LII International Meeting on Fundamental Physics

7 Oct 2025, 09:00 → 10 Oct 2025, 20:00 Europe/Madrid

IGFAE

LII International Meeting on Fundamental Physics

7 - 10 October 2025

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (IGFAE)

 

Programme

The International Meeting on Fundamental Physics is the Spanish Symposium on high energy particle physics with the longest tradition. Since its creation in 1973, it has been organized on an annual basis by each of the main Spanish groups in turn. Its scientific programs have included dedicated reviews with the latest results in the fields of particle and astroparticle physics and cosmology.

The 2025 edition is organised by the Instituto Galego de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE) and the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC). 

Symposium

The first day of the meeting will be dedicated to the European Strategy of Particle Physics (ESPP) update. We will hold a special symposium gathering the conclusions from the recent Venice meeting and discussing the next steps, with a focus on the Spanish HEP community.

Fee

The registration fee is 200€, which includes two daily coffee breaks, a reception and the conference dinner.

Scientific Organising Committee

Manuel Asorey (U. Zaragoza) David Cerdeño (IFT UAM) Elvira Gámiz (U. Granada) Gemma Rius (IMB-CNM-CSIC) Imma Riu (IFAE) Bárbara Álvarez González (U. Oviedo) Antonio Dobado (U. Complutense) Alicia Sintes (UIB)

Fernando Arteche (ITAINNOVA) Alicia Calderón (IFCA, CSIC-UC) Domènec Espriu (U. Barcelona) Pilar Hernández (IFIC, CSIC-UV) Carlos Salgado (IGFAE, USC) Maria Isabel Josa (CIEMAT) Quim Matías (IFAE) M. José García Borge (IEM, CSIC)

 

Local Organising Committee

Paula Álvarez Cartelle (chair) Jaime Álvarez Nestor Armesto Xabier Cid (chair)

Juan Calderón Elena González Jose Angel Hernando

 

Previous editions

https://benasque.org/2024imfp/

Tuesday 7 October

09:00 → 09:30 Welcome

09:30 → 11:10 Strategy discussion

09:30 FCC

09:55 Linear collider

Speaker: Jenny List (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

10:20 Projects using the LHC tunnel at CERN

Speaker: Jorgen D'Hondt (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE))

10:45 Comparative between projects

Speaker: Nicolas Mounet (CERN)

11:10 → 11:40 Coffee Break

11:40 → 13:35 Strategy discussion

11:40 Electroweak Physics

12:05 Strong Interactions

Speaker: Nestor Armesto Perez (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES))

12:25 Flavour Physics

Speaker: Marie-Helene Schune (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

12:50 Neutrino Physics and cosmic messengers/Dark Matter

13:10 BSM Physics/Dark Sectors

13:35 → 15:20 Lunch

15:20 → 16:00 Strategy discussion

15:20 Detector Technologies

15:40 Computing

Speaker: Borut Kersevan (Jozef Stefan Institute)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 → 19:00 Strategy discussion

16:30 Discussion

Speaker: All

19:00 → 21:00 Reception

Wednesday 8 October

09:00 → 11:00 HEP

09:00 EFT & Higgs

Speaker: Pier Paolo Giardino (Sezione di Pisa (IT))

10:00 Highlights from CMS

Speaker: Santiago Folgueras (Universidad de Oviedo (ES))

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:30 HEP

11:30 Highlights from ATLAS

Speaker: Sarah Louise Williams (University of Cambridge (GB))

12:30 QCD

Speaker: Dr Alba Ontoso (IPhT)

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 17:00 HEP

15:00 Flavour Theory

Speaker: Bernat Capdevila (IFAE)

16:00 Highlights from LHCb

Speaker: Fred Blanc (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))

17:00 → 17:30 Coffee Break

17:30 → 18:30 Astro, GW, Cosmology

17:30 Quantum sensors

Speaker: Martin Weides (University of Glasgow)

Thursday 9 October

09:00 → 11:00 Astro, GW, Cosmology

09:00 DM Theory

Speaker: Gonzalo Alonso Alvarez (University of Toronto)

10:00 DM experiment

Speaker: Maria Luisa Sarsa (Universidad de Zaragoza (ES))

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:30 Astro, GW, Cosmology

11:30 Gamma-Rays overview

Speaker: Ruben Conceição (Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (PT))

12:30 Multi-Messenger, High Energy Neutrinos overview

Speaker: Francisco Salesa

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 17:00 Astro, GW, Cosmology

15:00 LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA GW results

Speaker: Ornella Piccinni

16:00 GW future

Speaker: Antoni Ramos Buades (Max Planck Institute for gravitational physics, Potsdam)

17:00 → 17:30 Coffee Break

17:30 → 19:30 Astro, GW, Cosmology

17:30 Cosmology - theory and experiment

Speaker: Ignacio Sevilla

18:30 APPEC

Speaker: Carlos Peña

20:00 → 22:00 Conference dinner

Friday 10 October

09:00 → 11:00 HEP

09:00 Highlights from Belle II (remote)

Speaker: Florian Urs Bernlochner (University of Bonn (DE))

10:00 Detector upgrades

Speaker: Mary-Cruz Fouz Iglesias (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 13:30 HEP

11:30 FIPs

Speaker: Maria Ramos (LIP)

12:30 New LLP Experiments

Speaker: Juliette Alimena (DESY)

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 17:00 HEP

15:00 Neutrino Theory

Speaker: Avelino Vicente (IFIC - CSIC / U. Valencia)

16:00 NEXT

Speaker: Gonzalo Martinez Lema (Donostia International Physics Center)

17:00 → 17:30 Coffee Break

17:30 → 18:30 HEP

17:30 DUNE

Speaker: Clara Cuesta Soria (CIEMAT)