SCIENCE BRINGS NATIONS TOGETHER
nternational Seminar "JINR and Latin America: Synergetic partnership for future"

America/Havana
Havana

Havana

Description

Organizers: 

Dr. Gonzalo Walwyn Salas Plenipotentiary Representative of Cuba to Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH (JINR) 

Date: December 4-5, 2026

Location: Havana, Cuba

The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is an international intergovernmental scientific research organization established in 1956 and registered with the United Nations. The Institute was established with the aim of uniting the efforts, scientific and material potentials of its Member States for investigations of the fundamental properties of matter. The main areas of theoretical and experimental research at JINR are Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Condensed Matter Physics. JINR comprises seven Laboratories: Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies, Laboratory of Radiation Biology. Each laboratory is comparable with a large institute in the scale and scope of investigations performed.

Originally established by eleven countries of Europe and Asia, the geography of the JINR was expended to Latin America in 1975 following Cuba’s decision to join the institute.

Currently, JINR has 15 Member States: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Egypt, Georgia, Kazakhstan, D. P. Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

The participation of Germany, Hungary, Italy, South Africa, Serbia, China, Mexico and Brazil in JINR activities is based on bilateral agreements signed at the governmental level.

The purpose of the seminar is to bring together JINR and Latin America’s scientists interested in exploring opportunities for collaboration. The seminar will include presentations on all research topics covered by JINR Laboratories and expects talks by leading experts in physics, chemistry and radiobiology from Latin America’s professional societies.

  • Thursday 4 December
    • 10:00 13:00
      Joint event: Cuba at JINR – 5 Decades of joint scientific discoveries and JINR and Latin America: synergistic partnership for future 3h
    • 13:00 15:00
      Lunch 2h
    • 15:00 15:15
      Welcome 15m Hotel National

      Hotel National

      Speakers: Alejandro Ayala (Professor ICN-UNAM, Mexico), Grigory Trubnikov (JINR Director)
    • 15:15 15:45
      Multi-Purpose Detector Collaboration@NICA JINR 30m
      Speaker: V. Ryabov (Spokeman MPD JINR)
    • 15:45 16:15
      Spin Physics Detector Collaboration@NICA JINR 30m
      Speaker: A. Guskov (Deputy Director Dzelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems)
    • 16:15 16:45
      Physics studies at the Dzelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems 30m
      Speaker: A. Zhemchugov (JINR Deputy Chief Scientific Secretary)
    • 16:45 17:00
      Coffee break 15m
    • 17:00 17:30
      Nuclear physics: super-heavy and others 30m
      Speaker: A. Karpov (Deputy Director Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions)
    • 17:30 17:50
      ?? 20m
      Speaker: Gloria Carvalho Kassar (Professor ARCAL Venezuela National Coordinator Ministry of People's Power for Science and Technology Venezuela)
    • 17:50 18:10
      ?? 20m
      Speaker: Nilberto Heder Medina (Professor Association of Latin American Nuclear Physics and Applications)
    • 18:10 18:30
      Argentina Accelerator Technology Research and Applications Area in Argentina 20m
      Speaker: Andres J. Kreiner (Professor CNEA and National University of San Martin Centro Atómico Constituyentes)
  • Friday 5 December
    • 09:00 09:30
      Theory in Motion: Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics 30m
      Speaker: D. I. Kazakov (Director Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics)
    • 09:30 10:00
      JINR: basic research and applications in space research and radiation medicine 30m
      Speaker: A. N. Bugay (Director Laboratory of Radiobiology Radiobiology)
    • 10:00 10:30
      Condensed matter studies at IBR-2 fast pulsed reactor 30m
      Speaker: S.A. Kulikov (Deputy Director Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics)
    • 10:30 11:00
      Distributed and high-performance computing@JINR 30m
      Speaker: S. Shmatov (Director Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies)
    • 11:00 11:20
      Coffee break 20m
    • 11:20 11:40
      ?? 20m
      Speaker: Diego Torres (Professor Universidad Nacional de Colombia Association of Latin American Nuclear Physics and Applications)
    • 11:40 12:00
      Strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions and MPD type of research in Brazil 20m
      Speaker: Ana Mizher (Professor University Sao Paolo)
    • 12:00 12:20
      The Brazilian Physical Society and the Promotion of Education and Research in Nuclear Technologies: Challenges and Frontiers 20m
      Speaker: Marcilei Aparecida Guazzelli (Professor Brazilian Physical Society)
    • 12:20 12:40
      ?? 20m
      Speaker: Debora Menezes (Professor CNPq Brazil)
    • 12:40 13:00
      ?? 20m
      Speaker: Ana Rey (Professor Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Montevideo)
    • 13:00 13:20
      Experimental high-energy nuclear physics in Chile 20m
      Speaker: Taisiya Mineeva (Scientific Researcher Universidad de La Serena, Chile)
    • 13:20 13:40
      SPECT Radiopharmaceuticals Using Proprietary Technology Developed in Mexico 20m
      Speaker: Guillermina Ferro-Flores (Professor National Institute of Nuclear Research, México)
    • 13:40 15:00
      Lunch 1h 20m
    • 15:00 15:20
      Introduction to Round Table: JINR interest in cooperation with LA or JINR approaches for collaboration 20m
      Speakers: S. N. Nedelko (JINR Chief Scientific Secretary), O. Culicov (JINR Head of International Cooperation Department)
    • 15:20 15:40
      Single ended ion source for the 5.5 Van der Graaff accelerator and cooperation with the JINR Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions 20m
      Speaker: Efraín Chávez (Professor Instituto de Física, UNAM, Mexico)
    • 15:40 16:20
      Final talk 40m
    • 16:20 16:45
      Concluding remarks 25m
      Speakers: L. Kostov (JINR Vice Director), Alejandro Ayala (Professor ICN-UNAM, Mexico)