Laboratory Directors Group UK Meeting

14 Oct 2026, 10:00 → 15 Oct 2026, 17:00 Europe/London

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory & Coseners House

Emmanuel Tsesmelis, Mike Seidel, Sinead Farrington (STFC)

In Person Meeting

Venues:
• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (visit and tour)
• Cosener’s House – residential conference venue around 20 minutes drive from RAL, in the town of Abingdon. The main conference and overnight accommodation has been booked here.

Lunch on site at RAL on Wednesday at 12 noon, followed by a tour. Meeting, accommodation and all other meals will be in the Cosener’s House.

ALL Participants are required to register by 16.00 on 30 September.

Wednesday 14 October

11:30 → 12:15 Arrival & Lunch

12:15 → 15:00 RAL Facility Tours (lunch continues in Hamilton Suite)

Tour Schedule:
Central Laser Facility (12:15 - 13:00)
Diamond Light Source (12:15 - 13:00)
PPD (13:15 - 14:00)
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (14:15 - 15:00)

15:00 → 15:30 Transfer to Cosener’s House

Coach pick up from the Visitor Centre car park

15:30 → 16:00 Tea/Coffee on arrival at Cosener's

16:00 → 16:10 Welcome

Speakers: Mike Seidel (PSI/EPFL), Sinead Farrington (STFC)

16:10 → 16:35 Sustainability Panel Update

Speakers: Caterina Bloise, Maxim Titov

16:40 → 17:05 UK STFC Sustainability Activities

Speaker: Hannah Wakeling (John Adams Institute, University of Oxford)

2026_10_14-LDG-UK-sustainability.pdf

17:10 → 17:35 CERN Sustainability Activities

Speaker: Simon Reid

17:35 → 17:55 Sustainability Discussion

19:00 → 21:00 Dinner

Thursday 15 October

09:00 → 09:25 RF Coordination Panel Update

Speakers: Giovanni Bisoffi (INFN Legnaro), Peter McIntosh (STFC)

09:30 → 09:55 PIP-II cavity and cryomodule integration

Speaker: Alan Wheelhouse (ASTEC)

LDG_Meeting_PIP-II_Overview-AlanWheelhouse.pptx

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee

10:30 → 10:55 HE Power sources

Speaker: Graeme Burt (Cockcroft Inst)

10:55 → 11:15 Discussion on RF Systems

11:15 → 11:40 CERN EU Strategy

Speaker: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

11:40 → 12:00 Discussion on utilizing EU projects for the Accelerator Roadmap

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 → 13:25 Results of the survey on non-collider topics

Speaker: Steven Hoekstra

13:30 → 13:55 Non-collider resarch examples in UK

Speaker: Maurits van der Grinten (STFC)

14:00 → 14:25 Proposal for collaboration topics

Speaker: Markus Brugger (CERN)

14:25 → 14:45 non-collider research: LDG discussion on next steps

14:45 → 15:15 Coffee

15:15 → 16:30 LDG Matters, closed session

FCC/LDG coordination; LDG technology forum; in-person meetings 2027; chair 2028-29