The 16th NERIS General Assembly was held via online-meeting, on June 30th, 2025. The General Assembly was attended by NERIS Supporting Organisations and Members, to review activites from 2024 and discuss orientations for the platform. A new Management Board was elected.
The 12th NERIS Workshop will take place at ASNR headquarters in Fontenay-aux-Roses, on 28-29-30 April 2026. For the first time in years, this Workshop will run on 2,5 days and will focus on sharing experience and lessons learned from the past and recent events.
The workshop will provide presentations from PIANOFORTE projects related to NERIS (CITISTRA, PREDICT, RRADEW, CATAPULT, GIROSCOPE, ...) and emerging topics of the community and international organizations.
The 7th European IRPA Congress, hosted by the UK Society for Radiological Protection (SRP), is set to take place from 1–5 June 2026 in Liverpool.
Call for Abstracts
Abstract submissions are now open for both oral and poster presentations. Oral submissions close on 30 September 2025, while poster submissions are accepted until 21 November 2025. Participants must create an Oxford Abstract account to submit their work. Detailed topic guidelines are available on the Congress website.
More information on exhibition, sponsorphip, accomodation are available on the dedicated webpage.
For inquiries, contact:
Charlene Matthewman: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tessa Harris: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The 11th NERIS Workshop will take place at The Cumberland in London, as a satellite meeting of European Radiation Protection Week 2025, on 29th September for the full day.
On the morning, this Workshop will be dedicated to PIANOFORTE projects related to NERIS:
In the afternoon, the Workshop will cover Emergency Preparedness Response & Recovery (EPRR) topics from the NERIS community and international organizations.
Call for abstracts
For the 2nd part of the Workshop, abstracts are welcomed on the following topics:
Ongoing R&D related to the current NERIS Roadmap and beyond
Radiological impact assessment
Countermeasures and countermeasure strategies, decision support and disaster informatics
Trans-disciplinary and inclusive framework for EPRR
Recent and new development related to EPRR
Resilience: EPRR in armed conflicts, etc.
New nuclear technologies: EPRR for SMRs/AMRs, etc.
Sustainability: EPRR relation with UN Sustainable Development Goals, etc.
Other abstracts related to EPRR are also welcomed. Please send your abstracts before 4th July by answering the filling in the following form: abstract submission.
If you have a special request to send your abstract, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Call for abstracts (ERPW)
As a reminder, two main topics in ERPW Call for abstracts are directly related to EPRR:
EPRR for nuclear detonation,
EPRR frameworks, governance and stakeholder involvement.
NERIS is directly involved in reviewing abstracts related to these topics, and other that may be connected to EPRR. If we consider moving your presentation to the NERIS Workshop for practical reasons, we will keep you informed to discuss the best way to proceed.
The deadline for sending an abstract is on 13th June at the latest. Guidelines on abstract submission are provided on ERPW 2025 website.
Registration
You can register to the workshop by filling in the following form: online registration. You will need to register to ERPW to have access to facilities.
