Weekly schedule

Photo credit: Olivier Guaitella, LPP

PLASMAScience Summer School 2026

General information

Check-in on arrival (June 21): 16:00.

Check-out at the latest
(June 27): 10:00.

A luggage room is available at the venue. Ask the reception for more information.

Reception is open daily from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00.

Lunch and dinner are served daily from 12:15 to 13:15 and from 19:15 to 20:15. Please note that access to the restaurant will be denied to anyone arriving after these times.

Sunday

June 21

14:00 – 14:30


14:30 – 15:00


From 16:00

17:30 – 18:30

From 19:15

14:00 – 14:30

14:30 – 15:00

From 16:00

17:30 – 18:30

From 19:15

Group transfer from Hyères train station to the pier by bus

Group transfer from the main land to Porquerolles Island

Check-in

Meet & greet

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Group transfer from Hyères train station to the pier by bus

Group transfer from the main land to Porquerolles Island

Check-in

Meet & greet

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Monday

June 22

7:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 10:30



10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30

12:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 15:30


15:30 – 16:00

16:00 – 17:30

From 19:15
Breakfast

The plasma physics models that underpin inertial fusion simulations – Steven Rose

Morning break

Plasma Optics – Matthew Edwards

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

An introduction to inertial fusion – Dan Clark

Afternoon break

Poster session

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Tuesday

June 23

7:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 10:30



10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30


12:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 15:30



15:30 – 16:00

16:00 – 17:30



From 19:15
7:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 10:30


10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30

12:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 15:30


15:30 – 16:00

16:00 – 17:30


From 19:15
Breakfast

The plasma physics models that underpin inertial fusion simulations – Steven Rose

Morning break

HHG / attosecond plasma physics – Julia Mikhailova

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Laser plasma proton acceleration in light of relativistic transparency – Ulrich Schramm

Afternoon break

Laboratory Astrophysics – probing the fundamental processes of the cosmos on Earth – Brian Reville

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Breakfast

The plasma physics models that underpin inertial fusion simulations – Steven Rose

Morning break

HHG / attosecond plasma physics – Julia Mikhailova

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Laser plasma proton acceleration in light of relativistic transparency – Ulrich Schramm

Afternoon break

Laboratory Astrophysics – probing the fundamental processes of the cosmos on Earth – Brian Reville

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Wednesday

June 24

7:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 10:30



10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30



12:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 19:15

From 19:15
Breakfast

Marija Vranic
Stay tuned, the lecture topic will be updated soon!

Morning break

Laser plasma proton acceleration in light of relativistic transparency – Ulrich Schramm

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Boat tour around the island – free time

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Thursday

June 25

7:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 10:30


10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30



12:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 15:30

15:30 – 16:00

16:00 – 17:30

From 19:15
7:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 10:30


10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30


12:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 15:30

15:30 – 16:00

16:00 – 17:30

From 19:15
Breakfast

Laser wakefield accelerators and applications – Maxence Thévenet

Morning break

Laboratory Astrophysics – probing the fundamental processes of the cosmos on Earth – Brian Reville

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Workshop – Marija Vranic

Afternoon break

Workshop – Marija Vranic

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Breakfast

Laser wakefield accelerators and applications – Maxence Thévenet

Morning break

Laboratory Astrophysics – probing the fundamental processes of the cosmos on Earth – Brian Reville

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Workshop – Marija Vranic

Afternoon break

Workshop – Marija Vranic

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Friday

June 26

7:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 10:30



10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30



12:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 15:30

15:30 – 16:00

16:00 – 17:30


From 19:15
Breakfast

Applications of machine learning in laser plasma interactions – Matthew Streeter

Morning break

Thomas Grismayer
Stay tuned, the lecture topic will be updated soon!

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Workshop – Matthew Streeter

Afternoon break

Laser wakefield accelerators and applications – Maxence Thévenet

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Saturday

June 27

7:30 – 9:15

9:15 – 10:00

10:00 – 10:30

10:30 – 12:00



12:15 – 13:30

13:30 – 14:00


14:00 – 14:30
7:30 – 9:15

9:15 – 10:00

10:00 – 10:30

10:30 – 12:00


12:15 – 13:30

13:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 14:30
Breakfast

Check-out

Morning break

Thomas Grismayer
Stay tuned, the lecture topic will be updated soon!

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Group transfer from Porquerolles Island to the main land

Bus transfer from the pier to Hyères train station
Breakfast

Check-out

Morning break

Thomas Grismayer
Stay tuned, the lecture topic will be updated soon!

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Group transfer from Porquerolles Island to the main land

Bus transfer from the pier to Hyères train station
Monday

June 22

7:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 10:30


10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30

12:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 15:30

15:30 – 16:00

16:00 – 17:30

From 19:15
Breakfast

The plasma physics models that underpin inertial fusion simulations – Steven Rose

Morning break

Plasma Optics – Matthew Edwards

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

An introduction to inertial fusion – Dan Clark

Afternoon break

Poster session

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Breakfast

The plasma physics models that underpin inertial fusion simulations – Steven Rose

Morning break

Plasma Optics – Matthew Edwards

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

An introduction to inertial fusion – Dan Clark

Afternoon break

Poster session

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Wednesday

June 24

7:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 10:30


10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30


12:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 19:15

From 19:15

Breakfast

Marija Vranic
Stay tuned, the lecture topic will be updated soon!

Morning break

Laser plasma proton acceleration in light of relativistic transparency – Ulrich Schramm

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Boat tour around the island – free time

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)

Breakfast

Marija Vranic
Stay tuned, the lecture topic will be updated soon!

Morning break

Laser plasma proton acceleration in light of relativistic transparency – Ulrich Schramm

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Boat tour around the island – free time

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Friday

June 26

7:15 – 9:00

9:00 – 10:30


10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 12:30


12:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 15:30

15:30 – 16:00

16:00 – 17:30


From 19:15
Breakfast

Applications of machine learning in laser plasma interactions – Matthew Streeter

Morning break

Thomas Grismayer
Stay tuned, the lecture topic will be updated soon!

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Workshop – Matthew Streeter

Afternoon break

Laser wakefield accelerators and applications – Maxence Thévenet

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)
Breakfast

Applications of machine learning in laser plasma interactions – Matthew Streeter

Morning break

Thomas Grismayer
Stay tuned, the lecture topic will be updated soon!

Lunch break (please arrive before 13:15)

Workshop – Matthew Streeter

Afternoon break

Laser wakefield accelerators and applications – Maxence Thévenet

Dinner (please arrive before 20:15)