We are pleased to announce the first edition of Advances in X-ray and Gamma RAy DEtectors and applications (XGRADE) workshop that will be held at University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy on 24-26 march 2026.
XGRADE2026 is the first event organized in the framework of the COST Action CA24131-ENRICH: European Network for radiation-detection based Research and Innovation addressing increasing societal CHallenges.
The main goal of XGRADE2026 workshop is to provide a forum for discussion of the state of the art for X-ray and gamma ray detector technology, including materials improvement, device development and characterization, electronic readout, signal processing, system development and applications. The XGRADE workshop will stimulate new ideas and collaborations among researchers working on radiation detectors and imagers for X-ray and gamma ray measurements.
X-ray and gamma ray detectors are finding increasing applications in such diverse fields as medicine, homeland security, radiography, astrophysics, nuclear physics and environmental monitoring.
The venue of the workshop is the Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Palermo, Italy.
Main Topics
Authors are invited to submit abstracts presenting their work on one of the topics below:
- New Radiation Detector Technologies for X and gamma rays
- Semiconductor Detectors
- Organic and Perovskite-based Detectors
- Scintillation Detectors
- Analog & Digital Readout Electronics
- Data Analysis, Simulation and Machine Learning
- Energy, Spatial and Timing Resolution Enhancements
- Spectroscopic and Imaging Systems for Medical, Astrophysics, Non-Destructive Testing, Environmental Monitoring, Nuclear Physics and Other Uses
- Emerging Applications and New Concepts
Conference Chairs
- Leonardo Abbene, Department of Physics and Chemistry (DiFC) -Emilio Segrè, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy (Chair)
- Antonino Buttacavoli, Department of Physics and Chemistry (DiFC) -Emilio Segrè, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy (Co-Chair)
- Jesel Patel, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK (Co-Chair)
- Alessandro Scordo, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati INFN, Italy (Co-Chair)
Scientific Advisory Committee
- Giuseppe Bertuccio, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering-DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Como, Italy
- Davide Bleiner, Eastern University of Applied Sciences (OST), Buchs SG, Switzerland
- Donato Cascio, Department of Physics and Chemistry (DiFC) -Emilio Segrè, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Silvia Cipiccia, University College London, UK
- Catalina Curceanu, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati INFN, Italy
- Maurizio Marrale, Department of Physics and Chemistry (DiFC) -Emilio Segrè, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Fabio Principato, Department of Physics and Chemistry (DiFC) -Emilio Segrè, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Andrea Zappettini, IMEM/CNR Parma, Parma, Italy
Local Organizing Committe:
- Antonino Buttacavoli
- Floriana Giacalone
- Vincenzo Taormina
- Salvatore Vitellaro
