The Interaction Point: US LHC & Future Collider Horizons

20 Jan 2027, 08:00 → 23 Jan 2027, 18:00 America/New_York

820 (JHU Bloomberg Center in Washington DC)

Andrei Gritsan (Johns Hopkins University (US)), Harvey Newman (California Institute of Technology (US))

A three-day conference, featuring the annual meeting of the U.S. LHC Users Association (US LUA) in partnership with Johns Hopkins University at the JHU Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., will bring together U.S. scientists from Large Hadron Collider projects, along with participants from future collider initiatives, policymakers, funders, industry leaders, and the public, to reflect on the first phase of the LHC era and chart the path ahead. The prime location in the nation's capital makes it an ideal place to celebrate LHC achievements and engage in planning and policymaking.

The US LUA  (https://www.uslua.org) represents the US community of scientists and engineers working in the LHC physics and accelerator programs, and provides a forum of support for, and discussion of, US participation at CERN. US LUA aims to support and uplift US personnel — particularly early career scientists and engineers — as well as acting as a communications channel between the community, US agencies, and the Congressional and Executive Branches.

Early-career members of the community are especially encouraged to attend in person, with support available through the JHU Nexus Early-Career Support Awards. Each supported participant may present a lightning talk or poster and have the opportunity to engage with senior scientists and policymakers. Please follow the instructions to submit an abstract and apply for the award.

Short URL: https://indico.cern.ch/e/uslua-general-2027

Wednesday 20 January

10:00 → 17:00 Possible Trips to Congressional Offices and Committees

To be confirmed (and organized)

Thursday 21 January

08:00 → 09:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast

09:00 → 09:50 Opening Plenary: Welcome to The Interaction Point

09:00 Welcome from JHU Leadership

09:10 Conference Overview and Logistics

09:20 US LHC Users Association Chair Address

Speaker: Harvey Newman (California Institute of Technology (US))

09:50 → 10:30 Keynote Presentation I

09:50 The LHC at the Peak of Its First Great Era

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 Plenary Session I: Scientific Breakthroughs at the LHC

11:00 Higgs boson physics and the origin of mass

11:23 Dark matter, new physics, and tests of the Standard Model

11:46 Matter-antimatter asymmetry and flavor physics

12:09 Exotic hadronic matter and new Strong-Interaction phenomena

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 The Next Generation: Early-Career Session (Lightning Round Talks)

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:22 The Next Generation: Early-Career Session (Lightning Round Talks)

17:22 → 18:00 Panel Discussion I: Frontiers of Fundamental Physics: Past, Present and Future

18:00 → 20:00 Welcome Reception & Poster Session

Friday 22 January

08:00 → 09:00 Breakfast & Informal Discussion

09:00 → 10:00 Keynote Presentation II

09:00 The Future of the Energy Frontier

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 → 12:00 Plenary Session II: Future Collider Paths

10:30 Long-term roadmap for discovery at the energy frontier

10:53 High-Luminosity LHC goals and upgrades

11:16 Higgs factory concepts

11:39 Muon collider prospects

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:45 Plenary Session III: Technology Innovations Enabled by Collider Science

14:45 → 15:45 Science Policy Perspectives

15:45 → 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 → 17:00 Panel Discussion II: Science, Policy, and Society

17:00 → 18:00 Public Lecture

18:15 → 20:00 Conference Dinner

Saturday 23 January

08:30 → 09:00 Breakfast & Informal Discussion

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary Session IV: US LHC Users Association Activities

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 11:45 Panel Discussion III: Addressing the Needs of Early-Career Researchers

11:45 → 12:45 US LHC and Future Collider Closeout Discussion

12:45 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 17:00 Parallel Activities