Coherence 2026 is pleased to present an outstanding international line-up of topical sessions, invited speakers, and session chairs.
Each session will be briefly introduced by the session chair and will feature an invited talk highlighting an impactful specific result. The sessions will also include a number of featured contributed oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts.
Confirmed Speakers & Session Chairs
Confirmed Speakers & Session Chairs
| Session | Speaker | Session Chair |
| Advances in Instrumentation | Garth Williams, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA | Yukio Takahashi, Tohoku University Japan |
| Coherence and Applications: Energy materials | Alex Ditter, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA | Andrej Singer, Cornell University, USA |
| Coherence and Applications: Quantum and Magnetism | Laura Foglia, FERMI Free Electron Laser, Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy | Sujoy Roy, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA |
| XPCS at high brightness sources | Gerard Hinsley, DESY, Germany | To Be Announced |
| Frontiers of Coherence | Abe Levitan, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland | Tais Gorkhover, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA |
| Exploiting Coherence with ultrafast x-rays | Yanwen Sun, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA | Christian Gutt, University of Siegen, Germany |
| Leveraging AI and ML | Mathew Cherukara, Argonne National Laboratory, USA | Oliver Hoidin, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA |
| Ptychography | James LeBeau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA | Maik Khant, MAX-IV, Sweden |
| Time-domain Studies using Electron Coherence | Jinwoo Hwang, Ohio State University, USA | Sooheyong Lee, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, South Korea |
| Advances in Methods | Fucai Zhang, Southern University of Science and Technology, China | To Be Announced |
| Coherence and Applications: Interfaces and Environments | Ana Suzana, Argonne National Laboratory, USA | Oleg Shpyrko, University of California, San Diego, USA |
| Coherence and Applications: Bio and soft matter | Mateus Cardoso, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Brazil | Robert Leheny, Johns Hopkins, USA |