SEF Meeting (Winter 2026)

Wednesday Feb 11, 2026, 8:00 AM → 8:45 PM Canada/Eastern

University Room 3rd Floor (Chestnut Conference Centre)

The SNOLAB Experiments Forum (SEF) provides a forum for communication between SNOLAB experiments and the facility. 

8:15 AM → 8:55 AM Breakfast and Gathering

8:55 AM → 9:00 AM Introduction

9:00 AM → 9:15 AM SNOLAB Update

260211_SEF_SNOLAB_15yrplan.pdf

9:00 AM SNOLAB 15 Year Plan Update

Speaker: Jodi Cooley (SNOLAB)

9:15 AM → 10:45 AM Experiment updates

9:15 AM PICO Update

Speaker: Carsten Krauss (University of Alberta)

SNOLAB SEF Update PICO Feb 2026.pdf

9:45 AM QUBITS/CUTE Update

Speaker: Tyler Reynolds (University of Toronto)

SEF 2026 QUTEbits.pptx

10:15 AM SuperCDMS Update

Speaker: Miriam Diamond (University of Toronto)

SuperCDMS Update for SEF Feb2026.pptx

SuperCDMS Update for SEF Feb2026.pptx.pdf

10:45 AM → 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Experiment updates

11:00 AM SNO+ Update

Speaker: Christine Kraus (SNOLAB)

ckraus_SEF_Feb2026.pdf

11:10 AM DEAP-3600

Speaker: Sean Daugherty

11:20 AM nEXO and Global Xenon Community Efforts

Speaker: Thomas Brunner (McGill University)

20260211-Xe-0vBB-SEF Slides.pptx

11:35 AM REPAIR update

Speaker: Michel Lapointe (SNOLAB)

11:45 AM Future of Underground Chemistry and Life Sciences

Speaker: Michel Lapointe (SNOLAB)

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM → 2:10 PM Open Forum

1:00 PM SNOLAB IT

Discussion about the upgrades that have been positive and all the upcoming developments.

Speaker: Kipp Grose (SNOLAB)

1:15 PM Seismic Event Data

Speaker: Leonardo Aquino

1:30 PM Discussion

1:35 PM User Support Updates

Speaker: Emma Larcher

1:50 PM Next User Meeting: Date selection

Speaker: Miriam Diamond (University of Toronto)

2:00 PM Discussion

2:10 PM → 2:30 PM Break

2:30 PM → 4:00 PM In-Camera Session