From the 13th to the 17th of April the 11th International Conference on Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HAXPES 2026) took place at Worcester College in Oxford. Anna was Co-Chair of the conference together with Tien-Lin Lee from Diamond Light Source. The group had a strong representation at the meeting, with Ann giving a talk on her amino acid work, Prajna presenting her platinum metal work, Curran sharing his career path to date, and Elisabeth giving her first ever poster presentation on her Part II work on gallium oxide. Nick also attended (simply to learn and have fun).

Besides many brilliant presentations from the group we also had a good time networking and catching up with old friends and new HAXPES enthusiasts. Anna was particularly happy that a mini-reunion of the Egdell group took place with Russ, Hongliang and Freddy returning to Oxford for the meeting.

Finally, at the meeting of the international advisory board meeting during the conference, Anna was elected as chair for the IAB taking over from Marc Simon.