The 8th Open Reflectometry Standards Organisation (ORSO) Annual Meeting
will take place at Argonne National Laboratory, USA on 24th July 2026, immediately after the SXNS18 conference
The purpose of the meeting is for ORSO administration and to discuss topics of interest to the ORSO community. This year the meeting will take place on site at Argonne National Laboratory so physical attendance will require registration at SXNS18 in order for access to be granted. Please note that the registration deadline for non-US citizens requiring a visa letter is very early (15th April 2026). See detail here
For those that cannot attend in person we offer partial participation with free remote access, for which you can register here.
Confirmed Speakers:
- Philipp Gutfreund (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France): “Combining specular and off-specular scattering for 3D neutron reflectometry”
- Chen Shen 沈辰 (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany): “Grazing incidence diffuse scattering from liquid surfaces: faster and better than reflectometry?”
- TBC (Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
- Masako Yamada (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)/ J-PARC center, Japan): “Demonstration of Multi-Incident-angle Neutron Reflectometry (MI-NR) with Focusing Optics at SOFIA”
- Mark Schlossman (University of Illinois Chicago, USA)
- Erik Watkins (SNS, ORNL, USA): “The Last Three Years on the Liquids Reflectometer at SNS”
- John Ankner (SNS, ORNL, USA)
🗓️ Provisional Program
| Time | Auditorium (Main Hall) |
|---|---|
| 08:50 – 09:00 | Plenary: Welcome & Introduction Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 09:00 – 10:20 | Plenary Session 1 Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 09:00 – 09:25 | Philipp Gutfreund Combining specular and off-specular scattering for 3D neutron reflectometry |
| 09:25 – 09:50 | Chen Shen Grazing incidence diffuse scattering from liquid surfaces: faster and better than reflectometry? |
| 09:50 – 10:15 | Mark Schlossman TBC |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | ☕ Coffee Break Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 10:40 – 12:00 | Plenary Session 2 Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 10:40 – 11:20 | Sophie Ayscough A summary of the Sample Environment Working Group discussion forums |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | 🍽️ Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:45 | Plenary Session 3 Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 13:00 – 13:25 | John Ankner The Slow Road to QIKR |
| 13:25 – 13:50 | Massako Yamada Demonstration of Multi-Incident-angle Neutron Reflectometry (MI-NR) with Focusing Optics at SOFIA |
| 13:50 – 14:15 | TBC Soft X-ray Refectometry |
| 14:15 – 14:40 | Erik Watkins TBC |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | ☕ Coffee Break Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 15:00 – 17:00 | Plenary: ORSO Annual General Meeting (AGM) Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | TBC Reproducibility best practice |
| 15:20 – 15:50 | AGM Business Summaries from the working groups and election of Chairs |
| 15:50 – 17:00 | TBC AI and ORSO Talks (to be confirmed) |
Program subject to change. Please check back for updates.