Name: SNOLAB User Meeting 2026
Start: 2026-05-26T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-27T17:05:00-04:00
Location: SNOLAB

SNOLAB User Meeting 2026

from Tuesday, May 26, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Wednesday, May 27, 2026 (5:05 PM)

Monday, May 25, 2026
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
9:00 AM Opening: Welcome
Welcome
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome and Important Information - Miriam Diamond (University of Toronto) Stephen Sekula (SNOLAB. Queen's University, and Laurentian University)

9:10 AM Welcome from Laboratory Leadership

9:20 AM Goals of the Meeting - Miriam Diamond (University of Toronto) Stephen Sekula (SNOLAB. Queen's University, and Laurentian University)
9:30 AM Experiment and Project Reports: From Dark Matter to Human Health
From Dark Matter to Human Health
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

9:30 AM POLAR: Exploring Human Physiology Underground - Szymon Manecki (SNOLAB)

9:50 AM Q&A

10:00 AM Recent results from the DEAP-3600 experiment - Michela Lai (University of California Riverside)

10:20 AM Q&A
10:30 AM Break
Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
11:00 AM Panel Discussion: EDI Action
EDI Action
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

11:00 AM Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and the SNOLAB Project Lifecycle: Now and the Future - Mehwish Obaid (SNOLAB) Nasim Fatemighomi (SNOLAB)
11:30 AM Laboratory Reports: Engagement with Laboratory Leadership I
Engagement with Laboratory Leadership I
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

11:30 AM Status and Outlook: Operations at SNOLAB - Richard Ford (SNOLAB)

12:00 PM Discussion
12:15 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
1:15 PM Laboratory Reports: Engagement with Laboratory Leadership II
Engagement with Laboratory Leadership II
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

1:15 PM SNOLAB Now and in the Future: Perspectives from the Executive Director - Jodi Cooley (SNOLAB)

2:00 PM Discussion
2:15 PM Spotlight: The XLZD Landscape
The XLZD Landscape
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

2:15 PM The multi-physics observatory XLZD: global and Canadian efforts - Hugh Lippincott (UCSB) Hugh Lippincott (UCSB) Thomas Brunner (McGill University)
3:15 PM Poster Presentations: Social Break and Poster Presentation I
Social Break and Poster Presentation I
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

3:25 PM Cleaning program for SNO+ internal calibration sources - Matt Depatie (Queen's University)
3:45 PM Experiment and Project Reports: Underground Observatories I
Underground Observatories I
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

3:45 PM SNO+ DAQ Chain, from Pulses to Analysis ready data - Mark Ward (Queen's University)

4:05 PM Q&A

4:10 PM Astrophysics at SNO+ - Ryan Bayes (Queen's University)

4:30 PM Q&A

4:35 PM COSMO & CRUST - Andrew Erlandson (CNL) Erica Caden (SNOLAB)

4:55 PM Q&A
6:00 PM NO-HOST DINNERS
NO-HOST DINNERS
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
9:00 AM Experiment and Project Reports: Solid-State Dark Matter Physics
Solid-State Dark Matter Physics
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 AM SuperCDMS: Commissioning Status - Miriam Diamond (University of Toronto)

9:20 AM Q&A

9:30 AM Dark matter detection with skipper-CCDs: latest results and prospects. - Ana Martina Botti (ana.martina.botti@umontreal.ca)

9:50 AM Q&A

10:00 AM Directional DM detectors: anisotropic scintillating crystals with CCDs - Yonatan Kahn (University of Toronto)

10:20 AM Q&A
10:30 AM Break
Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
11:00 AM Spotlight: Emerging Researchers
Emerging Researchers
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

11:00 AM DORY: An Optical Monitoring and Calibration Module for the nEXO Outer Detector - Samin Majidi (McGill University)

11:30 AM Q&A
11:45 AM Panel Discussion: Outreach and Science
Outreach and Science
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

11:45 AM From Measurement to Media Outlet: How Results Get Out There
12:15 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
1:15 PM Spotlight: Frontiers of Science
Frontiers of Science
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

1:15 PM First evidence of neutrino absorption on argon using Boron-8 solar neutrinos in DEAP-3600 - Speaker TBD

1:45 PM Q&A
2:00 PM Experiment and Project Reports: Facilitating Science with Science
Facilitating Science with Science
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

2:00 PM Broad-Range Underground Neutron Spectroscopy (0-11 MeV) Using Optimized Moderation and Direct Inversion with Repurposed He-3 Counters at SNOLAB - Kishan Chaudhary (Undergraduate Research Assistant)

2:20 PM Q&A

2:30 PM GPS Timing at SNOLAB - Tom Sonley (SNOLAB)

2:50 PM Q&A
3:00 PM Poster Presentations: Social Break and Poster Presentation II
Social Break and Poster Presentation II
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

3:00 PM Human intestinal organoids for studying natural background radiation deprivation - Rosette Tamaddon
3:30 PM Experiment and Project Reports: Underground Observatories II
Underground Observatories II
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium
Contributions

3:30 PM An Overview of Outer Detector Technologies - Teena Vallivilayil John (Postdoc)

3:50 PM Q&A

4:00 PM The HALO Supernova Neutrino Detector - Tom Sonley (SNOLAB)

4:20 PM Q&A
4:50 PM Closing: User Meeting Closeout
User Meeting Closeout
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Fraser Duncan Auditorium

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