TAE 2026 - International Workshop on High Energy Physics

Organizers:

J. Asorey (CAPA, U. Zaragoza), M. Moreno Llácer (IFIC, CSIC-UV, Valencia), E. Salvioni (UA Barcelona and IFAE), P. Sánchez-Lucas (Universidad de Granada), J. Serra (IFT UAM/CSIC, Madrid)

The 'Taller de Altas Energias' (TAE) - Spain's annual High Energy Physics PhD workshop - is an international postgraduate training program aimed at first and second year graduated students who are starting their research on experimental or theoretical High Energy Physics, Astroparticles and Cosmology.

TAE 2026 will take place at Centro de Ciencias Pedro Pascual (CCBPP) in Benasque, a beautiful village located in the Spanish Pyrenees, just at the bottom of their highest mountain in the Spanish Pyrenees (Pico Aneto), with a wonderful countryside/hiking environment. The CCBPP is an international meeting infrastructure that provides excellent facilities and an agreeable atmosphere to allow the participants to interact with senior researchers, and also to carry their work during the meeting. The lecture halls and seminars for discussion sessions are located in the Centre. Computing and electronic communication facilities are available.

List of topics and speakers

QFT - Effective Field Theories: Andrea Wulzer (IFAE and ICREA)
Standard Model, Higgs, and Flavour Physics: Antonio Pich (IFIC, CSIC-UV)
QCD - Lattice Field Theory - Hadron Physics: Margarita García Pérez (IFT UAM/CSIC)
Cosmology and Gravitational Waves: *
Beyond the Standard Model: Christophe Grojean (DESY and Humboldt U.)
Astroparticle Physics and Dark Matter: María Martínez (CAPA/UZ)
Neutrinos (Theory/Experiment): Clara Cuesta (CIEMAT)
Statistics: Glen Cowan (Univ. of London Egham)
Machine Learning: Veronica Sanz (IFIC, CSIC-UV)
Detectors: Sergio Navas (UGR)
Tools for Science and Communicating Science: *

Call for participation

Abstract submission should be done through here.

* Abstracts files should be 1 page abstract in .pdf format
* The use of graphics in the abstract is optional.
* A complete editable abstract example and guidelines could be downloaded here.
* You have to be registered before abstract submission

Abstract deadline: Jul 17
Decisions on abstracts will be notified on: Jul 24

Registration fee information

The registration fee for this conference is 400 eur.

The registration fee includes:

- organised bus transportation (reserve seat in advance)
- one reception buffet
- one coffee break with pastries a day
- use of the Centro de Ciencias facilities
- technical assistance and secretarial support

*Cancellation Policy*
A 30 euro charge will be applied for cancellations made up to 10 days before the conference start date.
A no refund policy will be applied to cancellations made after this date.

Bus transportation

The center provides free buses:
From Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 686, Metro: L3 Palau Reial at 15:00h (Note that the bus stops opposite University of Barcelona, Facultat de Física i Química)

From Barcelona airport ('El Prat', Terminal T2A: on leaving exit, turn left and you will find a police building called 'Mossos d'Esquadra'.
Cross the road using the zebra crossing and turn left. The bus will stop there) at 15:30h.

From Lleida, in front of the railway station at 18:00h.

Return buses:
From Benasque to Barcelona airport and then university, departure at 9:00h.
The trip by bus to Barcelona takes 4-5h. approximately. The trip by car only takes 3h 30m.

From Benasque to Lleida railway station, departure at 9:00h.

Bus trajectories and dates:
- Barcelona-Benasque, Sep 06 and Lleida-Benasque, Sep 06.
- Benasque-Barcelona, Sep 19 and Lleida-Benasque, Sep 19.