Nuclear Physics Community Meeting January 2026

Europe/London
Merrison Lecture Theatre

Merrison Lecture Theatre

Daresbury Laboratory
Description

The annual nuclear physics community meeting will be held at Daresbury Laboratory on 7th - 8th January 2026 (Google Maps link).

The meeting will start with lunch provided at 12pm on the first day. It will finish around 1:30pm on the second day. Lunches and coffee breaks have been kindly sponsored by Rapiscan Systems.

The full agenda can be found by clicking the timetable tab on the Indico page.

A social dinner is being organised at San Lorenzo in Warrington on the evening of the 7th January. Please register asap and indicate if you will join to help catering arrangements.

Before the dinner, there will be a drinks reception at the Palmyra Cocktail Bar, kindly sponsored by our friends at Mirion Technologies.

Suggested hotels in Warrington:
The Village Hotel - https://www.village-hotels.co.uk/warrington
The Old Post Office - https://deuce-hotels.com/the-old-post-office-aparthotel-warrington/
The Waterside Hotel - https://www.greenekinginns.co.uk/hotels/cheshire/waterside
Travelodge - https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/189/Warrington-hotel
 

Sponsors:

Mirion Technologies 

 

Rapiscan Systems

Registration
Registration
  • Wednesday, 7 January
    • 12:00 12:45
      Lunch 45m Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory
    • 12:45 12:55
      Welcome 10m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Prof. John Smith (University of the West of Scotland)
    • 12:55 13:35
      Update from STFC 40m Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Grahame Blair (STFC)
    • 13:50 14:15
      News from NPAP 25m Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Bjoern Seitz (University of Glasgow)
    • 14:15 14:40
      NPGP chairperson's report 25m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Dan Watts (University of York)
    • 14:40 15:10
      Coffee break 30m Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory
    • 15:10 15:30
      News from the IOP group 20m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Jack Henderson (University of Surrey)
    • 15:30 15:50
      Cross community status and plans 20m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Carlo Bruno (University of Edingburh)
    • 15:50 16:10
      New digitisers project: iThemba-STFC collaboration 20m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Philippos Papadakis (STFC)
    • 16:10 16:30
      HYPATIA project 20m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Marina Petri (University of York)
    • 16:30 16:50
      AWE Centre of Excellence 20m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Mark Cornock (AWE)
    • 17:05 17:25
      Bus to Warrington town centre 20m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
    • 18:00 19:30
      Drinks reception 1h 30m
    • 19:30 22:00
      Dinner 2h 30m
  • Thursday, 8 January
    • 09:15 09:30
      New DAQ developments at Daresbury 15m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Carl Unsworth (STFC)
    • 09:30 09:55
      ERF talk (TBC) 25m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Jaime Norman (University of Liverpool)
    • 09:55 10:20
      New fellow talk (title TBC) 25m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Ragandeep Singh Sidhu (University of Surrey)
    • 10:20 10:45
      New academic talk (title TBC) 25m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Martin Volkl (University of Birmingham)
    • 10:45 11:15
      Coffee break 30m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
    • 11:15 11:30
      UK Nuclear Physics Graduate School 15m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Prof. John Smith (University of the West of Scotland)
    • 11:30 11:50
      FAUST Project 20m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Gavin Lotay
    • 11:50 12:10
      EIC Project 20m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Daria Sokhan (University of Glasgow)
    • 12:10 12:30
      Report from the EPSRC community 20m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Malcolm Joyce (University of Lancaster)
    • 12:50 13:30
      Lunch 40m Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory