QCD@LHC 2026

Europe/London
University of Oxford

University of Oxford

Description

The 16th edition of QCD@LHC, aimed at fostering discussions and collaboration between experimenters and theorists working on strong interactions at the LHC, will be held at the University of Oxford, in the Department of Physics and St. Anne's College.

The workshop will will run from 9am on Monday 28 September to 1pm on Friday 2 October and consist of plenary and parallel sessions.

Scientific Programme

The parallel sessions will be on the following topics:

  • Higgs, EW, BSM physics. Conveners: Alexander Karlberg (TH), Caterina Vernieri (ATLAS), Mika Vesterinen (LHCb) + Daniel Winterbottom (CMS)
  • Heavy-quarks. Conveners: Chiara Savoini (TH), Riccardo Manzoni (CMS), Ivan Polyakov (LHCb) + Marcos Miralles Lopez (ATLAS)
  • PDFs and DIS. Conveners: Thomas Cridge (TH), Gitanjali Poddar (ATLAS), Kenneth Long (CMS), Ciprian Gal (EIC)
  • High-scale QCD. Conveners: Federico Buccioni (TH), Federico Sforza (ATLAS), Jennifer Roloff (CMS)
  • Low-scale QCD, including heavy-ion physics. Conveners: Adam Takacs (TH), Alice Ohlson (ALICE), Ynyr Harris (ATLAS), Georgios Krintiras (CMS), Imanol Corredoira (LHCb)
  • New techniques, tools and generators. Conveners: Emanuele Re (TH), Frank Siegert (ATLAS), Kyle Cormier (CMS)

Confirmed theory plenary speakers are Simon Badger, Stefano Forte, Marina Marinkovic, Guilherme Milhano, Tilman Plehn, Laura Reina, Steffen Schumann, Chiara Signorile-Signorile, Wouter Waalewijn, James Whitehead.

There will also be a panel discussion on theย value of the strong coupling constant, with David d'Enterria, Alberto Ramos and Giulia Zanderighi as panellists.

Schedule

ย  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
morning plenary plenary plenary parallel plenary
afternoon parallel parallel free parallel ย 
evening reception ย  ย  dinner ย 

Registration and abstract submission

Registration and abstract submission are expected to open in April. Deadlines will be

  • 1 July for abstract submission, now extended to 15 July
  • 29 July for early registration (fee of ยฃ350)
  • 4 September for final registration (fee of ยฃ380)

The registration fee will include the cost of lunches (Monday-Thursday), the reception and conference dinner. Thanks to support from the IPPP (Durham), we are able to offer a reduced fee for PhD students, of ยฃ300 for early registration (ยฃ330 late registration)

Accommodation

We have a block booking for accommodation at St. Anne's College for the 5 nights from Sunday 27 September to Friday 2 October. The price will be ยฃ450.ย 

International Advisory Committee

Sergey Alekhin (Hamburg), Johannes Blรผmlein (DESY), Stefan Dittmaier (Freiburg), Claude Duhr (Bonn), Keith Ellis (Durham), Thomas Gehrmann (Zรผrich), Nigel Glover (Durham), Joey Huston (Michigan State), Karl Jacobs (Freiburg), Judith Katzy (DESY), Frank Krauss (Durham), Jean-Philippe Lansberg (Orsay), Fabio Maltoni (Louvain), Michelangelo Mangano (CERN), Zoltan Nagy (DESY), Eram Syed Rizvi (QMUL), Frank Siegert (Dresden), Dominik Stรถckinger (Dresden), Robert Szafron (BNL), Zoltan Trocsanyi (Budapest), Doreen Wackeroth (Buffalo), Ciaran Williams (Buffalo).

Local Organising Committee

Co-chairs: Fabrizio Caola (Oxford), Claire Gwenlan (Oxford), Chris Hays (Oxford), Gavin Salam (Oxford)

Members: Sneha Malde (Oxford), Martin Vรถlkl (University of Birmingham), Nick Wardle (Imperial College London)

Registration
Early-bird registration
Participants
    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary
    • 10:30 11:00
      Tea and coffee 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Plenary
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:40
      Higgs, EW, and BSM
    • 14:00 15:40
      Low-scale QCD, including heavy-ion physics: Low-scale QCD
    • 14:00 15:40
      PDFs and DIS
    • 15:40 16:00
      Tea and coffee 20m
    • 16:00 17:40
      Heavy Quarks
    • 16:00 17:40
      High-scale QCD
    • 16:00 17:40
      New techniques, tools and generators: New techniques, tools, and generators
    • 18:00 20:00
      Reception 2h
    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary
    • 10:30 11:00
      Tea and coffee 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Plenary
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:40
      Heavy Quarks
    • 14:00 15:40
      High-scale QCD
    • 14:00 15:40
      New techniques, tools and generators
    • 15:40 16:00
      Tea and coffee 20m
    • 16:00 17:40
      Higgs, EW, and BSM
    • 16:00 17:40
      Low-scale QCD, including heavy-ion physics: Low-scale QCD
    • 16:00 17:40
      PDFs and DIS
    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary
    • 10:30 11:00
      Tea and coffee 30m
    • 11:00 13:00
      Plenary
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 09:00 10:30
      Heavy Quarks
    • 09:00 10:30
      High-scale QCD: (High-scale QCD)
    • 09:00 10:30
      New techniques, tools and generators
    • 10:30 11:00
      Tea and coffee 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Higgs, EW, and BSM: Higgs, EW and BSM
    • 11:00 12:30
      Low-scale QCD, including heavy-ion physics: Low-scale QCD
    • 11:00 12:30
      PDFs and DIS
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:40
      Higgs, EW, and BSM
    • 14:00 15:40
      Joint QCD: Low- and high-scale QCD
    • 14:00 15:40
      PDFs and DIS
    • 15:40 16:00
      Tea and coffee 20m
    • 16:00 17:40
      Heavy Quarks
    • 16:00 17:40
      Joint QCD: Low- and high-scale QCD
    • 16:00 17:40
      New techniques, tools and generators: New techniques, tools, and generators
    • 18:30 21:00
      Workshop dinner 2h 30m
    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary
    • 10:30 11:00
      Tea and coffee 30m
    • 11:00 13:00
      Plenary