8th DRD1 Collaboration Meeting

29 Jun 2026, 00:30 → 3 Jul 2026, 22:30 Europe/Lisbon

Coimbra

Afonso Marques (LIP Coimbra / University of Coimbra), Alexandre Trindade, Filipa Borges (Laboratory of Instrumentation and Particle Physics), Filomena Santos (LIP Coimbra / University of Coimbra)

Coimbra welcomes the DRD1 Collaboration

The 8th edition of the DRD1 Collaboration Meeting will take place in Coimbra, bringing together researchers from around the world working on the development of gas radiation detectors. Hosted in one of Portugal’s most historic academic cities, the meeting will provide an opportunity for collaboration, discussion, and exchange of ideas among experts advancing detector technologies and instrumentation for particle physics and related fields.

This Collaboration Meeting will be hosted by Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP) and Physics Department of the University of Coimbra from the 29^th June to 03^rd July 2026.

The main topics addressed will be:

• Detector technologies (MPGD, RPC, Wire-based, etc.)

• Detector physics

• Detector performance

• Simulation and software

• Electronics

• New materials and Production techniques

• Applications and Future perspectives

• Industrialization

Important dates:

• 23 March: start of registration and young researchers grant application. 

• 17 May: end of early registration for the DRD1 Collaboration Meeting. 

• 24 May: deadline for young researchers grant application

• 29 May: announcement of the young researcher grant recipients

• 07 June: deadline for payment of early-registration fee for on-site participation

• 10 June: end of registration of late-registration fee 

• 14 June: deadline for payment of late-registration fee 

 

Registration fees

The registration fees include all lunches and coffee-breaks through the week, the gala dinner, the social activity and the scientific activity, as well as a welcome pack and the participation in the welcome drink

• Early-registration fee: 250 EUR (until 17 May)

• Late-registration fee: 350 EUR (from 18 May up to 10 June)

Accompanying person fees

• 60 EUR (only gala dinner) 

• 25 EUR (only social activity) 

• 85 EUR (gala dinner + social activity)

• 190 EUR (gala dinner + social activity + welcome drink + lunches)

Local Organising Committee

• Filipa Borges (LIP Coimbra / Univ. Coimbra) - Chair

• Alexandre Trindade (LIP Coimbra) - Vice-Chair

• Afonso Marques (LIP Coimbra / Univ. Coimbra)

• Filomena Santos (LIP Coimbra / Univ. Coimbra)

• Alberto Blanco (Director of LIP Coimbra)

• Vitaly Tchepel (LIP Coimbra / Univ. Coimbra)

• Luís Margato (LIP Coimbra / Univ. Coimbra)

Honorary members

• João Carvalho (Director of the Physics Department at Univ. Coimbra)

 

Organisers: LIP Coimbra / University of Coimbra

 

News about DRD1 Collaboration Meeting will also be shared via a newsletter and on social media profiles.

proposal_drd1_coimbra_2026.pdf

Monday 29 June

09:00 → 10:00 Registration

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 → 12:30 Plenary Session (Introduction)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Working Group 1: Technological Aspects and Developments of New Detector Structures, Common Characterization and Physics Issues

14:00 Thin Gap Chamber with DLC cathodes. First operation in Ar:CO2, Ar:CO2:iC4H10 and n-pentane:CO2

Speaker: Luca Moleri (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

14:25 FAT-GEMs : novel optical amplification structures under cryogenic conditions.

Speaker: Diego Rodas Rodriguez (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))

16:00 → 16:25 Coffee Break

16:25 → 18:00 Working Group 1: Technological Aspects and Developments of New Detector Structures, Common Characterization and Physics Issues

18:00 → 19:30 Welcome Drink & Poster Session

Tuesday 30 June

09:00 → 10:30 Working Group 2: Applications

10:30 → 10:55 Coffee Break

10:55 → 13:00 Working Group 2: Applications

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 16:00 Working Group 3: Gas and material studies

• Issues related to gas and material studies that are common to all the existing gaseous detector technologies in the development of future gaseous detectors
• Working Group Common Objectives and plan

16:00 → 16:25 Coffee Break

16:25 → 18:00 Working Group 3: Gas and material studies

• Issues related to gas and material studies that are common to all the existing gaseous detector technologies in the development of future gaseous detectors
• Working Group Common Objectives and plan

Wednesday 1 July

09:00 → 11:00 Working Group 4: Detector physics, simulations, and software tools

11:00 → 11:25 Coffee Break

11:25 → 12:55 Working Group 4: Detector physics, simulations, and software tools

12:55 → 14:25 Lunch

14:25 → 15:25 Invited talk - Paulo Fonte

15:25 → 16:25 Invited talk - João Veloso

16:25 → 16:55 Coffee Break

16:55 → 18:25 Working Group 5: Electronics for gaseous detectors

Thursday 2 July

09:00 → 10:30 Working Group 5: Electronics for gaseous detectors

10:30 → 10:55 Coffee Break

10:55 → 12:00 Working Group 8: Knowledge Transfer, Training, Career Promotion

12:00 → 13:30 Working Group 6: Detector production

13:30 → 15:00 Collaboration Board

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 18:00 Social Event

19:00 → 20:00 Gathering drink

20:00 → 23:00 Gala Dinner

Friday 3 July

09:00 → 10:30 Working Group 7: Common test facilities

10:30 → 10:55 Coffee Break

10:55 → 12:00 Working Group 7: Common test facilities

12:00 → 13:00 Plenary Session (End)

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 17:30 Scientific Visits