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May 4-8, 2026, APS/CNM Users Meeting

All Events to be Held in Person

The annual joint users meeting of the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) and the co-located Advanced Photon Source (APS) will be held at Argonne National Laboratory. The events will highlight and promote user science. All are welcome to attend.

Registration:

Registration for the 2026 APS/CNM Users Meeting is now open!

Highlights

  • Workshops
  • Poster Session
  • Meeting Banquet
  • Vendor Exhibit

Important Dates:

  • Friday, February 13, 2026: Last day for early bird registration pricing!
  • Monday, March 23, 2026: Poster session abstracts due
  • Monday, April 20, 2026: Registration deadline

CNM Plenary Sessions

Joint APS/CNM Plenary Session

  • Monday, May 4, 8:30am – 12:00pm CT
  • Agenda

User Science Plenary Session

  • Monday, May 4, 1:30pm – 5:00pm CT
  • Agenda
  • Tuesday, May 5, 8:30am – 12:00pm CT
  • Agenda

APS/CNM Joint Workshops

CNM Workshop

  • Frontiers in Nanoscale Interfaces in Electro-, Thermal-, and Photocatalysis
    • Wednesday, May 6, 9:00am – 5:00pm CT
    • Agenda

APS/CNM Joint Workshops

  • Artificial Intelligence and Multimodal Data Integration for Microelectronics Innovation
    • Tuesday, May 5, 1:30pm – 5:00pm CT
    • Wednesday, May 6, 9:00am – 12:00pm CT
    • Agenda

APS/CNM Joint Workshops

  • Design, Measurement, and Manipulation of Quantum Materials
    • Wednesday, May 6, 1:30pm – 5:00pm CT
    • Thursday, May 7, 9:00am – 12:00pm CT
    • Agenda

APS/CNM Joint Workshops

  • Advanced Characterization and Modeling for Critical Materials Innovation and Supply Chain
    • Thursday, May 7, 1:30pm – 5:00pm CT
    • Friday, May 8, 9:00am – 12:00pm CT
    • Agenda

APS/CNM Joint Workshops

  • Roadmap of In situ SAXS and XPCS after APS-U for Soft Matter Research
    • Thursday, May 7, 1:30pm – 5:00pm CT
    • Friday, May 8, 9:00am – 12:00pm CT
    • Agenda

Joint APS/CNM Poster Session

  • Tuesday, May 5, 5:30pm – 8:00pm CT

Vendor Exhibit Hours

  • Monday, May 4, 8:00am – 5:00pm
  • Tuesday, May 5, 8:00am – 5:00pm
  • Wednesday, May 6, 8:00am – 1:30pm

CNM Tours

  • Shuttles will be available from APS to tour locations
  • Building 212/216
    • Tuesday, May 5, 1:30pm – 2:30pm
    • Tuesday, May 5, 2:30pm – 3:30pm
  • CNM Main Building 440
    • Tuesday, May 5, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
    • Tuesday, May 5, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
    • Tuesday, May 5, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
    • Wednesday, May 6, 11:00am – 12:00pm
    • Wednesday, May 6, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
    • Wednesday, May 6, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
    • Thursday, May 7, 9:00am – 10:00am
    • Thursday, May 7, 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Again, you can register here and contact the user office with any questions.

We are excited to welcome you back to Argonne for this year’s meeting!