Higgs 2026

Oct 26, 2026, 9:00 AM → Oct 30, 2026, 5:00 PM Europe/Zurich

Science auditorium (UCLouvain)

This year's annual HIGGS conference takes place at UCLouvain on October 26th-30th.

 

The HIGGS 2026 conference will showcase the most recent findings from the Large Hadron Collider experiments, focusing on the properties of the Higgs boson, Higgs boson pair production, and investigations into new physics within the scalar sector. Additionally, the conference will address the latest theoretical advancements in the Higgs sector, encompassing both frameworks within and beyond the Standard Model.

This event offers a platform for in-depth discussions regarding current methodologies for Higgs boson research, efforts to find new physics in the Higgs sector at the LHC, and the future directions post-LHC. The agenda of HIGGS 2026 features multiple sessions with both parallel and plenary presentations that cover ongoing research topics relevant to the Higgs sector.

Confirmed plenary speakers

Fabrizio Caola
Joe Davighi
Stefania De Curtis
Aude Gehrmann-De Ridder
Thomas Hambye
Gudrun Heinrich
Fabio Maltoni
Alberto Mariotti
Emanuele Nocera
Ben Page
Melissa van Beekveld
Eleni Vryonidou
Ramon Winterhalder
Tevong You

Mon, October 26

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Registration

2:00 PM → 4:00 PM Plenary

2:00 PM Welcome

2:30 PM State of the art of precision Higgs calculation

Speaker: Fabrizio Arturo Caola (University of Oxford (GB))

3:00 PM ATLAS Higgs Highlights

3:30 PM CMS Higgs highlights

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee

4:30 PM → 6:30 PM Plenary

4:30 PM Frontier amplitude computations for Higgs physics

Speaker: Ben Page (Ghent University (BE))

5:00 PM Machine learning advances and Higgs physics applications

Speaker: Ramon Winterhalder (Università degli Studi di Milano)

5:30 PM Experimental methods at ATLAS

6:00 PM Experimental methods at CMS

Tue, October 27

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Higgs Pairs

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Single Higgs

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Higgs Pairs

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Single Higgs

12:30 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch break

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM Higgs Pairs

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM Single Higgs

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Coffee

4:00 PM → 5:30 PM Beyond the Standard Model

4:00 PM → 5:30 PM Single Higgs

6:00 PM → 9:00 PM Drinks reception

Wed, October 28

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Beyond the Standard Model

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Single Higgs

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Higgs Pairs

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Single Higgs

12:30 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch break

2:00 PM → 4:00 PM Plenary

2:00 PM Precision Higgs measurements at ATLAS and CMS (mass, width, CP, off-shell)

2:30 PM Inclusive and differential Higgs cross sections at ATLAS and CMS (incl. STXS)

3:00 PM Monte Carlo for Higgs production and backgrounds

Speaker: Melissa Corona van Beekveld (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

3:30 PM aN³LO PDFs and Higgs predictions for the HL-LHC

Speaker: Emanuele Roberto Nocera

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee

4:30 PM → 6:30 PM Plenary

4:30 PM Rare Higgs production at ATLAS and CMS (incl. tH, H+c)

5:00 PM Rare Higgs decays at ATLAS and CMS (incl. µμ, Zγ, cc)

5:30 PM ATLAS joker talk

6:00 PM CMS joker talk

Thu, October 29

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Beyond the Standard Model

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Future

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Beyond the Standard Model

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Future

12:30 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch break

2:00 PM → 4:00 PM Plenary

2:00 PM Effective field theory in the Higgs sector

Speakers: Eleni Vryonidou (University of Cambridge), Eleni Vryonidou (Universite catholique de Louvain), Eleni Vryonidou (Nikhef), Eleni Vryonidou (University of Cyprus (CY))

2:30 PM Global EFT interpretations at ATLAS and CMS

3:00 PM Precision prediction for di-Higgs production in the SM and beyond

Speaker: Gudrun Heinrich (KIT)

3:30 PM Higgs pair production at ATLAS and CMS (incl. non-resonant, resonant, multi-Higgs)

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee

4:30 PM → 7:00 PM Plenary

4:30 PM Scalars, phase transitions, and gravitational waves

Speakers: Alberto MARIOTTI (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Alberto Mariotti, Alberto Mariotti (VUB Brussels)

5:00 PM Scalars and dark sectors

Speakers: THOMAS HAMBYE (IDP - ULB (Universite libre de Bruxelles)), Thomas HAMBYE (ULB), Thomas Hambye, Thomas Hambye (ULB Belgium), Thomas Hambye (Unknown)

5:30 PM Higgs and flavour

Speaker: Joe Davighi (University of Cambridge (GB))

6:00 PM Higgs and scalar BSM interpretations at LHCb

Speaker: Lorenzo Sestini (Universita e INFN, Firenze (IT))

7:00 PM → 10:00 PM Conference dinner

Fri, October 30

9:00 AM → 11:00 AM Plenary

9:00 AM Quantum observables in Higgs physics

Speaker: Prof. Fabio Maltoni (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE) and Università di Bologna)

9:30 AM Extended scalar sectors and composite Higgs model building

Speakers: Stefania De Curtis (U), Stefania De Curtis (Universita e INFN, Firenze (IT))

10:00 AM Low-mass new scalars and exotic Higgs decays at ATLAS and CMS

10:30 AM High-mass new scalars at the LHC, with and without a Higgs in the final state

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee

11:30 AM → 1:30 PM Plenary

11:30 AM Higgs physics at future e⁺e⁻ colliders after the 2026 European Strategy

12:00 PM Precision Higgs physics at future colliders

Speaker: Aude Gehrmann-De Ridder (ETH Zurich)

12:30 PM BSM Higgs physics physics at future colliders

Speakers: Tevong You (King's College London), Tevong You

1:00 PM Closing