Annual Theory Meeting

14 Dec 2026, 08:00 → 16 Dec 2026, 17:00 Europe/London

Applebey Lecture Theatre (Geography )

Valentin V Khoze (IPPP)

The Annual Theory Christmas Meeting will again be held in Durham, 14-16th of December, hosted and organised by the Centre for Particle Theory, UKLFT, FPUK and the IPPP. Following tradition, we use the format of three days of talks from world-class speakers reviewing the latest developments in the key areas of our subject. 

 

 

Organisation Committee:

• Steve Abel (IPPP) 
• Jeppe R. Andersen (IPPP) 
• Francesca Chadha-Day (IPPP) 
• Valya Khoze (IPPP, Chair)
• Prem Kumar (Swansea & FTUK Virtual Centre)
• Daniel Maitre (IPPP)
• Simon Ross (CPT Maths Durham) 
• Christopher Thomas (Cambridge & UKLFT Virtual Centre)

 

Speakers include:

Michael Borinsky (Perimeter Institute)

Claudia de Rham (Imperial)

Valerie Domcke (CERN)

Max Hansen (Edinburgh)*

Fernando Marchesano (Instituto de Fisica Teorica UAM-CSIC)

Sameer Murthy (Kings College London)

Andrew Pilkington (University of Mancheter)

Rene Poncelet (CERN)

Jennifer Roloff (Brown University)

Kery Vos (Maastricht University)

Christoph Weniger (University of Amsterdam)

 

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Monday 14 December

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Session 1

Convener: Jeppe Andersen (IPPP, University of Durham)

14:00 Title

Speaker: Andrew Pilkington (University of Manchester)

15:00 Title

Speaker: Jennifer Roloff (Brown University)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:30 Session 2

Convener: Daniel Maitre (IPPP)

16:30 Title

Speaker: Michael Borinsky (Perimiter)

17:30 Title

Speaker: Rene Poncelet (IFJ PAN Krakow)

18:30 → 20:30 Dinner

Tuesday 15 December

08:00 → 08:45 Breakfast

09:00 → 11:00 Session 3

Convener: Danny van Dyk (IPPP Durham)

09:00 Title

Speaker: Maxwell Hansen (University of Edinburgh)

10:00 Title

Speaker: Keri Vos (Maastricht University)

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:30 Session 4

Convener: Francesca Chadha-Day (Durham University)

11:30 Title

Speaker: Christoph Weniger (University of Amsterdam)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Session 5

Convener: Simon Ross (University of Durham)

14:00 Title

Speaker: Sameer Murthy (Kings College London)

15:00 Title

Speaker: Fernando Marchesano (Instituto de Fisica Teorica UAM-CSIC)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

18:30 → 20:00 Dinner

Wednesday 16 December

08:30 → 09:15 Breakfast

09:30 → 10:30 Session 6

Convener: Jessica Turner (IPPP, Durham University)

09:30 Title

Speaker: Valerie Domcke (CERN)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Session 7

Convener: Valya Khoze (IPPP)

11:00 STFC report

Speakers: Anja Berndt (STFC, UK Research and Innovation), Sarah Verth (STFC)

11:45 Particle Physics Theory grant Chair report

Speaker: Claudia de Rham (Imperial College London)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch