Poster session at the Laserlab-Europe & Lasers4EU Annual Meeting 2026

Early-stage researchers are encouraged to present their latest research during the poster session on Thursday, 28 May 2026. The posters will be on display from 28 to 29 May 2026. Presenters are warmly invited to stay and engage in discussions during the thematic sessions on 28 and 29 May and to join the lab tours on 27 May. 

Participation in the Laserlab-Europe & Lasers4EU Annual & Users Meeting and its poster session will give your research visibility among European experts in laser-based technologies. Use this opportunity to network with researchers and directors from different laboratories and institutes, and find out about their research focus and potential career opportunities.

The poster session will also give access-providing infrastructures the opportunity to present the most recent upgrades of their facilities or instruments to the user community.

Who should submit a poster?

  • Young scientists who have conducted experiments with support of Laserlab-Europe or Lasers4EU
  • Young scientists using laser-based techniques for their research
  • Representatives of access-providing infrastructures

Topics of interest

Submissions in the following areas are welcome but not necessarily limited to them: 

  1. Laser technology and applications
  2. Generation and application of secondary particle and photon sources
  3. Space applications
  4. Healthcare applications
  5. Cultural heritage applications
  6. Data science and AI for spectroscopy and imaging technologies
  7. Material science, manipulation, and characterisation

How to submit

Complete the poster submission form by selecting your topic of interest and submit an abstract (max. 400 words).

Deadline: 25 March 2026

Submissions will be selected by the Programme Committee of the Annual Meeting. 

When registering to the Annual Meeting 2026, please indicate that you have submitted a poster.

Poster Guidelines

If you are interested in presenting your contribution as a poster, please follow these guidelines:

  • Poster will be presented on a single board that is 100 cm (39.4 inches) wide and 200 cm (78.7 inches) high .
  • We recommend preparing and print posters of ISO A0 size (84.1 cm x 118.9 cm) or US Arch E (36 in x 48 in) in PORTRAIT orientation on the board .
  • NOTE: Printing of posters is not provided by the organisers.

Poster Session & Poster Award

The posters will be on display from 28 to 29 May 2026. We recommend arriving on 27 May to install the poster before attending the lab tours at the HiLASE Centre and the ELI Beamlines.

A dedicated Poster Session will take place on 28 May 2026.

The best posters will be awarded with the Lasers4EU Poster Award 2026.

Abstract submission form