Welcome to RPC 2026

The XVIII RPC Conference will take place in Rio de Janeiro, continuing the tradition of scientific meetings on Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) since 1991.

The program will feature invited talks, selected contributions, and a poster session, covering topics such as detector performance, front-end electronics, materials, gas mixtures, and improvements in rate capability and space-time resolution.

Schedule

Conference date

September 14 to September 18, 2026

Early registration

Before August 1st, 2026

Late registration

August 1st to August 14th, 2026

Speakers

To be announced

RPC 2026 will present speakers from all over the world and some of them are listed below.

Sponsorship

Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education
Brazilian National Institute for Science and Technology (CERN-Brazil)
Elsevier
Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research
Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Gaseous Detector R&D Collaboration (DRD1/CERN)
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Latin American Physics Center
Rio de Janeiro State University
Swagelok Tecflux

Endorsement

Brazilian Center for Physics Research
Brazilian Physical Society
Division of Particles and Fields of the Mexican Physical Society
Fluminense Federal University
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics – IUPAP
Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics

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