Rationale
The II EU Workshop on Water Cherenkov Experiments for Precision Physics (WCD-2025) aims to showcase and discuss the latest developments in scientific projects utilizing Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCD), primarily for neutrino observations, including those of high-energy cosmic origin, and ground-based WCDs used for studying astrophysical sources of the highest energy gamma rays. It will also review major neutrino experiments involving non-WCD technologies, whether running, under construction, or in early planning phases. The meeting will cover key physics topics in WCD experiments: neutrino oscillations, proton decay, the physics of the Sun, supernovae, and the diffuse neutrino background, etc., as well as astrophysical sources of high-energy radiation and particles.
All oral presentations are by invitation only. Contributed presentations will be displayed as posters, accessible throughout the entire duration of the meeting. A dedicated poster session is scheduled for Wednesday, September 17th, during the Welcome Reception.
This workshop is held within the context of the EU-funded research project H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019-GA872549-SK2HK. SK2HK comprises partners including LLR-CNRS (France), AGH, NCBJ, UJ, UW, WUT (Poland), UAM (Spain), with ICRR-U.Tokyo (Japan) as the main host institute.
Invited Speakers
Antoine Beauchêne (Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK)
Zhen Cao (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Mingjun Chen (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Paschal Coyle (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France)
Marcos Dracos (Institut pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, France)
Pablo Fernandez (Donostia International Physics Center, Spain)
Jordan Goodman (University of Maryland, USA)
Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Jim Hinton (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany)
Yoshitaka Itow (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Takaaki Kajita (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Joanna Kiryluk (Stony Brook University, USA)
Paweł Małecki (Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
João Pedro Athayde Marcondes de André (Institut pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien Strasbourg, France)
Teresa Montaruli (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Yuuki Nakano (University of Toyama, Japan)
Tomas Nosek (Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Charles University, Czech Republic)
Brían Ó Fearraigh (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, Italy)
Benjamin Quilain (ILANCE - CNRS-IN2P3 / University of Tokyo, France)
Federico Sanchez (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
Hiroyuki Sekiya (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Masato Shiozawa (Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Hide-Kazu Tanaka (Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Mark Vagins (IPMU, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Amanda Weinstein (Iowa State University, USA)
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Scientific Organizing Committee
Olivier Drapier (Ecole Polytechnique IN2P3-CNRS Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet Palaiseau France)
Katarzyna Kowalik (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland)
Luis Labarga Echeverría (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) — chair
Magdalena Posiadała-Zezula (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Ewa Rondio (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland)
Łukasz Stawarz (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Marcin Ziembicki (Warsaw University of Technology & Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland)
Local Committee
Sabrina Casanova (Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Kamil Kasprzak (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Iwona Kotko (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Oleh Kobzar (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Patryk Liniewicz (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Łukasz Stawarz (Jagiellonian University, Poland) — chair
Krzysztof Ziętara (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Conference Venue
Didactic Centre of the Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University
ul. Krupnicza 33A, 31-123 Kraków, Poland
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qZNGqBhpg5TKP5JBA
Located in the center of Kraków's Old Town, this area features many hotels, restaurants, and cafes within walking distance. It is about a 20-minute commute by bus or tram to the main train station and offers convenient connections to the airport, 30 minutes by taxi and about 1 hour by city bus.
Lectures will take place in the Assembly Hall, with theater-style seating and a capacity of 560 people. Catering and posters will be displayed in the corridor on the ground floor of the building throughout the entire duration of the meeting.
Registration & Payment Details
Registration is available only via the Indico account. The deadline for registration is 20 July 2025.
The registration fee for all participants is 120 EUR. This fee includes all coffee breaks and the Welcome Reception. The fee should be paid strictly via bank transfer to:
Bank name: Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA
Bank address: Żubra 1, 01-066 Warszawa
IBAN: PL04 1240 2294 1978 0010 7072 2467
BIC SWIFT: PKOPPLPW
Account holder: Jagiellonian University
Account holder address: Golebia 24, 31-007 Krakow, Poland
Purpose: WCD2025: name of the participant
Representations on Maintaining a Bank Account
An invoice will be issued upon confirmation of payment of the registration fee via bank transfer. This invoice will include the billing address and VAT number provided by a participant in the Registration Form.
