High Pressure Workshop

11 May 2026, 13:00 → 12 May 2026, 19:00 Europe/Zurich

Auditorium (WHGA) (PSI Villigen)

Gediminas Simutis (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Larissa Hunziker (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut), Renate Bercher (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

High Pressure Workshop 2026, May 11th-12th at PSI Villigen

Following the success of the workshop in 2023 (https://indico.psi.ch/event/14248/), we will host a second edition of this meeting. The workshop is aimed to foster collaboration of researchers in Switzerland and the European region using high-pressure to study various fields of physics, chemistry and material science. The talks will cover physics accessed by extreme conditions as well as the development of techniques and devices that enable them.

Invited talks will provide an in-depth overview of the recent progress in High Pressure science and technology, while the contributed talks will address particular research topics.

The day will be closed by a poster session complemented with drinks and food.

Monday 11 May

13:00 → 13:45 Registration and Coffee

13:45 → 14:00 Opening remarks

Speaker: Gediminas Simutis (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

14:00 → 16:00 High-Pressure and Soft-Matter

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:30 High-pressure techniques: Contributed Talks

18:30 → 20:30 Posters and Dinner

Poster session with drinks and food

Tuesday 12 May

08:30 → 09:30 Update on PSI High-Pressure Capabilities

09:30 → 10:00 Coffee break

10:00 → 11:30 Planetary Sciences

11:30 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 High Pressure and Quantum Materials

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 → 16:30 High-Pressure Chemistry

16:30 → 17:00 Closing Remarks