Name: 2026 RHIC/AGS Annual Users' Meeting & RHIC Science Symposium
Start: 2026-05-11T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-15T18:00:00-04:00
Location: No location set

2026 RHIC/AGS Annual Users' Meeting & RHIC Science Symposium

from Monday 11 May 2026 (09:00) to Friday 15 May 2026 (18:00)

Monday 11 May 2026

09:00 AI/ML I
AI/ML I
09:00 - 12:00

Baryon Junction & Stopping I
Baryon Junction & Stopping I
09:00 - 12:00

Fixed-target@EIC
Fixed-target@EIC
09:00 - 12:00

Jets & Hard Probes
Jets & Hard Probes
09:00 - 12:00

12:00 No Host Lunch
No Host Lunch
12:00 - 14:00

14:00 AI/ML II
AI/ML II
14:00 - 17:00

Baryon Junction & Stopping II
Baryon Junction & Stopping II
14:00 - 17:00

Fixed-target@EIC
Fixed-target@EIC
14:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 12 May 2026

09:00 Nasa Space Radiation Laboratory
Nasa Space Radiation Laboratory
09:00 - 12:00

UPC & Electromagnetic Processes
UPC & Electromagnetic Processes
09:00 - 12:00

12:00 No Host Lunch
No Host Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 17:00
Contributions

14:00 Welcome Remarks from the Lab Director

14:10 Opening Remarks from ALD - Looking to the Future

14:35 C-AD Report

14:55 Group Picture

15:30 STAR Run Report

16:00 sPHENIX Run Report

16:30 Workshop Report: Jets & Hard Probes
17:00 Reception & Poster Session
Reception & Poster Session
17:00 - 19:00
Wednesday 13 May 2026
09:00
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 STAR Physics Highlights

09:25 sPHENIX Physics Highlights

09:50 PHENIX Physics Highlights

10:30 DOE Report

10:55 NSF Report

11:20 Workshop Report: AI/ML

11:40 Workshop Report: Baryon Junction & Stopping
12:00 No Host Lunch
No Host Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 17:25
Contributions

14:00 Workshop Report: NSRL

14:20 Workshop Report: UPC & Electromagnetic Processes

14:40 Workshop Report: Fixed Target @ EIC

15:15 EIC, ePIC and the future physics

15:40 Sambamurti Award

15:45 Merit and Thesis Awards

15:55 Poster Award

16:20 Sambamurti Lecture
Thursday 14 May 2026
09:00
09:00 - 12:15
Contributions

09:00 Lab Director's Welcome

09:10 T.D. Lee Memorial

09:25 The status of the field before RHIC

10:00 Making RHIC Possible: Reflections on the Machine - Thomas Roser (BNL)

10:45 Spokesperson Talk: STAR

10:55 Spokesperson Talk: PHENIX

11:05 Spokesperson Talk: PHOBOS

11:15 Spokesperson Talk: BRAHMS

11:25 Panel Discussion

11:55 David Gross: Reflections on RHIC
12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 16:45
Contributions

14:00 The QGP as we understand it 20+ years later

14:40 Impact of RHIC on understanding the nucleon spin

15:30 Impact of RHIC on the LHC (Science and social impact)

16:00 Reflections from past NPP Associate Laboratory Directors
16:45
16:45 - 21:30
Contributions

17:00 BSA Distinguished Lecture

18:30 Host Dinner
Friday 15 May 2026
09:00
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Sam Aronson Memorial

09:15 Completing the sPHENIX Scientific Mission - Megan Connors (Georgia State University) Megan Connors (Georgia State University RBRC)

09:40 Completing the STAR Scientific Mission - Frank Geurts (Rice University)

10:20 Completing the PHENIX Scientific Mission - Yasuyuki Akiba (RIKEN)

10:45 Completing the RHIC Scientific Mission (Theory Perspectives)

11:10 Reflections on the success and impact of the RBRC
12:00 Lunch (Hosted)
Lunch (Hosted)
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 18:00
Contributions

14:00 Bjoerken Memorial

14:15 Scientific Origins of the Electron Ion Collider

14:50 From RHIC to EIC: Connections between RHIC and EIC science

15:35 Making the EIC possible, Machine perspectives

16:10 Lessons from RHIC in designing ePIC

16:45 Early Career Panel