24–26 Jun 2026
Prague/Dolní Břežany
Europe/Prague timezone

Programme

Preliminary Time Schedule

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Monday |  22 June 2026

09:00 - 18:00 | PRP Meeting | By invitation only.

18:15 | Transport to Dinner

19:00 | Dinner 


Tuesday | 23 June 2026

09:00 - 15:00 | PRP Meeting | By invitation only

15:30 - 18:00 | Delegations´Visit

13:00 - 18:00 | Satellite Meeting - In-situ Intensity Measurements for Multi-PW Workshop

18:00 | Transport to Prague


Wednesday |  24 June 2026

09:00 - 09:15 | Allen Weeks, ELI ERIC | Welcome to UM 2026

09:15 - 10:45 | Introductory Presentations

  • Leonida Gizzi  |  ELI ERIC
  • Katalin Varjú  |  ELI ALPS
  • Daniele Margarone  |  ELI Beamlines
  • Victor Malka  |  ELI NP
  • Zita Varadi  |  ELI ERIC

10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break

11:15 - 13:15 | User Experiment Highlights 

13:15 - 14:15 | Lunch Break

14:15 - 15:15 | Science and Technology Priorities | Disussion Session

  • Leonida Gizzi  |  ELI ERIC ELI Scientific directions
  • Fabien Quere  | Pasqal  | What can neutral-atom quantum simulators offer to ultrafast physics?

15:15 - 15:45 | Coffee Break

15:45 - 18:15 | Thematic Workshops

18:30 | Transport to Dinner

19:00 - 21:30 | Social Dinner


Thursday | 25 June 2026

09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote Talk

  • Jaron Shrock University Maryland |  Sculpted plasma waveguides for laser wakefield acceleration

09:45 - 10:00 | Coffee Break

10:00 - 12:00 | User Experiment Highlights 

12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:45 | Keynote Talk

  • Alessandro Flacco | Institut Politechnique de Paris/ENSTA | Laser-driven, high-energy electrons: from dosimetry to radiobiology

13:45 - 16:15 | Thematic Workshops

16:15 - 16:45 | Coffee Break

16:45 - 17:45 | Tutorial for Scientific Proposals | preparation, submission, and follow up

17:45 - 21:00 | Interactive Poster Session & Networking Event 

21:00 | Buses to Prague


Friday | 26 June 2026

09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote Talk

  • Jens Biegert  | ICFO  | Capturing Quantum Dynamics with Attosecond Light

09:45 - 10:15 | Coffee Break

10:15 - 11:15 | ML/AI Plenary Talk

  • Andreas Döpp | LMU

11:15 - 11:45 | Conclusion of Thematic Workshops

11:45 - 12:00 | Poster Awards and Wrap-up

12:00 - 13:00 | Light Lunch

13:00 - 17:30 | Satellite Meeting - Nano-structured Targets for Laser-plasma Interaction Workshop

13:00 - 17:30 | Lab Tours

17:30 | Transport to Prague and to the Prague Airport