7th DRD1 Collaboration Meeting

from Monday, February 23, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Friday, February 27, 2026 (2:00 PM)
CERN (40/S2-C01)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Feb 23, 2026
Feb 24, 2026
Feb 25, 2026
Feb 26, 2026
Feb 27, 2026
AM
9:00 AM
Working Group 2: Applications (until 12:35 PM)
9:00 AM Results from a compact OTPC at WIS: a step towards a neutron beamline-ready detector - Dr Ryan Felkai (Weizmann Institute of Science)  
9:25 AM CMS GEM reponse under magnetic field variation - Francesco Confortini (University Federico II and INFN, Naples (IT))  
9:50 AM Large-area Micromegas detector development of the AMBER experiment - Chiara Alice (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
10:15 AM Sealed mode MWPC telescope for underwater muography - Dezso Varga (HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU))  
10:40 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 AM Performance and validation of the candidate ATLAS RPC mixtures for LS3 and Run4 of HL-LHC - Sinem Simsek (Istinye University (TR))  
11:25 AM Status update of the CGEM-IT of the BESIII experiment - Michela Greco (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
11:50 AM Performance of Different Capacitive Charge-Sharing Readout Configurations in Resistive Micromegas - Michela Biglietti Michela Biglietti (INFN Roma Tre)  
12:15 PM MPGDs applications in nanodosimetry - Marcin Pietrzak (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Poland) Marcin Jan Pietrzak  
11:00 AM
Working Group 4: Detector physics, simulations, and software tools (until 2:00 PM) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
11:00 AM WG4 updates - Marcello Abbrescia (Bari Physics Department and INFN) drd1-wg4-convenors@cern.ch  
11:15 AM Simulation and reconstruction of e+ and e- trajectories in an Orthogonal Fields Time Projection Chamber - Martin Vavřík (IEAP CTU)  
11:35 AM Simulation Studies: Impact of Hole Pitch Reduction on Electron Transport. - Rajiv Gupta  
11:55 AM A GUI for Magboltz - Michele Renda (IFIN-HH)  
12:10 PM --- Coffee break ---
12:40 PM Updated kinetic model for Ar/CF4 scintillation under X-rays - Daniel Vazquez  
1:00 PM A predictive microscopic model for secondary scintillation in Ar/CF4 and He/CF4 mixtures - Raúl Señarís  
1:20 PM Simulation Studies for the NNBAR Experiment TPC Development - Mr Gabriel Silva (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR))  
9:00 AM
Working Group 6: Detector production - Rui De Oliveira (CERN) Fabien Jeanneau (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) Gabriel Charles (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) Giuseppe Iaselli (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Alain Delbart (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) (until 12:05 PM) (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
9:00 AM News from CERN MPT workshop - Adam Drozd (CERN)  
9:30 AM News from the sputtering machine of the MPT workshop - Karl Jonathan Floethner (University of Bonn (DE))  
10:00 AM Mechanical and microscopic characterization of USW straw production quality - Katie Elizabeth Buchanan (CERN)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Status of DLC machine for INFN-oriented applications - Gianfranco Morello (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))  
9:00 AM
Working Group 7: Common test facilities (until 10:00 AM)
9:00 AM 2026 Test Beam Campaigns Update - Karl Jonathan Floethner (University of Bonn (DE)) Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))  
9:20 AM Corryvreckan for MPGD, updates and quick guide - Elena Sidoretti (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))  
9:40 AM A practical & open-source solution for read-out mapping from Gerber files - Romano Orlandini (Universita e INFN Roma Tre (IT)) Mauro Iodice (INFN - Sezione di Roma Tre)  
10:00 AM
Working Group 8: Knowledge Transfer, Training, Career Promotion (until 10:30 AM) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
10:00 AM Updates from WG8 - Raheema Hafeji (Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC)) Prof. Elisabetta Baracchini (Gran Sasso Science Institute) Mauro Iodice (INFN - Sezione di Roma Tre) Florian Maximilian Brunbauer (CERN)  
10:30 AM
Plenary Session (End) - Piotr Gasik (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE)) Beatrice Mandelli (CERN) Alessandra Pastore (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Eraldo Oliveri (CERN) Leszek Ropelewski (CERN) Anna Colaleo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay) (until 11:00 AM) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
PM
1:00 PM
Management Board -Dr Maksym Titov (IRFU, CEA Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) Eraldo Oliveri (CERN) Gabriella Pugliese (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) (until 2:00 PM)
1:00 PM DRD1 Management Board Meeting (DRD1 MB 2026 / 02) - Eraldo Oliveri (CERN) Dr Maksym Titov (IRFU, CEA Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) Gabriella Pugliese (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
2:00 PM
Plenary Session (Introduction) - Anna Colaleo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Leszek Ropelewski (CERN) Piotr Gasik (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE)) Eraldo Oliveri (CERN) Maxim TITOV (CEA Saclay) Beatrice Mandelli (CERN) (until 2:30 PM) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
2:00 PM Welcome and News - Anna Colaleo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Beatrice Mandelli (CERN) Piotr Gasik (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE)) Dr Maksym Titov (IRFU, CEA Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) Leszek Ropelewski (CERN) Eraldo Oliveri (CERN)  
2:15 PM 2026 DRD1 Collaboration Meeting Ouside CERN - Coimbra Proposal - Afonso Marques Mr Afonso Marques (LIP Coimbra / University of Coimbra)  
2:30 PM
Working Group 1: Technological Aspects and Developments of New Detector Structures, Common Characterization and Physics Issues - Michael Tytgat (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)) Paul Colas (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) Luca Moleri (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)) Peter Wintz (Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum (DE)) Emilio Radicioni (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Ingo Martin Deppner (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE)) (until 6:20 PM) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
2:30 PM Performance of ANUBIS demonstrator with the LHC collision data - Aashaq Shah (University of Cambridge (GB))  
2:55 PM T2K TPC : one year of data taking - David Henaff (CEA)  
3:20 PM Drift-field distortions in the ALICE TPC in LHC Run 3 - Janis Jäger (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))  
3:45 PM Optical readout Micromegas: spatial resolution measurements and beta imaging - Elisavet Fasoula (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))  
4:10 PM --- Coffee break ---
4:40 PM Picosec Timing with Graph Neural Networks - Mr Ioannis Karakoulias (Phd Student in A.U.TH)  
5:05 PM Recent Advancements on the PICOSEC Micromegas Development - Alexandra Kallitsopoulou (CEA / IRFU / Université Paris-Saclay (FR))  
5:30 PM Low energy ion impact point measurement with VMMs with a low pressure MICROMEGAS - Andrea Foresi (Universita Siena & INFN Pisa (IT))  
5:55 PM Triple-GEM Characterization for High-Pressure Gas Argon-Based Operation - Tanaz Angelina Mohayai (Illinois Institute of Technology) Tanaz Mohayai (Indiana University)  
2:00 PM
Working Group 3: Gas and material studies (until 4:50 PM) (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
2:00 PM Welcome - Stefan Roth (Rheinisch Westfaelische Tech. Hoch. (DE)) Gianfranco Morello (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)) Francesco Renga (INFN Roma) Beatrice Mandelli (CERN) Alessandra Pastore (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
2:10 PM Exploring high-concentration iC4H10 gas mixtures for RPC detectors - Mattia Verzeroli (Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN))  
2:30 PM µRwell Characterisation with low-CF4 concentrations - Stefania Juks (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))  
2:50 PM Separation Challenges and Material Solutions for CF₄ and C₂F₆ Removal from N₂ and CO₂ - Jelena Jovanovic (University of Belgrade (RS))  
3:10 PM --- Coffee break ---
3:30 PM Strategies for Fluorinated Gas Separation - Recent Results and Ongoing Work - Maria Cristina Arena (CERN)  
3:50 PM Search for Eco-friendly gases – a set-up for gas properties investigation - filomena santos Filomena Pinto dos Santos (Universidade de Coimbra)  
4:10 PM Preliminary studies of the background due to fast netron interactions in a triple-GEM detector with Timepix readout - Gerardo Claps  
4:30 PM Mechanical Characterization of Ultrathin Wires for Drift Chamber Applications - Muhammad Saiel  
2:00 PM
Working Group 5: Electronics for gaseous detectors (until 5:00 PM) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
2:00 PM Introduction - Hans Muller (University of Bonn (DE))  
2:05 PM Development of FPGA-sourced 100GB RDMA in Bucharest (ZOOM) - Matei Vasile (IFIN-HH (RO))  
2:30 PM News on the TORA ASIC - Gianni Mazza  
3:00 PM R&D on GDD lab service electronics - Hans Muller (University of Bonn (DE))  
3:30 PM 100 GB eFEC backend for SRSe -- Design status & plans at UPV (ZOOM) - Rubén Caballer Forner Jose Francisco Toledo Alarcon (Valencia Polytechnic University (ES))  
4:00 PM VMM3a and VMM3s situation -- Round table - Lorne Levinson (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))  
4:30 PM ASIC design for DRD1 - Sorin Martoiu (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (RO))  
1:30 PM
Collaboration Board - Anna Colaleo (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Leszek Ropelewski (CERN) (until 3:30 PM) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
3:30 PM
Working Group 7: Common test facilities - Roberto Guida (CERN) Yorgos Tsipolitis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR)) Katerina Kuznetsova (University of Florida (US)) Karl Jonathan Floethner (University of Bonn (DE)) (until 6:15 PM) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
3:30 PM MPGD-HCAL R&D: PS Test Beam 10/25 with VMM3a - Maryna Borysova (Weizmann Institute of Science) Lisa Generoso (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
3:50 PM ePIC MPGD Trackers Test beam Plans & Other ongoing R&Ds - Francesco Bossu (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) Kondo Gnanvo (Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc. (US)) Fabien Jeanneau (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) Annalisa D'Angelo (Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata & INFN Roma Tor Vergata)  
4:10 PM HYDRA TPC status update: November beamtime results - Andrea Lagni (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (DE))  
4:30 PM Invited talk: EURO-LABS - Paolo Giacomelli (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
4:50 PM --- The Break ---