IUCr2026 sessions on magnetic structure

Abstract portal open from 15 October 2025 to 22 February 2026

The 2026 IUCr Congress in Calgary (Aug 10-18, 2026) will be an exciting event for all interested in high-quality magnetic-structure data and structure-property relationships. See below for list of workshops and microsymposia related to magnetic structure research. The scientific IUCr commissions who sponsored, co-sponsored, or otherwise supported each session are also listed. Please visit https://iucr2026.org for more information about the meeting.

Workshop 002: Magnetic Structure Determination: Modeling, Analysis, and Reporting Standards (Aug 10-11th, 2 days)

Workshop 018: Probing Local Magnetic Correlations and Interactions (Aug 11th, full day)

Crystal growth, phase transitions, and applications of multi-ferroic, multi-functional, and other complex materials (MS-004, Aug 12th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Weiwei Xie & Davide Delmonte
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures, Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials, Powder Diffraction

Altermagnetic, topological, and other unconventional magnetic materials and phenomena (MS-053, Fri Aug 14th, PM)
Co-Chairs: Libor Smejkal & Tomas Jungwirth
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures, Powder Diffraction, Crystallographic Computing

Methods for the determination and analysis of magnetic structures for powders and single crystals (MS-072, Sat Aug 15th, PM)
Co-Chairs: JM Perez-Mato & Margarida Henriques
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures, Powder Diffraction, Neutron Scattering

Exploring Unconventional Magnetic Phenomena in Geometrically Frustrated Magnets (MS-092, Sun Aug 16th, PM)
Co-Chairs: Bruce Gaulin & Sylvain Petit
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures, Neutron Scattering

Crystal and magnetic structures of novel perovskites and perovskite-related materials (MS-112, Mon Aug 17th, PM)
Co-Chairs: Brendan Kennedy & Patrick Woodward
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures, Powder Diffraction, Inorganic and Mineral Structures

Spin Groups and Magnetic Symmetry: Theory and applications (MS-023, Thu Aug 13th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Oksana Zaharko & Qihang Lu
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures, COMCIFS, Crystallographic Nomenclature and the International Tables

Molecular magnets : new phenomena and applications (MS-043, Fri Aug 14th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Yuko Hosokoshi
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures, Crystallography of Materials

Structural Chirality and Spin Properties of Chiral Matter (MS-122, Tue Aug 18th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Roger Johnson & Vladimir Pomjakushin
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures, Crystallography of Materials

Aperiodic magnetic structures (MS-038, Thu Aug 13th, PM)
Co-Chairs: Alexandra Gibbs & Oscar Fabelo
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures, Aperiodic Crystals

Magnetism for Emerging Technologies (MS-014, Aug 12th, PM)
Co-Chairs: Stuart Calder & Yusuke Kousaka
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures

Advancing Exotic Magnetism in Two-Dimensional and Layered Materials (MS-133, Tue Aug 18th, PM)
Co-Chairs: Young-June Kim & Ovidiu Garlea
Sponsoring/Supporting: Magnetic Structures. Quantum Crystallography, Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials

High-Pressure and High-Energy Density Science: Synthesis, In-Situ characterization, and Beyond (MS-010, Aug 12th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Zhidan Zeng & Masaaki Matsuda
Sponsoring/Supporting: High Pressure, Magnetic Structures, Synchrotron and XFEL Radiation

Quasicrystalline, incommensurate modulated and composite phases: structural complexity and emerging properties (MS-002, Aug 12th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Julia Dshemuchadse & Thomas Doert
Sponsoring/Supporting: Aperiodic Crystals, Magnetic Structures, NMR Crystallography and Related Methods

Functional thin films: crystallography’s next frontier (MS-054, Fri Aug 14th, PM)
Co-Chairs: Rebecca Smaha & Daniel Sando
Sponsoring/Supporting: Crystallography of Materials, Powder Diffraction, Magnetic Structures

Magnetic order in complex materials: applications of resonant and non-resonant x-ray spectroscopy (MS-105, Mon Aug 17th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Maria Angeles Laguna-Marco & Laurent Chapon
Sponsoring/Supporting: XAFS, Magnetic Structures, Powder Diffraction

Quantum Crystallography of Magnetism, Bonding, and Spin Densities (MS-064, Sat Aug 15th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Huibo Cao & William Ratcliff
Sponsoring/Supporting: Quantum Crystallography, Structural Chemistry, Magnetic Structures

Quantum Crystallography of Non-equilibrium or Nanostructured Materials (MS-084, Sun Aug 16th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Dr. Anna Makal & Prof. Eiji Nishibori
Sponsoring/Supporting: Quantum Crystallography, Magnetic Structures

How Mathematics Opens Minds and Black Boxes in Crystallography (MS-129, Tue Aug 18th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Angela Altomare & Gemma de la Flor Martin
Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography, Magnetic Structures

Implementing free multimedia and interactive tools to improve the teaching of crystallography (MS-030, Thu Aug 13th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Leopoldo Suescun & Daniel Widdowson
Sponsoring/Supporting: Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography, Magnetic Structures

Structure visualization techniques for Teaching (MS-075, Sat Aug 15th, PM)
Co-Chairs: Nichole Valdez & Nico Graw
Sponsoring/Supporting: Crystallographic Teaching, Magnetic Structures

Compositionally complex materials: challenges and opportunities for X-ray absorption, pair distribution function, and related probes (MS-057, Fri Aug 14th, PM)
Co-Chairs: Dibyendu Bhattacharyya & Ben Frandsen
Sponsoring/Supporting: Power Diffraction, XAFS

PDF (total scattering) experiments and local structure characterization of functional materials (MS-093, Sun Aug 16th, PM)
Co-Chairs: Igor Levin & Leighanne C. Gallington
Sponsoring/Supporting: Power Diffraction

Crystal Growth of Quantum Materials (MS-103, Mon Aug 17th, AM)
Co-Chairs: Josie Auckett & Enrico Giannini
Sponsoring/Supporting: Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials, Quantum Crystallography