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User Meeting 2026

User Meeting 2026

Date
Mon 9 Nov at 9.00am - Tue 10 Nov at 4.00pm
Cost
Full Registration - $420 (Student Registration - $220)
Venue Australian Synchrotron
800 Blackburn Rd
Clayton Victoria 3168
Abstract Submissions - NOW OPEN
Abstract Requirements and Themes
Awards & Prizes - NOW OPEN
Sponsor Packages - NOW OPEN
Registration - NOW OPEN

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION, AWARD NOMINATIONS AND REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN. 

ANSTO is pleased to announce that the ANSTO Australian Synchrotron User Meeting - UM2026 will be held in person once again at the Australian Synchrotron in Clayton, Victoria. 

We look forward to welcoming you to the Australian Synchrotron for the 2026 User Meeting. The Synchrotron user community will come together once again to exchange ideas, showcase research, engage with synchrotron scientists, and build new connections around a shared passion for science. This event offers valuable opportunities for established, emerging, and prospective users. The User Meeting will again highlight excellence in synchrotron science through the ECR and MCR Research Awards, Lifetime Contribution Award and the Stephen Wilkins Thesis Medal. Further details will be announced soon.

The 2026 User Meeting will be accepting presentations applying synchrotron science to a range of applications organised under the following synchrotron based themes:    Imaging & Microscopy   -  Spectroscopy   -   Diffraction, Scattering & Crystallography   -   Accelerator Science & Radiotherapy

Australian Synchrotron

UM2026 Square

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Pre-Event: Sunday 8th November

5:00pm Welcome ceremony event

Day 1: Monday 9th November  

8:00am Registration and coffee

9:00am User Meeting opens

6:00pm Buffet BBQ Gala dinner on site

Day 2: Tuesday 10th November

8:30am User Meeting continues 

4:30pm User Meeting Closes

  • Subject to changes. The complete program will be available closer to the event date.

Abstract submissions

Opens Thursday 25 June 2026 @ 9:00am AEST

Closes Tuesday 11 August 2026 @ 11:59pm AEST

Award

Awards and Prizes

  • Student Poster Awards

  • Student Oral Presentation Awards

  • Stephen Wilkins Thesis Medal (nominations open)

  • Lifetime Contribution Medal (nominations open)

  • Australian Synchrotron Early Career Research Award (nominations open)

  • Australian Synchrotron Mid Career Research Award (nominations open)

Award nominations are NOW OPEN

Registration

Registration includes:

  • welcome event on Sunday 8th from 5pm
  • morning tea, light lunch and afternoon teas during conference
  • buffet BBQ gala dinner with drinks on site Monday from 6pm
  • poster session event over lunch on Tuesday

Cost:

  • Full Registration - $420
  • Student Registration - $220*

*Students must provide current student identification number in the registration form.  Registration closing date: Tuesday 27th October at 11:59pm (AEDT)

Sponsors welcome

Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities

Sponsor and exhibitor packages are now OPEN.

 

Sponsors Packages

Sponsors

 

Australian Synchrotron User Meeting 2026 would like to thank the following sponsors for their support:

New Zealand Synchrotron GroupWe would like to thank the New Zealand Synchrotron Group for their support.
ANSTOWe would like to thank ANSTO for their support.
ANSTO
NZSG

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