RICAP-2026 Roma International Conference on AstroParticle Physics

7 Sept 2026, 13:30 → 11 Sept 2026, 16:00 Europe/Rome

Aula Amaldi (Physics Department, Sapienza University of Roma)

Antonio Capone (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

The 10th edition of the Roma International Conference on AstroParticle Physics, RICAP-2026, will be organized by the common effort of INFN and the Sapienza, Tor Vergata and Roma Tre Universities of Roma. These Institutions provide both theoretical and experimental contributions to major experimental projects in the field (AGILE, AMS-02, ANTARES, ARGO, Auger, CTA, CSES-Limadou, Fermi, Virgo, Einstein Telescope, JEM-EUSO, KM3NeT, ...). 

RICAP-2026, as the previous editions, will be entirely dedicated to the study of high energy cosmic rays, their properties, the originating astrophysical sources, the acceleration mechanisms, the detection techniques, the most recent results.

The Conference, held every two years, will be organized with plenary and parallel talks.

Poster sessions are also foreseen.

Starting date for registration March 30^th, 2026

Starting date for abstract submission March 30^th, 2026  

Deadline for abstract submission June 29^th, 2026  

Previous editions:

RICAP – 2007, May 22nd–24th, INFN and University "La Sapienza", Roma

RICAP – 2009, May 20th–22nd, INFN and University "Tor Vergata", Roma

RICAP – 2011, May 25th 27th, INFN and University "Roma Tre", Roma

RICAP – 2013, May 22nd–24th, INFN and University La Sapienza, Roma

RICAP - 2014,  September 30th-October 3rd, INFN-LNS, Noto

RICAP - 2016,  September 5th-8th, Villa Tuscolana, Frascati, Roma

RICAP – 2018, September 4th-7th, INFN and University "Roma Tre", Roma

RICAP – 2022, September 6th-9th, INFN and University  Sapienza, Roma

RICAP – 2024, September 6th-9th, Villa Tuscolana, Frascati, Roma

Monday 7 September

13:30 → 15:30 Registration

15:30 → 18:00 Plenary 1

Plenary 1

18:00 → 19:30 Welcome cocktail

Tuesday 8 September

08:30 → 10:30 Plenary 2

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:00 Plenary 3

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel 1

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel 2

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel 3

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break and poster session

16:30 → 18:30 Parallel 1

16:30 → 18:30 Parallel 2

16:30 → 18:30 Parallel 3

Wednesday 9 September

08:30 → 10:30 Plenary 4

10:30 → 11:10 Group photo, Coffe break and poster session

11:10 → 13:10 Plenary 5

13:10 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel 4

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel 5

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel 6

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 → 18:30 Parallel 4

16:30 → 18:30 Parallel 5

16:30 → 18:30 Parallel 6

20:30 → 23:00 Conference Dinner

Thursday 10 September

08:30 → 10:30 Plenary 6

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:00 Plenary 7

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel 7

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel 8

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel 9

16:00 → 16:30 Coffe break and poster session

16:30 → 18:30 Parallel 7

16:30 → 18:30 Parallel 8

16:30 → 18:30 Parallel 9

Friday 11 September

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary 8

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:00 Plenary 9

Summary talks and Conclusions

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Plenary 10

Summary Talks and Conference conclusions