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UK HEP Forum 2026: "Will the LLM revolution uncover the secrets of the Universe?"

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Jacob Linacre (STFC RAL), Rodrigo Alonso (Durham)
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The UK HEP Forum 2026 will take place on 24-25 November at The Cosener's House in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and also broadcast via Zoom.

Large Language Models are reshaping what is possible in high energy physics — from automating routine analysis to acting as active partners in literature synthesis, hypothesis generation, and complex scientific workflows. But will they genuinely transform fundamental discovery, or merely accelerate what we already know how to do? This workshop brings together experimentalists and theorists to critically examine the promise, the pitfalls, and the profound implications of LLMs for the future of HEP.1

In-depth presentations will be given by invited speakers. In addition, the forum will feature a session of short talks giving UK PhD students the opportunity to present their work in all areas of HEP. Interested students are encouraged to submit a talk via the registration form.

The forum is sponsored by the IPPP and STFC. There is no registration fee. Accommodation will be free of charge for all attendees. Travel expenses within the UK (ground transport only) will be reimbursed to students who present a talk.

Registration is required and is open to participants with UK affiliation only. We look forward to welcoming you.

UK HEP Forum Organising Committee [R. Alonso (co-Chair), J. Biswal, T. Cornford, D. Croon, S. Dixon, J. Ellis, J. Frost, A. Holin, J. Linacre (co-Chair), K. Manolopoulos, D. van Dyk]

Email: UKHEPForum@stfc.ac.uk

1 Paragraph prepared using Claude Sonnet 4.6 Thinking

UK HEP forum 2026 poster.pdf
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  • Monday 23 November
    • 20:00
      Dinner
  • Tuesday 24 November
    • 10:00
      Registration and coffee
    • 1
      Welcome
    • 2
      HEP: the big questions
      Speaker: Gavin Salam (University of Oxford and All Souls College)
    • 3
      Collider anomalies, tensions, and opportunities
    • 4
      Noncollider anomalies, tensions, and opportunities
      Speaker: Juri Smirnov
    • 12:45
      Lunch
    • 5
      Introduction to LLMs
    • 6
      LLMs in industry
    • Student talks: 1
    • 16:05
      Coffee break
    • Student talks
      • 16:35
        Coffee break
    • 7
      Proving theorems using LLMs
      Speaker: Sven Krippendorf (University of Cambridge)
    • 8
      AI and QCD
      Speaker: Daniel Maitre (IPPP)
    • 9
      LLMs and AI and phenomenology
      Speaker: Tilman Plehn (Heidelberg University)
    • 19:30
      Dinner
  • Wednesday 25 November
    • Hotel checkout
    • 10
      LLMs: research tool or research assistant?
      Speaker: Veronica Sanz
    • 11
      LLMs and scientific integrity
      Speaker: Joseph Tooby-Smith
    • 10:45
      Coffee break
    • 12
      Will the LLM bubble burst?
    • 13
      Computing, grid and sustainability
      Speaker: Alastair Dewhurst (STFC)
    • 14
      Transformers for low-energy neutrino triggers in Hyper-Kamiokande
      Speaker: Saúl Alonso-Monsalve
    • 13:05
      Lunch
    • 15
      What can LHC triggers learn from LLMs?
      Speaker: Benedikt Maier
    • 16
      Using LLMs for physics analysis
      Speaker: Caterina Doglioni
    • 17
      Future of LLMs in HEP
      Speaker: Daniel Murnane
    • 18
      Farewell