusions of the ESPP comparative project study & way forward for CERN - Mike Lamont (CERN)  
13:30 Impact of the proposed LHCb and ALICE Phase II Upgrades on the Accelerator complex - Ilias Efthymiopoulos (CERN)  
14:00 ATS Roadmap for Common Accelerator Controls Hardware and Software Development - Chris Roderick (CERN)  
14:30 --- Coffee break ---
15:00 Options for accelerator magnet technology, with a focus on high field - Attilio Milanese (CERN)  
15:30 Development roadmap for RF technologies - Franck Peauger (CERN)  
16:00 Future CERN contributions to the fixed target physics landscape - Urs Wiedemann (CERN)  
16:30 Closing Remarks - Oliver Bruning (CERN)