AND RHIC SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
May 11–15, 2026
Motivation
Registration coming soon.
The Annual RHIC & AGS Users' Meeting will be held on May 11–15, 2026. The meeting will highlight the latest results from the PHENIX, STAR and sPHENIX experiments and provide an outlook with the future programs at RHIC and the EIC. Workshops that will be held on Monday, May 11, and Tuesday, May 12, will enable more in-depth discussions of the following topics:
- Jets & Heavy Flavor
- AI/ML
- Baryon Junction & Stopping
- NASA Space Radiation Labortory
- Ultraperipheral & Electromagnetic Processes
- ePIC and Physics of EIC Era
There will be an in-person poster session on Tuesday, May 12, Plenary sessions will be held on Tuesday, May 12 (afternoon), and Wednesday, May 13. There will be a RHIC Symposium on Thursday, May 14 and Friday, May 15. Reports on operation status from the sPHENIX and STAR experiments and highlights from PHENIX, sPHENIX and STAR experiments, EIC detectors, a report from the Department of Energy and award ceremonies will be held during the plenary sessions.
This 2026 Annual Users' Meeting is open to the public and we plan to record some of the proceedings. To be eligible to attend, all participants must register online by May 4, 2026. For questions or assistance with registering, please contact the meeting coordinator.
RHIC Science Symposium
The RHIC Symposium will be on Thursday, May 14 and Friday, May 15 with special speakers and programming to commemorate the end of RHIC operations, to celebrate the 25+ years of discovery science accomplished, and to kick-off the transition to the Electron Ion Collider Era as we look forward to decades more discovery science.
Parallel Workshop Topics
All in-person workshops will be held in the Science and User Support Center (Bldg. 101) - Directions.
Workshops are Hybrid and Full Day
- Jets & Heavy Flavor (full day)
- AI/ML (full day)
- Baryon Junction & Stopping (full day)
Workshops are Hybrid
- NASA Space Radiation Labortory (morning)
- Ultraperipheral & Electromagnetic Processes (morning)
- ePIC and Physics of EIC Era (morning)
Poster Sessions, Plenary, and RHIC Symposium
Plenary sessions will be held at the Science and User Support Center (Bldg. 101).
- Poster Session (Tuesday, May 12)
- Plenary Session I (Tuesday, May 12) - Afternoon
- Plenary Session II (Wednesday, May 13) - Full day
- RHIC Symposium I (Thursday, May 14) - Full day
- RHIC Symposium II (Friday, May 15) - Full day
Awards
RHIC/AGS Users' Executive Committee
- Daniel Brandenburg, Chair Elect (Ohio State University)
- Peter Steinberg, Chair Elect (Brookhaven Lab)
- Anders Knospe, Chair (Lehigh University)
Join Remotely
The connection information will be provided only to registrants in their welcome or confirmation email. Please do not share this connection information. It is only for registered attendees. Contact the meeting coordinator if you have questions or are having connection issues.
Special Events
Registered participants are invited to attend the social event, optional dinner, and an end-of-meeting luncheon.
Social Event - There will be a social event on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 5:00 p.m. in the Science and User Support Center (Bldg. 101), compliments of Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA). Directions
Evening Dinner - Join us for dinner at Berkner Hall on Thursday, May 14, 2026 6:00 pm. The general dinner fee is $65 US/pp. Guests are welcome. Dinner will be discounted to $30 US for the first 30 student/postdocs who register.
Payment must be received by Monday, May 4, 2026 to reserve a dinner ticket. We apologize, but no reservations can be taken during the meeting. Note, there will be no refunds for cancellations.
End-of-Meeting Luncheon - Registered in-person symposium participants are invited to attend the optional luncheon on Friday, May 15, at no cost. Time to be determined.
Meeting Information
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Note: This meeting falls under Exemption E. Meetings such as Advisory Committee and Federal Advisory Committee meetings. Solicitation/Funding Opportunity Announcement Review Board meetings, peer review/objective review panel meetings, evaluation panel/board meetings, and program kick-off and review meetings (including those for grants and contracts) are open to the public.