Name: Particle Accelerators and Beams Conference 2026
Start: 2026-06-30T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-01T19:30:00+01:00
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Particle Accelerators and Beams Conference 2026

from Tuesday, 30 June 2026 (09:30) to Wednesday, 1 July 2026 (19:30)

Monday, 29 June 2026
Tuesday, 30 June 2026

10:00 Registration & Coffee
Registration & Coffee
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Conference Welcome - Andy Smith (University of Manchester)
Conference Welcome
- Andy Smith (University of Manchester)
10:30 - 10:35
10:35 Welcome to Lancaster - Steven Jamison (Lancaster University)
Welcome to Lancaster
- Steven Jamison (Lancaster University)
10:35 - 10:45
10:45 Invited Talk: Session 1: Advanced Acceleration Concepts
Session 1: Advanced Acceleration Concepts
10:45 - 11:15
Contributions

10:45 Terahertz techniques for advanced accelerators - Morgan Hibberd (The University of Manchester)
11:15 Contributed talks: Session I : Advanced Acceleration Concepts
Session I : Advanced Acceleration Concepts
11:15 - 12:35
Contributions

11:15 Beam-driven plasma acceleration for HALHF@CLARA - Meg Savage (University of Oxford)

11:35 Development of a compact terahertz-driven transverse streaker for femtosecond electron beam diagnostics - Joseph Bradbury (Lancaster University)

11:55 Electro-optic Spectral Interferometry Bunch Profile Monitor: Design and Implementation - Samuel Norman (University of Manchester)

12:15 Developments Towards a Novel Moment Based Particle-In-Cell Code - Finlay Gunneberg (Lancaster University)
12:35 Lunch 🥗
Lunch 🥗
12:35 - 13:30
13:30 Contributed talks: Session II : Particle Physics Facilities
Session II : Particle Physics Facilities
13:30 - 15:10
Contributions

13:30 Strategy and Community in UK Accelerator Science: An ECFA and PPAP Update - Haroon Rafique (STFC)

13:50 Design of the Compton Polarimeter for the FCCee - Jasper Burvill (The University of Manchester (GB))

14:10 Luminosity monitoring using Bhabha electrons in SuperKEKB and FCC-ee - Pablo Mooney (The University of Manchester (GB))

14:30 Third Harmonic Cavities for Electron Cooling in the Electron Ion Collider - Sara Toole (Lancaster University)

14:50 The Ghost Collider - Peter Williams
15:10 Coffee 🍵
Coffee 🍵
15:10 - 15:30
15:30 IOP PAB Group Prize talk: - Deepa Angal-Kalinin
IOP PAB Group Prize talk:
- Deepa Angal-Kalinin
15:30 - 16:20
16:20 Poster session

16:20 - 17:30

17:30 Transfer to Conference Dinner: (Lancaster Town Hall)
(Lancaster Town Hall)
17:30 - 19:00

19:00 Conference Dinner & Prizes

19:00 - 23:00
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
09:30 Invited Talk: Session 3: UK Facilities
Session 3: UK Facilities
09:30 - 10:00
Contributions

09:30 CLARA Commissioning and First Friendly User Experiments - Mark Johnson (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)
10:00 Invited Talk: Session 3: UK Facilities
Session 3: UK Facilities
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

10:00 Machine Intensity Limitations at ISIS and its Recovery Following the Long Shutdown - Hayley Cavanagh (STFC - RAL - ISIS)
10:30 Coffee 🍵
Coffee 🍵
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 Invited Talk: Session 4: Medical and industry applications
Session 4: Medical and industry applications
10:50 - 11:20
Contributions

10:50 The UK Proton Beam Therapy programme and supporting research - Simon Jolly
11:20 Contributed talks: Session 4: Medical and industry applications
Session 4: Medical and industry applications
11:20 - 12:40
Contributions

11:20 First VHEE-FLASH dosimetry and radiobiology studies at CLARA - Kristina Small (University of Manchester)

11:40 Very High Energy Electron FLASH Radiotherapy: Accelerator Development and Emerging Experimental Evidence - Roger Jones

12:00 LhARA, a proposed Ion Therapy Research Facility - Hywel Owen (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

12:20 Applications of energetic ion beams at Surrey Ion Beam Centre - Nianhua Peng (Surrey Ion Beam Centre)
12:40 Lunch
Lunch
12:40 - 13:40
13:40 Invited Talk: Session 5: Industry and technology development
Session 5: Industry and technology development
13:40 - 14:10
Contributions

13:40 Industry-academia collaboration on linac R&D for security applications - David Sharpe (RapidScan)
14:10 Contributed talks: Session 5: Industry and technology development
Session 5: Industry and technology development
14:10 - 15:10
Contributions

14:10 Results from the HEPTO Combined Function Permanent Magnet - Alex Hinton

14:30 The Rapiscan Linac Test Beamline - Joe Crone (Rapiscan)

14:50 Thin Film SRF Cavity Developments at STFC Daresbury Laboratory - Daniel Seal
15:10 Conference Close - Andy Smith (University of Manchester)
Conference Close
- Andy Smith (University of Manchester)
15:10 - 15:25