8–12 Jun 2026
Frascati
Europe/Rome timezone

Invited Speakers

Aidan Crilly   Imperial College London, UK - "Automated simulation-based design via multi-fidelity active learning and optimization for laser direct drive implosions"

Lubomir Hudec   ELI-Beamlines, Czech Republic - "Hydrodynamic simulations of shock propagation in closed-pore hollow-sphere SiO₂ foams"

Petra Koester   CNR-INO, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Italy - "Experimental studies on laser-plasma coupling in interaction regime relevant to Shock Ignition"

Hanna Marcenko  Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Poland - "Experiments on the EoS of boron nitride, possible alternative ablator to diamond, performed in direct-drive experiments at the PALS and GEKKO laser facilities"

Olga Rosmej  GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, and Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany - "Efficient proton acceleration driven by direct laser accelerated electrons in low-density large-scale foams"

João Jorge Santos  University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA, France - "Experimental studies of plasma transport processes in magnetized HED plasmas relevant for ICF"

Ping Zhu  National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China - "Recent Research Progress in National Laboratory on High Power Laser and Physics"