Name: STIX workshop
Start: 2026-07-22T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-24T17:00:00+01:00
Location: DIAS Burlington Road

STIX workshop

from Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Friday, July 24, 2026 (5:00 PM)

Monday, July 20, 2026
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

9:00 AM Arrival and registration
Arrival and registration
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
9:10 AM Session 1: STIX general status
STIX general status
9:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:10 AM STIX general update - Säm Krucker

9:30 AM STIX detector status - Olivier Limousin (CEA Saclay, DRF/IRFU/Astrophysics Division)

9:50 AM STIX data calibration: update and future work - Paolo Massa (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW))

10:10 AM Discussion - All .
10:30 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Session 2: STIX software, aspect, imaging
STIX software, aspect, imaging
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM STIX software update + demo - Shane Maloney (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)

11:30 AM STIX aspect update - Frédéric Schuller

12:00 PM Imaging compact sources with fine-resolution sub-collimators - Agnieszka Kopacz (University of Wrocław)
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Session 3: Solar Orbiter Major Flare Campaigns and EUI/HRI studies
Solar Orbiter Major Flare Campaigns and EUI/HRI studies
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM An overview of the Solar Orbiter Major Flare Campaigns - Laura Hayes (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)

2:20 PM Variations in Energy Transport during Flares - Rachel Hubbard (Mullard Space Science Laboratory)

2:40 PM Constraining Flare Simulation Inputs with STIX and EUI - Madison Liebel

3:00 PM First statistical results from the Solar Orbiter flare campaign - Samuel Krucker
3:30 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM Session 4: Particle acceleration and nonthermal diagnostics
Particle acceleration and nonthermal diagnostics
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM From C-class to X-class: investigating efficient particle acceleration in Fermi/LAT gamma-ray solar flares - Andrea F. Battaglia (IRSOL)

4:30 PM Non-thermal emission in failed filament eruptions - Song Tan (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP))

5:00 PM HXR observations at flux rope anchor points evidenced by magnetic field extrapolations - Muriel Zoë Stiefel (FHNW & ETHZ)

5:30 PM Search for signatures of nonthermal collisions in optical spectropolarimetry: combined STIX and IRSOL/ZIMPOL flare observations - Andrea F. Battaglia (IRSOL)
Thursday, July 23, 2026
9:00 AM Session 5: Large-sample STIX analysis and X-ray diagnostics
Large-sample STIX analysis and X-ray diagnostics
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM X-ray data analysis in the framework of the SOLER project - Alexander Warmuth (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP))

9:30 AM A spectral analysis of a large sample of >M5 STIX flares using an automated Python based pipeline - Jake Mitchell (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP))

10:00 AM The energy-altitude relation anomalies in solar flares: statistical results and the role of chromospheric density variations - Katarzyna Mikuła (Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences)
10:30 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Session 6: Magnetic context, active regions, and flare productivity
Magnetic context, active regions, and flare productivity
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Activity nests as prolific flare factory: from solar minimum to maximum - Antoine Strugarek

11:30 AM Investigating the repeated occurrence of hard microflares in AR 13141 - Andrea F. Battaglia (IRSOL)

12:00 PM Influence of Flare Iron Abundance Variations on GOES XRS Data Interpretation - Janusz Sylwester (Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Solar Physics Division)
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Session 7: MeDDEA, PADRE, and multi-viewpoint HXR observations
MeDDEA, PADRE, and multi-viewpoint HXR observations
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Hard X-ray solar flare observations by the Measuring Directivity to Determine Electron Anisotropy (MeDDEA) instrument on the PADRE CubeSat Observatory - Olivier Limousin (CEA Saclay, DRF/IRFU/Astrophysics Division)

2:20 PM Observing a solar flare from two perspectives: First MeDDEA–STIX results - Muriel Zoë Stiefel

2:40 PM Joint STIX and HXI Observations of Solar Flares and Analysis of Behind-the-Limb Flares - Karol Kułaga (Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences)

3:00 PM CEA LDE3 statistical study of STIX flares from 2024 data - Susanna Parenti (CEA DAp Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CNRS)
3:30 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM Session 8: Flare catalogues, statistics, and data products
Flare catalogues, statistics, and data products
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Statistical analysis of STIX flare time profiles - Dearbhail O'Mahony

4:20 PM Preparing the second data release of CoSEE-Cat - Frederic Schuller (AIP Potsdam, Germany)

4:40 PM Hugh's new discovery in 7 slides - Hugh Hudson

5:00 PM Discussion: STIX flare catalogues, Solar Orbiter event lists, and shared data products - All .

5:30 PM Discussion: stereoscopy, directivity, occulted flares, and cross-calibration - All .
7:00 PM Workshop dinner at Searsons
Workshop dinner at Searsons
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday, July 24, 2026
9:30 AM Session 9: Eruptions, radio emission, and SEP-producing events
Eruptions, radio emission, and SEP-producing events
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM The 18 January 2026 eruption and its severe solar energetic particle event - Mohamed Nedal (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)

10:00 AM Multiwavelength Study of a Complex Solar Eruption on 28 March 2025 - Shilpi Bhunia (Observatoire de Paris)

10:30 AM Electron Beams Producing Radio U-Bursts - Hamish Reid
11:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Session 10: Open questions in high-energy solar flare physics
Open questions in high-energy solar flare physics
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

12:00 PM Open Discussion - All .
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Session 11: Next steps and wrap-up
Next steps and wrap-up
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Next steps with STIX (and SPARK), workshop wrap-up and action planning. - All .