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?”
  • Cheng Wang (Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
  • Masako Yamada (Institute of Materials Structure Science, KEK, Japan)
  • Mark Schlossman (University of Illinois Chicago, 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
10:20 – 10:40 ☕ Coffee Break
Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory
10:40 – 12:00 Plenary Session 2
Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory
12:00 – 13:00 🍽️ Lunch
13:00 – 14:45 Plenary Session 3
Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory
14:45 – 15:00 ☕ Coffee Break
Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory
15:00 – 15:45 Plenary: Keynote Talks
Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory
15:45 – 17:00 Plenary: ORSO Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Auditorium, Argonne National Laboratory

Program subject to change. Please check back for updates.