INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP GRAVITY, SPECTROSCOPY AND INTERFERENCE WITH ATOMS AND NEUTRONS

University of Turku is organizing an open workshop of the GRASIAN collaboration on 27.08 – 28.08.2026.

The worksshop venue is Ruissalo Spa and hotel located in Ruissalo island of Turku archipelago: www.ruissalospa.fi

tentative Program – under construction.

Thursday, 27 August

9:45-10:00      Opening

10:00-10:30      Neutrons/WGS

10:30-11:00      Neutrons/WGS

11:00-11:30      Neutrons/WGS

11:30-12:00      Neutrons/WGS

12:00-13:00                      Lunch break

13:00-13-30      Quantum Reflection

13:30-14:00       Quantum Reflection

14:00-14:30        Quantum Reflection

14:30-15:00                                Coffee break

15:00-15-30       Positronium

15:30-16:00       Precision spectroscopy

16:00-16:30       Anti-H

16:30-17:00       Magnetic trapping at Turku

17:30-19:30      Tour in the lab in Turku/optional

19:30                                            Dinner

Friday 28 August

8:30-9:00        Tritium/TLK

9:00-9:30        Tritium/TLK

9:30-10:00      Tritium/UTU

10:00-10:30    Precision spectroscopy

10:30-11:00                                  Coffee break

11:00-11:30      Project 8

11:30-12:00      Project 8

12:00-12:30     Project 8

12:30-13:00      Project 8

13:00-14:00                                    Lunch break

14:00-14:30      Online

14:30-15:00      Online

15:00-15:30      cold collisions

15:30-16:00     cold atom sources

16:00-16:30                                   Coffee break

16:30-17:00

17:00-17:30

17:30-18:00

18:00-18:30

18:30                                      Dinner

19:30 – Continue discussions 

 

List of confirmed participants, 24.7.2026

ILL :

  • Alexei Voronin
  • Jason Pioquinto
  • Stefan Baessler
  • Valery Nesvizhevsky

MBI/ LKB

  • Katharina Schreiner
  • Elio Bera
  • Eberhard Widmann
  • Carina Killian
  • Francois Nez
  • Pauline Yzombard

ETH Zurich:

  • Paolo Crivelli
  • Evans Javary

UTU:

  • Aleksei Semakin
  • Sergey Vasiliev
  • Tom Kiilerich
  • Janne Ahokas

TLK

  • Caroline Rodenbeck
  • David Frese

Project 8

  • Benjamin Jones
  • Akishima Negi
  • Alec Lindman
  • Paul Harmston

University of Warsaw

  • Grzegorz Lach

Workshop fee

All participants are requested to pay for their Accommodation and Conference package :

Accommodation: 111 €/night including all taxes. This incudes a single room accomodation, buffet breakfast, access to sauna and pool area as well as gym. Double room accomodation is also available with reduced price per person. Please, inform us if you come with an accompanying person, or wish to share room with some other participant.

Conference package: 37.80 €/day. This includes conference room + soup&salad lunch + cofee break;

Travel instructions

Fly to Helsinki airport, then go to the bus or train station following the signs. Buses and trains go to Turku approximately every second hour. You may find the bus timetable and purchase the ticket  online (https://www.matkahuolto.fi/en) or entering the bus from the driver (slightly more expensive). For train schedule and tickets, please check the site: vr.fi. There is a city bus connection from the center of Turku/bus/train stations to the Ruissalo hotel, bus lines 28 and 28A. More information is available at the Ruissalo Spa site.  Please, inform us about your flight schedule and we will assit in transportation from Turku bus/train station to the workshop venue.