UK HEP Forum 2025: "Wandering in the Dark"
from
Monday 20 October 2025 (20:00)
to
Wednesday 22 October 2025 (19:05)
Monday 20 October 2025
20:00
Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 21:30
Tuesday 21 October 2025
10:00
Registration and coffee
Registration and coffee
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Welcome
-
Michael Spannowsky
(
IPPP, Durham University
)
Welcome
Michael Spannowsky
(
IPPP, Durham University
)
10:30 - 10:35
10:35
Setting the scene
-
Keir Rogers
(
Imperial
)
Setting the scene
Keir Rogers
(
Imperial
)
10:35 - 11:10
11:20
Hubble Tensions
-
Eleonora Di Valentino
(
University of Sheffield
)
Eleonora Di Valentino
(
University of Sheffield
)
Hubble Tensions
Eleonora Di Valentino
(
University of Sheffield
)
Eleonora Di Valentino
(
University of Sheffield
)
11:20 - 11:55
12:05
DESI Tension
-
Willem Elbers
(
Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University
)
DESI Tension
Willem Elbers
(
Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University
)
12:05 - 12:40
12:50
Lunch
Lunch
12:50 - 14:00
14:00
Dark matter theory overview
-
Malcolm Fairbairn
(
King's College London
)
Dark matter theory overview
Malcolm Fairbairn
(
King's College London
)
14:00 - 14:35
14:45
Direct DM searches overview
-
Laura Baudis
(
University of Zurich
)
Direct DM searches overview
Laura Baudis
(
University of Zurich
)
14:45 - 15:20
15:30
1
1
15:30 - 16:05
16:05
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:05 - 16:35
16:35
16:35 - 17:10
17:10
Light dark matter, axions, and all that
-
Martin Bauer
(
IPPP Durham
)
Light dark matter, axions, and all that
Martin Bauer
(
IPPP Durham
)
17:10 - 17:45
17:55
New experimental searches for light DM
-
Ashlea Kemp
(
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
)
Ashlea Kemp
(
University of Oxford
)
New experimental searches for light DM
Ashlea Kemp
(
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
)
Ashlea Kemp
(
University of Oxford
)
17:55 - 18:30
18:40
The Cosmic Dipole Anomaly
-
Sebastian von Hausegger
(
University of Oxford
)
The Cosmic Dipole Anomaly
Sebastian von Hausegger
(
University of Oxford
)
18:40 - 19:00
19:30
Dinner
Dinner
19:30 - 21:30
Wednesday 22 October 2025
09:15
Indirect DM Searches
-
Elena Pinetti
(
Simons Foundation
)
Indirect DM Searches
Elena Pinetti
(
Simons Foundation
)
09:15 - 09:50
10:00
DM overview at LHC
-
James Frost
(
University of Oxford / RAL
)
James Frost
(
University of Cambridge
)
DM overview at LHC
James Frost
(
University of Oxford / RAL
)
James Frost
(
University of Cambridge
)
10:00 - 10:35
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:10
11:10
Dark energy theory overview
-
Ed Copeland
(
University of Nottingham
)
Dark energy theory overview
Ed Copeland
(
University of Nottingham
)
11:10 - 11:45
11:55
Solutions to the DE tensions
-
Elsa Teixeira
(
University of Sheffield
)
Elsa Teixeira
(
Université de Montpellier, LUPM/CNRS
)
Solutions to the DE tensions
Elsa Teixeira
(
University of Sheffield
)
Elsa Teixeira
(
Université de Montpellier, LUPM/CNRS
)
11:55 - 12:30
12:40
Lunch
Lunch
12:40 - 13:40
13:40
Status and plans for the Boulby Underground Laboratory
-
Sean Paling
(
STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory
)
Status and plans for the Boulby Underground Laboratory
Sean Paling
(
STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory
)
13:40 - 14:00
14:05
XLZD at Boulby
-
Henrique Araújo
(
Imperial College London & STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
)
XLZD at Boulby
Henrique Araújo
(
Imperial College London & STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
)
14:05 - 14:40
14:50
Future DM experiments (non-XLZD)
-
Christopher McCabe
(
King's College London
)
Future DM experiments (non-XLZD)
Christopher McCabe
(
King's College London
)
14:50 - 15:25
15:35
Farewell
Farewell
15:35 - 15:40