Topic: Following the success of out previous event, the Newcastle Sampling workshop is back for a second year! This workshop was conceived with the intent to bring together researchers at the forefront of modern sampling techniques and related disciplines to discuss recent advances in the field. 

This event is funded by the ProbAI Hub and the Normal Computing.

Where and When: The workshop will be held from 2-4 September, 2026, at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Registration fee: There will be a registration fee (between 50-70 pounds, exact amount TBC) to  cover lunch and coffee breaks.  Invited speakers are exempted. 

Pre-Registration: To indicate your interest in registering, please fill in this form. The link for the payment will be provided at a later point.

Poster Session:

Every registrant is welcome to present their posters at our poster session. There will be a Best Poster Award!

Workshop Programme: TBC

Confirmed speakers:

Paula Cordero-Encinar (Imperial College London - Oxford)

Adrien Corenflos (University of Warwick)

Francesca Romana Crucinio (Università degli Studi di Torino)

Karen Habermann (University of Warwick)  

Lars Holdijk (University of Oxford)

Gurtej Kanwar (University of Edinburgh)

Qing Li (Lily) (University of Edinburgh) 

Song Liu (University of Bristol)

Samuel Livingstone (University College London)

Henry Moss (Lancaster University)

Nikolas Nusken (King's College London)

Marcelo Pereyra (Heriot-Watt University)

Francisco Vargas (Xaira Therapeutics)

Darren Wilkinson (Durham University)

David Yallup (University of Cambridge)

Rui-Yang Zhang (Lancaster University)

Previous Meeting: You can find more about last year's meeting  here.

Organisers:

Sam Duffield (Normal Computing)

Mariya Mamajiwala (University of Nottingham)

Sam Power (University of Bristol)

Louis Sharrock (University College London)

Giorgos Vasdekis (Newcastle University)

Andi Wang (University of Warwick)