WLCG/HSF Workshop 2026

2 Nov 2026, 11:00 → 6 Nov 2026, 14:35 Europe/Paris

Congress Center - National Reseach Council (CNR Area Territoriale di Ricerca di Bologna)

Daniele Cesini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

Welcome to the WLCG/HSF Workshop 2026 at Bologna (Italy) November 2-6 2026

 

Monday 2 November

11:00 → 12:30 Registration

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Plenary Session: Introduction

Conveners: Alessandro Di Girolamo (CERN), Daniele Cesini (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB)), Dr Tommaso Boccali (INFN Sezione di Pisa)

15:30 → 16:00 Tea Break

16:00 → 18:00 Plenary Session: Roadmaps

Conveners: Alessandro Di Girolamo (CERN), David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB)), Dr Tommaso Boccali (INFN Sezione di Pisa)

Tuesday 3 November

09:00 → 10:30 HSF: Common SW or Training

Conveners: Eduardo Rodrigues (University of Liverpool (GB)), Stefan Roiser (CERN)

09:00 → 10:30 WLCG: DC27

Conveners: Johannes Elmsheuser (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 HSF: Common SW or Training

Conveners: Eduardo Rodrigues (University of Liverpool (GB)), Stefan Roiser (CERN)

11:00 → 12:30 WLCG: DC27

Conveners: Johannes Elmsheuser (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Plenary Session: Heterogenous SW and HW

15:30 → 16:00 Tea Break

16:00 → 18:00 Plenary Session: Heterogeneous HW and SW

Wednesday 4 November

09:00 → 10:30 HSF: IRIS-HEP + EVERSE + SSI

Conveners: Caterina Doglioni (The University of Manchester (GB)), Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

09:00 → 10:30 WLCG: TAPE OTF

Conveners: Johannes Elmsheuser (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)), Michael Davis (CERN)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 HSF: IRIS-HEP + EVERSE + SSI

Conveners: Caterina Doglioni (The University of Manchester (GB)), Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

11:00 → 12:30 WLCG: Tape OTF

Conveners: Johannes Elmsheuser (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)), Michael Davis (CERN)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 HSF: Parallel HSF: BoF on affiliation programme + future

Convener: Eduardo Rodrigues (University of Liverpool (GB))

14:00 → 14:45 WLCG: Hepix Sites

Convener: Jose Flix Molina (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))

14:45 → 16:00 WLCG CB: WLCG CB (Restricted)

Conveners: Achim Streit (Unknown), Xavier Espinal (CERN)

14:45 → 15:30 WLCG: Hepix Sites (continuation if needed)

Convener: Jose Flix Molina (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))

15:30 → 16:00 Tea Break

15:30 → 16:00 Tea Break

16:00 → 18:00 Trip: Conference Visit to the DAMA Tecnopolo

Thursday 5 November

09:00 → 10:30 HSF: Common SW and/or Training + GSoC

Conveners: Eduardo Rodrigues (University of Liverpool (GB)), Stefan Roiser (CERN)

09:00 → 10:30 WLCG: Operations (including tokens)

Conveners: Julia Andreeva (CERN), Maarten Litmaath (CERN), Panos Paparrigopoulos (CERN)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 HSF: Common SW and/or Training + GSoC

Conveners: Eduardo Rodrigues (University of Liverpool (GB)), Stefan Roiser (CERN)

11:00 → 12:30 WLCG: Operations (including tokens)

Conveners: Julia Andreeva (CERN), Maarten Litmaath (CERN), Panos Paparrigopoulos (CERN)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Plenary Session: DC27 + Tape OTF

Conveners: Johannes Elmsheuser (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB)), Michael Davis (CERN)

15:30 → 16:30 HSG Advisory Group meeting (Restricted)

HSG Advisory Group meeting (Restricted)

Conveners: Dr Chris Gutschow (UCL), Eduardo Rodrigues (University of Liverpool (GB))

15:30 → 16:00 Tea Break

16:00 → 18:00 Plenary Session: AI (opint + coding assistants)

Conveners: Alessandro Di Girolamo (CERN), Julia Andreeva (CERN), Panos Paparrigopoulos (CERN)

Friday 6 November

09:00 → 09:45 Plenary Session: AI (opint + coding assistants)

Conveners: Alessandro Di Girolamo (CERN), Julia Andreeva (CERN), Panos Paparrigopoulos (CERN)

09:45 → 10:30 Plenary Session: Price Evolution + sustainability

Convener: Dr Tommaso Boccali (INFN Sezione di Pisa)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 Plenary Session: Reports from Operations and HSF Common Initiatives

Conveners: Eduardo Rodrigues (University of Liverpool (GB)), Julia Andreeva (CERN), Maarten Litmaath (CERN), Panos Paparrigopoulos (CERN), Stefan Roiser (CERN)

12:30 → 14:00 Light Lunch before leaving