VBF 2026: Precision in VBF Higgs in the context of the High-Luminosity LHC

from Wednesday, 30 September 2026 (14:00) to Friday, 2 October 2026 (17:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
30 Sept 2026
1 Oct 2026
2 Oct 2026
AM
09:00
Talks - Mathieu Pellen (University of Freiburg (DE)) Christian Preuss (University of Goettingen) (until 12:00)
09:00 VBF Overview (30'+20') - Marco Zaro (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))  
09:50 Non-factorisable contributions and VBF + H->bb (30'+20') - Konstantin Asteriadis  
10:40 --- Coffee and Tea Break ---
11:00 VBF HH (30'+20') - Pia Bredt  
09:00
Talks - Mathieu Pellen (University of Freiburg (DE)) Christian Preuss (University of Goettingen) (until 12:00)
09:00 Accurate predictions for VBF at VBS processes at large mjj (30'+20') - Jeppe Andersen (IPPP, University of Durham)  
09:50 Vision for future Higgs and EW measurements (30'+20') - Gaetano Barone (Brown University)  
10:40 --- Coffee and Tea Break ---
11:00 Closing and Outlook - Mathieu Pellen (University of Freiburg (DE)) Christian Preuss (RWTH Aachen University)  
11:30 Free discussions  
PM
14:00
Talks - Christian Preuss (University of Goettingen) Mathieu Pellen (University of Freiburg (DE)) (until 17:00)
14:00 Welcome and Introduction - Mathieu Pellen (University of Freiburg (DE)) Christian Preuss (RWTH Aachen University)  
14:30 Experimental overview on Higgs and VBF Higgs production (40'+20') - Robin Hayes (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
15:30 Theory overview on Higgs and VBF Higgs production (40'+20') - Raoul Horst Rontsch (University of Milan and INFN, Milan)  
16:30 Free Discussion  
14:00
Talks - Mathieu Pellen (University of Freiburg (DE)) Christian Preuss (University of Goettingen) (until 17:00)
14:00 Irreducible background to VBF Higgs production (30'+20') - Tomas Jezo (WWU ITP)  
14:50 Parton showers, matching, and merging in VBF (30'+20') - Daniel Reichelt (CERN)  
15:40 --- Coffee and Tea Break ---
16:00 Input for community studies (30'+20') - Joey Huston (Michigan State University (US))