6th CERN Baltic Conference (CBC 2026)

from Tuesday, 13 October 2026 (01:30) to Thursday, 15 October 2026 (19:00)
University of Latvia (702)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
13 Oct 2026
14 Oct 2026
15 Oct 2026
AM
08:30 --- Registration ---
10:00
Welcome (until 10:20)
10:20
Policy -Prof. Brigita Abakeviciene (CERN Baltic Group) (until 12:00)
10:20 Latvia: State-of-play - Dr Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV))  
10:40 Lithuania: State-of-play - Prof. Ramunas Aleksiejunas (Vilnius University (LT))  
11:00 Estonia: State-of-play - Prof. Veronika Zadin (University of Tartu (EE))  
11:20 Baltic ILO report - Robert Aare (Estonian Business and Innovation Agency)  
11:40 Advanced Particle Therapy Centre for Baltics (APTCB): Overview and Outlook of Feasibility Study - Dr Kristaps Palskis (Riga Technical University (LV))  
09:15 Welcome Day 2 - Prof. Christoph Schaefer (CERN)  
09:20
HEP Theory - Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV)) (until 10:20)
09:20 Decays of heavy scalars of the Grimus-Neufeld Model - Aurimas Vitkus (Vilnius University)  
09:40 New Exotic Operators on Wilson Lines in General Representations - Rudolfs Treilis (University of Parma)  
10:00 "Chromatography" - Yuri Dokshitzer (Riga Technical University)  
10:20 --- Coffee ---
10:50
Atomic physics I - Markus Seidel (Riga Technical University (LV)) (until 12:20)
10:50 Invited Speaker I : Dag Hanstorp - Dag Hanstorp (Gothenburg University (SE))  
11:40 Electron affinity measurement of radioactive Po in the ISOLDE facility at CERN - Janis Snikeris (Gothenburg University (SE))  
12:00 Five Years with CERN - Uldis Berzinsh (Institute Of Atomic Physics And Spectroscopy, EZTF, University of Latvia)  
09:30
HEP Experiment I (until 10:30)
09:30 ParticleTransformer is all you need for reconstructing hadronic tau leptons - Norman Seeba (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (EE)) Nalong-Norman Seeba  
09:50 Upgraded CMS Level-1 Trigger: expanding the CMS physics programme at the HL-LHC - Jaana Heikkilae (Riga Technical University (LV))  
10:10 Signal classification in HH->Multilepton - Miina Ronk (KBFI)  
10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00
HEP Experiment II (until 12:00)
11:00 Overview of Scintillator Research Performed at the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia - Anatoli Popov (University of Latvia (LV)) Dr Anatoli Popov  
11:20 Measurement of $Z\to\mu\mu\gamma$ final-state radiation at $\sqrt{s}=13\ TeV$ - Ojars Martins Eberlins (Riga Technical University (LV))  
11:40 Recent Highlights in Standard Model and Top Quark Physics with the CMS Experiment - Markus Seidel (Riga Technical University (LV))  
PM
12:10 --- Lunch ---
13:40
Medical physics & technologies I -Prof. Brigita Abakeviciene (CERN Baltic Group) (until 15:20)
13:40 Carbon Nanotube-Assisted Microstructure Engineering of Targets for Enhanced Radionuclide Release at CERN-MEDICIS - Prof. Elina Pajuste (University of Latvia, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Chemical Physics) Elina Pajuste (University of Latvia (LV))  
14:00 Toward Copper-67 Production from Enriched Zinc: Target Preparation, Irradiation Strategy and Material Recovery - Mr Zamin Shafiyev (University of Latvia)  
14:20 Modeling-Guided Concept of Adaptive Modular Shielding Against Mixed Neutron–Gamma Radiation for a Cyclotron Target Assembly - Prof. Diana Adliene (Kaunas University of Technology)  
14:40 Dosimetric impact of MR-guided motion management and reduced treatment margins in stereotactic radiotherapy of early-stage glottic cancer - Dr Evelina Jaselskė (Physics Department of Kaunas University of Technology)  
15:00 Helium ion therapy: from clinical evidence to emerging treatment approaches - Dr Kristaps Palskis (Riga Technical University (LV)) Kristaps Palskis  
15:20 --- Coffee ---
15:50
Medical physics & technologies II - Kristaps Palskis (Riga Technical University (LV)) (until 16:50)
15:50 Looking beyond projection: development and comparative evaluation of focus stacking methods for helium ion radiography - Ilze Baumgarte Ilze Baumgarte  
16:10 EPITA Accelerator Innovations and Medical Applications Roadmap: Opportunities for the APTCB Project and beyond - Dr Alberto Degiovanni (CERN)  
16:30 Optimization and Integration of a Compact 4He2+ Synchrotron for Hadron Therapy - Vincenzo Alberto Sansipersico (Riga Technical University (LV))  
16:50
Accelerator technologies - Kristaps Palskis (Riga Technical University (LV)) (until 17:30)
16:50 Progress in Ultra-high field solenoid develoments and RTU contribution - Andris Ratkus (Riga Technical University (LV))  
17:10 AM-Enabled Design development for a pulsed electron lens collector - Guntis Pikurs (Riga Technical University (LV))  
17:30
Poster session (until 19:00)
12:20 --- Lunch ---
13:50
Atomic physics II - Andris Ratkus (Riga Technical University (LV)) (until 15:20)
13:50 Invited speaker II: Benjamin Rienacker  
14:40 Rydberg positronium field ionisation spectroscopy in a strong magnetic field - Valts Krumins Valts Krumins (University of Latvia (LV))  
15:00 Formation of exotic atoms: Electron–Nuclear Dynamics in antiproton–Atom Collisions - Remigio Cabrera-Trujillo (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias Físicas)  
15:20 --- Coffee ---
15:50
Machine learning in HEP - Markus Seidel (Riga Technical University (LV)) (until 17:00)
15:50 Invited Speaker III: Anna Hallin  
16:40 Machine Learning for Event Classification and Unfolding in Particle Physics - Jokubas Maciulis (Vilnius University (LT))  
17:30 --- Guided tour of the National Library of Latvia ---
19:00 --- Conference dinner ---
12:00
Closing remarks - Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV)) (until 12:30)