Collider Physics in the Northwest
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 -
8:00 a.m.
Monday, February 16, 2026
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
9:00 a.m.
Reception
Reception
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
9:50 a.m.
Opening remarks
Opening remarks
9:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
10:00 a.m.
Higgs Pairs, and the Higgs Potential, Today and at the HL-LHC
-
Maximilian Swiatlowski
(
TRIUMF
)
Higgs Pairs, and the Higgs Potential, Today and at the HL-LHC
Maximilian Swiatlowski
(
TRIUMF
)
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
10:30 a.m.
Discussion
Discussion
10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
10:40 a.m.
Dark sector searches at Belle II
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Christopher Hearty
(
U. British Columbia/IPP
)
Dark sector searches at Belle II
Christopher Hearty
(
U. British Columbia/IPP
)
10:40 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
11:10 a.m.
Discussion
Discussion
11:10 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
11:20 a.m.
Melting LHC detectors: a novel search for stopped long-lived particles
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Samuel Wong
(
University of Washington
)
Melting LHC detectors: a novel search for stopped long-lived particles
Samuel Wong
(
University of Washington
)
11:20 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Room: Auditorium
11:50 a.m.
Discussion
Discussion
11:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
12:00 p.m.
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
1:40 p.m.
Opportunities at HL-LHC: Twilight of a precision Higgs era
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Carlos Henrique de Lima
(
TRIUMF
)
Opportunities at HL-LHC: Twilight of a precision Higgs era
Carlos Henrique de Lima
(
TRIUMF
)
1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
2:10 p.m.
Discussion
Discussion
2:10 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
2:20 p.m.
Probing Dark Forces with Polarized Beams at Chiral Belle
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Afif Omar
(
Uvic/TRIUMF
)
Probing Dark Forces with Polarized Beams at Chiral Belle
Afif Omar
(
Uvic/TRIUMF
)
2:20 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
2:50 p.m.
Discussion
Discussion
2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
3:00 p.m.
Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
3:30 p.m.
Semileptonic B decays at Belle II
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Philipp Horak
(
University of Victoria
)
Semileptonic B decays at Belle II
Philipp Horak
(
University of Victoria
)
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
4:00 p.m.
Discussion
Discussion
4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
4:10 p.m.
Probing new physics with the Higgs-to-vector-boson coupling with the ATLAS detector
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Jiayi Chen
Probing new physics with the Higgs-to-vector-boson coupling with the ATLAS detector
Jiayi Chen
4:10 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
4:40 p.m.
Discussion
Discussion
4:40 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
4:50 p.m.
Close out
Close out
4:50 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room: Auditorium
5:30 p.m.
Dinner
Dinner
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Room: Orca Meeting Room