ICPPA 2026
from the 27th to 30th of October, 2026
VIII International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Moscow, Russia
General information
This is the first announcement of the 8th International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics (ICPPA-2026) to be held in Moscow, Russia, (from the 27th to 30th of October). The conference is organized by National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”.
The aim of the Conference is to share scientific knowledge, to promote contacts between scientists and to develop new ideas in fundamental research. We will bring together experts and young scientists working in experimental and theoretical areas of nuclear physics, particle physics (including astroparticle physics), and cosmology. Most recent results from the modern experiments in these areas and advanced detector technology development will be presented and discussed.
The working language of the conference is English.
Scientific Program
The conference will cover the following topics:
- Nuclear physics
- Heavy ion physics
- High energy physics: experiment
- High energy physics: theory
- Neutrino physics
- Astroparticle physics
- Gravitation and cosmology
- Facilities and advanced detector technologies
Conference format
The ICPPA-2026 conference has the following format: plenary talks (25+5/30+10 min), long and short section talks (10+5/15+5/20+5 min) and poster session.
Deadlines
Registration, abstract submission - the 14th of September 2026 (23:59 Moscow time)
Invitation requests - the 25th of August 2026 (23:59 Moscow time)
Proceedings - the 7th of December 2026 (23:59 Moscow time)
Registration
To perform the registration, please fill out the Registration Form presented on the Conference site. After we receive your form, we will send you an email with the confirmation.
Please note that for the participants with talks or posters account in Indico system is required.
Conference Venue
TBA
Remote participation
Limited remote participation in the Conference activities will be also possible. Please contact us: icppa@mephi.ru
Conference fee
Regular conference fee - 40000 rubles (~550 euro).
The fee includes coffee breaks, conference dinner, social events and organizing expenses (including peer-review of one conference paper).
This year the conference is supported by the Priority 2030 program of Russian Ministry of Science and Education, thanks to it the conference fee for participants from scientific organisations of Russia and from scientific organisations of member-states of EAEU (including JINR) is reduced. Two options are available: full fee of - 14000 rubles and special fee - 10000 rubles (conference dinner is not included).
Students and PhD students may apply for financial support.
Conference proceedings
Talk materials will be available on the conference webpage. Selected proceedings of the Conference will be published in the journal (indexed in Russian Scientific Index, Scopus and/or in Web of Science) after peer-review. There is a preliminary agreement with journal Physics of Atomic Nuclei to publish conference proceedings.
The deadline for proceedings submission is December 7th, 2026 (inclusive). The papers sent after this date will be declined. Earlier submission is welcome! Please consider starting to write the proceedings before the conference.
Please send the paper draft to icppa@mephi.ru with both pdf and tex/word versions. Latex and word templates will be placed on the conference website.
Visas
An invitation letter is necessary for foreign participants to obtain a visa. This letter will be sent in 5-35 days (it depends on your citizenship) after we receive a request. If you need an invitation letter to request a visa in order to attend the Conference, please fill the corresponding fields in the registration form.
Please note that your international passport should be valid at least 1-1.5 years (depends on visa type) after your planned departure from Russia.
Accommodation
The Organizers are pleased to offer you a variety of accommodation options, close and within walking distance of conference venue. Alternately, it takes several minutes to reach venue by bus. You may choose from three hotels to suite all budgets.
- Sevastopol 3* or 4* - hotel complex near metro station "Kakhovskaya". It consists of two hotels - 3* building and 4* building, so it offers variety of accomodation. Web-site: https://sevastopol-hotel.ru/en/
- Intourist Kolomenskoye 4* is a new ultramodern hotel, located near Moscow River, just 10 minutes away from the metro station, which is on one of the most important metro lines in Moscow, with access to Domodedovo Airport. By taking this line, you can reach international airport Domodedovo. The hotel has 14 levels, every room’s window yields a gorgeous panoramic view on the city and surroundings. The Intourist Kolomenskoe is situated just near Kolomenskoe Museum-reserve park. Web-site: http://intourist-kolomenskoe.ru/en/
- The 21-storey Milan Hotel 4* is located just 40 minutes from Domodedovo Airport, and a seven-minute walk from the Domodedovskaya metro station. The favorable location of the hotel, which is close to the town main – third circular road, three stations square and also Tsaritsino and Kolomenskoe Museum-reserve parks, makes The Milan Hotel very convenient for working and leisure time. Web-site: http://www.hotelmilan.ru/en/index.php
- The hotel "Kolomenskoye" is a modest hotel on the territory of the museum-reserve "Kolomenskoye" - the former royal residence with museums and architectural monuments.
Address: Building 3, 84, Bolshaya str., Moscow.
Web-site: https://www.mgomz.ru/en/landings/hotel
Social events
We plan to have a Conference Dinner on Thursday, the 29th of October.
Detailed information about this event will come later.
We also plan to have a conference excursion and other social events. The detailed information about it will come later.
Further information
The conference webpage will be updated as information becomes available. Further questions and special requests can be addressed to the conference secretariat (icppa@mephi.ru).
Committees
International Program Committee
- V. Matveev, JINR, Dubna, Russia – chair
- V. Shevchenko, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia – co-chair
- M. Skorokhvatov, NRC Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia – co-chair
- A. Bolozdynya, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- O. Dalkarov, LPI RAS, Moscow, Russia
- M. Danilov, LPI RAS, Moscow, Russia
- J. Fabris, UFES, Vitória, Brazil
- Y. Gurov, JINR, Dubna, Russia
- A. Guskov, JINR, Dubna, Russia
- V. Kim, PNPI, Gatchina, Russia
- M. Khlopov, SFEDU, Rostov on Don, Russia
- Y. Kudenko, INR RAS, Moscow, Russia
- A. Marciano, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- K. Postnov, SAU MSU, Moscow, Russia
- V. Petrov, IHEP KI, Protvino, Russia
- S. Ray, CCASS, Mathura, India
- S. Rubin, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- N. Saduev, INP MoE RK, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- B. Sharkov, JINR, Dubna, Russia
- Y. Suvorov, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
- A. Taranenko, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- A. Tumasyan, A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan, Armenia
- A. Vasiliev, NRC Kurchatov IHEP, Protvino, Russia
- S. Voronov, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- N. Xu, Central China Normal University and Institute of Modern Physics, Nanjing, China
Local Organizing Committee
- V. Shevchenko, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia – chair
- N. Barbashina, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia – co-chair
- E. Soldatov, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia – co-chair
- T. Antonova, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- B. Chernyshev, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- E. Esipova, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- V. Gani, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- A. Ilyasov, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- D. Kalashnikov, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- A. Kirillov, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- M. Korotkov, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- E. Kozlova, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Chin
- A. Kumpan, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- A. Kurova, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- V. Mochalov, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- B. Murygin, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- V. Nikulin, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- N. Prokopenko, IHEP NRC Kurchatov Institute, Protvino, Russia
- A. Semushin, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- S. Smirnov, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- V. Stasenko, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- A. Tulupov, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
- P. Teterin, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia – academic secretary
- N. Vozniuk, INR RAS, MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
Contacts
Information about the conference is available on the conference webpage: https://indico.particle.mephi.ru/e/ICPPA2026
Email: icppa@mephi.ru
Address: 115409, Moscow, Kashirskoe shosse, 31
We look forward to seeing you at our conference!
