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14 Sept 2026, 09:00 → 18 Sept 2026, 22:30 Europe/Vilnius

Vilnius University Life Sciences Centre

121st LHCb WEEK | VILNIUS

The 121st LHCb Week will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 14 to 18 September 2026, hosted by Vilnius University. The event brings together the LHCb collaboration in a compact, vibrant, and easily accessible European city.

Monday 14 September

09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee

Collect your name badges

Welcome: Opening Ceremony

Conveners: Dr Mindaugas Sarpis (Vilnius University (LT)), Paula Collins (CERN), Timothy Gershon (University of Warwick (GB))

1 Opening Ceremony

2 Welcome Addresses

Rimvydas Petrauskas — Rector, Vilnius University
H.E. Gitanas Nausėda — President of the Republic of Lithuania
Gautier Hamel de Monchenault — Director for Research and Computing, CERN

3 Cultural Interlude

4 Keynote

From Scientific Heritage to Frontier Science: Lithuania’s High-Tech Journey
Simona Širvydaitė-Šliupienė — Head of the House of Histories, National Museum of Lithuania
Prof. Ramūnas Aleksejūnas — Chair of the Lithuanian Particle Physics Association
A journey through Lithuania’s scientific and technological development – from the foundations of its high-tech ecosystem to today’s internationally recognised research and frontier science.

5 Panel Discussion

Lithuania’s AI Factory: Connecting Science, Industry and Global Research Infrastructures

Moderator:
Saulė Mačiukaitė-Žvinienė – Professor, Vilnius University Business School, Vice-Chair CERN-Lithuania Joint Committee

Panellists:
- Gautier Hamel de Monchenault – Director for Research and Computing, CERN
- Tim Gershon – Spokesperson, LHCb Collaboration, CERN
- Regina Valutytė – Vice-Minister, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania
- Povilas Treigys – Professor, Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies, Vilnius University
- Benediktas Girdvainis - Adviser, Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania

A discussion on Lithuania’s emerging AI Factory and how national AI capabilities can connect with global scientific infrastructures such as CERN and LHCb, creating new opportunities for research, innovation and industry.

6 Closing of the Opening Ceremony

12:05 Welcome Lunch

Parallel Sessions

Convener: Ben Couturier (CERN)

7 CALO

8 Computing and Software

9 Muon

10 RICH

11 SciFi

12 SMOG

13 UT

14 VELO

NCB Meeting

Convener: Concezio Bozzi (INFN Ferrara)

Welcome: Reception

Tuesday 15 September

Software & computing

Conveners: Ben Couturier (CERN), Carla Marin Benito (University of Barcelona (ES))

15 Simulation Report

16 RTA Report

Speaker: Marianna Fontana (INFN Bologna (IT))

17 Computing Report

Speaker: Alexandre Franck Boyer (CERN)

18 DPA Report

Speaker: Ahmed Abdelmotteleb (University of Warwick (GB))

10:20 Coffee break

Physics & operations

Conveners: Dr Nicole Skidmore (University of Warwick), Vava Gligorov (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

19 $R(D)-R(D^*)$ hadronic Run 2

Speaker: Antonio Romero Vidal (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES), Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE))

20 Status report on $B\to K^*\mu\mu$ binned Run 3

Speaker: Martin Tat (Heidelberg University)

21 DPA - Analysis Production advancements

Speaker: James Connaughton (University of Warwick (GB))

22 Status report on $sin(2\beta)$

Speaker: Yizhou Huang (Hunan University (CN))

23 Status report on $\phi_s$

Speaker: Weijie Liu (Central China Normal University CCNU (CN))

12:05 Discussion

24 Mixing and CPV in $D^0\to K^0_S \pi\pi$ with 2024 data

Speaker: Alessia Anelli (Universita e INFN, Cagliari (IT))

12:30 Lunch including poster session

Physics & operations

Conveners: Dr Nicole Skidmore (University of Warwick), Vava Gligorov (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

25 Run 1 + 2 + 3 $B_c\to B_s^*\pi$

Speaker: Ahmed Abdelmotteleb (University of Warwick (GB))

26 T-track searches on 2024 data

Speaker: Andrea Merli (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))

27 Luminosity

Speaker: Elisabeth Maria Niel (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

28 $R(D^*)$ muonic Run 2

Speaker: Lucas Meyer Garcia (University of Maryland (US))

29 $D^0-\bar{D^0}$ azimutal correlations in pp, pO and OO collisions

Speaker: Devon Alexander Loomis (Los Alamos National Laboratory (US))

ECGD

Conveners: Michael Winn (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)), Roberta Cardinale (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

16:30 Coffee break

Collaboration Board

Convener: Stephanie Hansmann-Menzemer (Heidelberg University (DE))

Social Events: Guided Excursion

Wednesday 16 September

Detector Projects

Convener: Eric Thomas (CERN)

30 PLUME

31 VELO

32 UT

33 RICH

10:45 Coffee break

Detector Projects

Convener: Eric Thomas (CERN)

34 SciFi

35 CALO

36 MUON

37 ONLINE

13:00 Light lunch

Social Events: Afternoon excursions

Thursday 17 September

Physics & operations

Convener: Vava Gligorov (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

38 BF measurement of $B^- \to 3 \mu \nu$ Run 2 + Run 3

Speaker: Pierre Mayencourt (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))

39 Model dependent and independent measurements of CKM angle $\beta$ with $B^0 \to D^0 \pi^+\pi^-$ decays

Speaker: Ao Xu (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))

40 Simulation - Towards Analytics of the Simulation Jobs

Speakers: Lucio Anderlini (Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique de Particules), Lucio Anderlini (Universita e INFN, Firenze (IT))

41 Overview of plans/prospects for Run3 SM results in QEE

Speaker: Menglin Xu (CERN)

42 Status report on $b\to hh$ Runs 1+2 analyses and plans for Run 3

Speaker: Marco Caporale (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

10:25 Coffee break

Physics & operations

Conveners: Dr Nicole Skidmore (University of Warwick), Vava Gligorov (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

43 Status report on $B\to\mu\mu$

Speaker: Mary Richardson-Slipper (University of Cambridge (GB))

44 Run 2 + 3 Observation of $\Xi_b \to J/\psi p K$ decays

Speaker: Yibo Zhu (Rheinisch Westfaelische Tech. Hoch. (DE))

45 Dilepton production from photon-induced processes in PbPb

Speaker: Carolina Arata (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

46 Simulation - ARES, the LHCb Analysis Platform for Radiation Environment Simulations

Speaker: Sacha Emile R Medaer (CERN)

LHCb_week_121_samedaer_ares_v1.pdf

47 Search for a low-mass dielectron resonance using $D^* \to D e^+ e^−$

Speaker: Carlos Eduardo Cocha Toapaxi (Ruprecht Karls Universitaet Heidelberg)

48 $\Lambda_b \to \Lambda_c (2595,2625) D^{(*)}_s$ Runs 1+2

12:50 Lunch

Upgrade II

Conveners: Paula Collins (CERN), Timothy Gershon (University of Warwick (GB))

49 Introduction, including funding status

Speaker: Timothy Gershon (University of Warwick (GB))

50 Optimisation task force

Speakers: Renato Quagliani (CERN), Timothy David Evans (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

51 Towards a "point 8 at point 8" scenario

Speakers: Giovanni Punzi (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT)), Paula Collins (CERN), Timothy Gershon (University of Warwick (GB))

52 Discussion

15:45 Coffee break

Upgrade II

Conveners: Paula Collins (CERN), Timothy Gershon (University of Warwick (GB))

53 Reports from subsystems

54 Discussion

55 Evolution of the U2PG

Speaker: Paula Collins (CERN)

Social Events: Gala Dinner

Friday 18 September

Summaries

Conveners: Paula Collins (CERN), Timothy Gershon (University of Warwick (GB))

56 Collaboration Board Report

Speaker: Stephanie Hansmann-Menzemer (Heidelberg University (DE))

57 Technical Board Report

Speaker: Eric Thomas (CERN)

58 Software and Computing Coordination Report

Speaker: Ben Couturier (CERN)

59 Run Coordination Report

Speakers: Federica Oliva (The University of Edinburgh (GB)), Flavio Pisani (CERN)

10:20 Coffee break

Summaries

Conveners: Paula Collins (CERN), Timothy Gershon (University of Warwick (GB))

60 Outreach Report

Speakers: Mary Richardson-Slipper (University of Cambridge (GB)), Nuria Valls Canudas (CERN)

61 Operations Coordination Report

Speakers: Irene Bachiller (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH)), Dr Nicole Skidmore (University of Warwick)

62 Physics Coordination Report

Speakers: Conor Fitzpatrick (The University of Manchester (GB)), Liupan An (Peking University (CN)), Vava Gligorov (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

63 Closing Remarks

Speakers: Paula Collins (CERN), Timothy Gershon (University of Warwick (GB))

12:30 Light lunch