Following the successful 2025 edition in Madrid, the FAST'26 workshop is aimed at sharing the latest developments in instrumentation and methods for fast timing measurements, their use in fundamental physics research and their application to other fields such as medical imaging.
The meeting will be held at the Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Magurele-Bucharest, Romania from 27th to 29th April 2026.
The scientific programme includes:
- New detector technologies, including scintillators and photosensors
- Fast front-end and readout electronics
- Time pick-up methods, optimization, and AI processing
- Large scintillator and hybrid arrays for fast-timing measurements
- Nuclear structure from fast-timing measurements: decay and reactions
- Other methods for the measurement of nuclear state lifetimes (RDDS, DSAM, etc.)
- Fast scintillators for time-of-flight PET and other imaging modalities
- Fast response and high count rate detectors for technology and applications
Registration and Fees
To attend the workshop, registration is required. The standard fee of €150 covers coffee breaks and lunches (April 27–29) and the workshop dinner on the evening of Tuesday, April 28.
Fee waivers and free accommodation at the IFIN-HH Student Dormitory will be available for a limited number of MSc, PhD students and Postdocs (up to 2 years post-defense). To apply: During registration, submit a request for financial support by including a CV and a recommendation letter from your supervisor.
The FAST'26 workshop will be followed by the ISOLDE Decay Station (IDS) collaboration meeting, at the same venue in the afternoon of April 29th 2026.
