Sixth MODE Workshop on Differentiable Programming for Experiment Design

from Tuesday, 1 September 2026 (09:00) to Monday, 7 September 2026 (18:45)
OAC conference center, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece.

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
1 Sept 2026
2 Sept 2026
3 Sept 2026
4 Sept 2026
5 Sept 2026
6 Sept 2026
7 Sept 2026
AM
08:00 --- Breakfast at OAC (only for people with OAC accommodation) ---
09:00
Registration (until 09:20)
09:20
Introduction (until 10:00)
09:20 Welcome by the OAC - Dr Konstantinos Zompas, General Director of the OAC (Orthodox Academy of Crete) Antonis Kalogerakis, Head of the Institute of Theology & Ecology - Department of the OAC (Orthodox Academy of Crete)  
09:30 Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop - Prof. Pietro Vischia (Departamento de Física and ICTEA, Universidad de Oviedo)  
10:00
Keynote session -Prof. Pietro Vischia (Departamento de Física and ICTEA, Universidad de Oviedo) (until 11:00)
10:50 --- Discussion ---
11:00 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
11:30
Session - Tommaso Dorigo (INFN Padova, Luleå University of Technology, MODE Collaboration, Universal Scientific Education and Research Network) (until 13:00)
11:55 --- Discussion ---
12:25 --- Discussion ---
12:55 --- Discussion ---
08:00
Breakfast at OAC (only for people with OAC accommodation) (until 09:00)
09:00
Session -Prof. Pietro Vischia (Departamento de Física and ICTEA, Universidad de Oviedo) (until 10:00)
09:25 --- Discussion ---
09:55 --- Discussion ---
10:00
Session - Zahraa Zaher (Université catholique de Louvain (BE)) (until 10:30)
10:25 --- Discussion ---
10:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
11:00
Session - Zahraa Zaher (Université catholique de Louvain (BE)) (until 12:00)
11:25 --- Discussion ---
11:55 --- Discussion ---
08:00
Breakfast at OAC (only for people with OAC accommodation) (until 09:00)
09:00
Session - Nicolas Ralph Gauger (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)) (until 10:30)
09:25 --- Discussion ---
09:55 --- Discussion ---
10:25 --- Discussion ---
10:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
11:00
Session - Zahraa Zaher (Université catholique de Louvain (BE)) Zahraa Daher (until 11:30)
11:25 --- Discussion ---
11:30
Hackathon (until 12:30)
08:00
Breakfast at OAC (only for people with OAC accommodation) (until 09:00)
09:00
Session (until 10:30)
10:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
11:00
Session (until 13:00)
08:00 --- Breakfast at OAC (only for people with OAC accommodation) ---
09:00
Session (until 10:30)
10:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
11:00
Session (until 13:00)
08:45 --- Departure day ---
PM
15:00 --- Arrival day ---
20:00
Dinner at OAC (included in the fee) (until 21:30)
13:00 --- Lunch at OAC (included in the fee) ---
14:00
Free time (until 15:30)
15:30 --- Coffee break included in the fee) ---
16:00
Hackathon (until 17:30)
17:30 --- Break with no coffee ---
18:00
Session - Christian Glaser (Uppsala University) Dr Christian Haack (ECAP, FAU Erlangen) (until 19:00)
18:25 --- Discussion ---
18:55 --- Discussion ---
19:00
Free time (until 20:00)
20:00 --- Dinner at OAC (included in the fee) ---
12:00
Hackathon (until 13:00)
13:00 --- Lunch at OAC (included in the fee) ---
14:00
Free time (until 15:30)
15:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
16:00
Free time (until 20:00)
20:00 --- Dinner at OAC (included in the fee) ---
12:30 --- Free time ---
13:00 --- Lunch at OAC (included in the fee) ---
14:00
Free time (until 15:30)
15:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
16:00
Keynote session - Lisa Kusch (TU Eindhoven) (until 17:00)
16:50 --- Discussion ---
17:00 Common activities and tasks with calls for collaborators - Prof. Pietro Vischia (Departamento de Física and ICTEA, Universidad de Oviedo)  
17:30
Wine Tasting and Poster Session (until 19:00)
19:00
Free time (until 20:00)
20:00 --- Gala dinner and Cretan dances (at OAC, included in the fee) ---
13:00 --- Lunch at OAC (included in the fee) ---
14:00
Free time (until 15:30)
15:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
16:00
Hackathon (until 18:00)
18:00 --- Free time ---
20:00 --- Dinner at OAC (included in the fee) ---
13:00 --- Lunch at OAC (included in the fee) ---
14:00 --- Free time ---
15:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
16:00
Session (until 17:30)
17:30
Closing session -Prof. Pietro Vischia (Departamento de Física and ICTEA, Universidad de Oviedo) (until 18:00)
18:00 --- Free time ---
20:00 --- Dinner at OAC (included in the fee) ---