SCINT 2026 Summer School
May 23th AND 24th, 2026
Future Integrated Natural Science building (Building No. B219), Room B119
Kyungpook National University, Daegu
The SCINT conference series focuses on scintillation science, with a primary emphasis on inorganic materials. Since SCINT 2011 in Giessen (Germany), a summer school has been organized on the weekend preceding each SCINT conference.
The SCINT Summer School is designed for scientists and students entering the field of scintillation, offering a comprehensive introduction to this multidisciplinary area. The program covers a wide range of topics, from material preparation and performance measurement to the mechanisms of energy relaxation leading to light emission, as well as engineering aspects related to practical applications.
The school features lectures delivered by leading experts in the field, providing participants with both foundational knowledge and insights into the latest developments. Beyond the scientific program, the event encourages networking and community building, fostering future connections and collaborations among attendees.
Participants will also have the opportunity to present their research projects through short oral presentations (one-slide “pitch talks”), promoting discussion and feedback in an informal and supportive environment.
The school will take place at Kyungpook National University’s Future Integrated Natural Science building (Building No. B219), room B119 in Daegu, which is a separate location from the main SCINT2026 conference venue. (The building across from KNU Natural Science Building 2)
During the Summer School, lunch boxes will be provided for lunch on Saturday and Sunday. For Saturday dinner, a Korean barbecue restaurant has been reserved as a social event.
TOPICS AND LECTURERS
| May 22, 2026 (Friday) | |
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| 17:00 – 18:00 | Registration |
| May 23, 2026 (Saturday) | |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 | Christophe Dujardin – Introduction to Scintillation Science |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Youngduk Kim – Scintillators for the Rare Event Search |
| Lunch (12:00 – 13:30) | |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Pieter Dorenbos – The Scintillation mechanisms and fundamental limits of scintillator performance |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Yuriy Zorenko – Crystal Growth of Scintillators |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Student Pitch |
| Coffee Break (16:00 – 16:30) | |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Jae Sung Lee – Detector and Medical Imaging |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Scintillation and Semiconductor Lab Tour |
| Social Dinner (from 18:30) | |
| May 24, 2026 (Sunday) | |
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| 09:00 – 10:00 | Mauro Fasoli – The Role of Defects in Scintillation |
| Coffee Break (10:00 – 10:30) | |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Aurélie Bessière – From Scintillation to Persistent Luminescence: Shared Mechanisms and New Opportunities |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Weronika W. Wolszczak – Nonproportionality of Scintillators: From Phenomenology to Microscopic Understanding |
| Lunch (12:30 – 13:30) | |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Guillaume Bertrand – The Organic Scintillator Family: Liquids, Plastics, Crystals and Glasses |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Anne-Laure Bulin – Nanoscintillators for Therapy |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Student Pitch |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Vivek Nagarkar – Scintillators from an Industrial Perspective |
| Closing & Transfer to Gyeongju for SCINT2026 Conference | |
SOCIAL EVENT LOCATIONS
The SCINT2026 Summer School social event has been arranged to provide young scientists with a relaxed opportunity to interact and build connections with one another.
All Summer School participants are warmly encouraged to attend and enjoy informal discussions and networking in a comfortable atmosphere. Lecturers and organizers will also join the event, allowing participants to exchange ideas and communicate freely beyond the formal lecture sessions.
We hope this event will serve as a valuable opportunity for young researchers to get to know each other, share their research interests, and build future collaborations within the SCINT community.
May 23th
- “고기한마당” The Korean barbecue restaurant
- Within a 5-minute walk from the Summer School venue
- This event is free of charge for participants, and food will be provided without limit.
