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
      Lunch Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory
    • 1
      Welcome Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Prof. John Smith (University of the West of Scotland)
    • 2
      Update from STFC Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Grahame Blair (STFC)
    • 3
      News from NPAP Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Bjoern Seitz (University of Glasgow)
    • 4
      NPGP chairperson's report Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

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

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory
    • 5
      News from the IOP group Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Jack Henderson (University of Surrey)
    • 6
      Cross community status and plans Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Carlo Bruno (University of Edingburh)
    • 7
      New digitisers project: iThemba-STFC collaboration Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Philippos Papadakis (STFC)
    • 8
      HYPATIA project Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Marina Petri (University of York)
    • 9
      AWE Centre of Excellence Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

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

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory
    • 18:00
      Drinks reception
    • 19:30
      Dinner
  • Thursday, 8 January
    • 10
      New DAQ developments at Daresbury Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Carl Unsworth (STFC)
    • 11
      ERF talk (TBC) Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Jaime Norman (University of Liverpool)
    • 12
      New fellow talk (title TBC) Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Ragandeep Singh Sidhu (University of Surrey)
    • 13
      New academic talk (title TBC) Merrison Lecture Theatre

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

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      Daresbury Laboratory
    • 14
      UK Nuclear Physics Graduate School Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Prof. John Smith (University of the West of Scotland)
    • 15
      FAUST Project Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Gavin Lotay
    • 16
      EIC Project Merrison Lecture Theatre

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      Daresbury Laboratory
      Speaker: Daria Sokhan (University of Glasgow)
    • 17
      Report from the EPSRC community Merrison Lecture Theatre

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

      Merrison Lecture Theatre

      Daresbury Laboratory