A snapshot of the LECM 2026 week is available in this PDF here. A Wednesday-to-Friday schedule is available here. A printout of this will be available at registration.
Various workshops are held in buildings adjacent to the main venue (the TCS Conference Center, Building 240), such as in the Physics Division (Building 203) and the Building 241. These are all close to the Argonne Welcome Center and the Main Gate (site map here) and there is ample free parking.
Monday-Tuesday, August 10-11, 2026: Nuclear, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Workshop*
*Please note, this is a separate satellite meeting, with a separate registration and nominal fee. It will be held in Building 241, which is adjacent to the main venue. This is a link to the Workshop website (also in the left-hand side menu).
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026 |
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| Time (CDT) | Workshop | Organizer | Building/Room |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | ATLAS Strategic Plan Community Meeting | Guy Savard (ANL) | Building 203, Auditorium |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch (on your own) | ||
| 13:00 - 16:00 |
Early Career Workshop (Program) |
Andrea Richard (Ohio University), Eilens Lopez Saavedra (ANL), Marilena Lykiardopoulou (LBNL) |
TCS Conference Center, Building 240, Room 1416 |
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Workshop on the Physics Case for the SATURN Spectrometer at TAMU (Program) |
Grisha Rogachev (TAMU) | TCS Conference Center, Building 240, Rooms 1404-1405 | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 |
Student Poster Session The first ATLAS tour option is available from 17:00 - 18:00, meeting at the TCS Conference Center foyer |
TCS Conference Center, Building 240, Room 1501 | |
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Thursday, August 13, 2026 8:30 AM - 16:10: Working Group Sessions |
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| Time (CDT) | Session | Duration (min) |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Arrival/Registration | |
| 8:30 - 10:00 | Working Group Session 1 | 90 |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Break | 20 |
| 10:20 - 11:50 | Working Group Session 2 | 90 |
| 11:50 - 12:50 | Lunch (provided) | 60 |
| 12:50 - 14:20 | Working Group Session 3 | 90 |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Break | 20 |
| 14:40 - 16:10 | Working Group Session 4 | 90 |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | Break | 20 |
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Thursday, August 13, 2026 |
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| Time (CDT) | Presentation | Speaker | Duration (min) |
| Session Chair: Bernhard Maass (ANL) | |||
| 16:30 - 16:40 | Welcome | Zein-Eddine Meziani (ANL) | 10 |
| 16:40 - 16:55 | Presentation of FRIB Achievement Awards for Early Career Researchers | Andrea Richard (Ohio University) and Sebastian Koenig (NC State) | 15 |
| 16:55 - 17:20 | FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers Presentation - Theory award winner | Matthias Heinz (ORNL) | 20+5 |
| 17:20 - 17:45 | FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers Presentation - Experiment award winner | Alyssa Gaiser (FRIB/MSU) | 20+5 |
| 17:45 - 18:10 | Genesis Mission and the Low Energy Community | Dean Lee (MSU) | 20+5 |
| 18:10 | End Plenary Session 1 - Dinner on own | ||
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Friday, August 14, 2026 |
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| Time (CDT) | Presentation | Speaker | Duration |
| Session Chair: Ben Kay (ANL) | |||
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Summary of NSF Scoping Workshop on the Future of Nuclear Theory in the US | Jonathan Engel (UNC) | 15+15 |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | DOE Agency Comments | Sharon Stephenson (DOE) | 20+10 |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | FRIB Status | Thomas Glasmacher (FRIB/MSU) | 25+5 |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | ATLAS Status | Guy Savard (ANL) | 25+5 |
| 10:30 - 10:40 | Intro to Resolutions | Andrea Richard, Chair of FRIB UOEC (Ohio University) and Andy Rogers, Chair of ATLAS UOEC (UMass Lowell) | 10 |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Time for a Group photo Break |
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| Session Chair: Kelly Chipps (ORNL) | |||
| 11:10 - 11:35 | Applications of Quantum Computing in Nuclear Physics | Kyle Wendt (LLNL) | 20+5 |
| 11:35 - 11:55 | ARUNA Overview | Andy Rogers (UMass Lowell) | 15+5 |
| 11:55 - 12:15 | ARUNA Focus: University of Kentucky | Erin Peters (University of Kentucky) | 15+5 |
| 12:15 - 12:35 | FRIB Theory Alliance | Sebastian Koenig (NC State) | 15+5 |
| 12:35 - 13:00 | Working Group Summaries, Resolutions, Closeout | Andrea Richard, Chair of FRIBUOEC (Ohio University) and Andy Rogers, Chair of ATLAS UOEC (UMass Lowell) | 20+5 |
| 13:00 | End of Meeting | ||
| 14:00 - 15:00 | The second ATLAS tour option is available from 14:00 - 15:00, meeting at the TCS Conference Center foyer | ||
| 14:30 - 17:15 |
GRETA Workshop (Program) |
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