The Asian Forum for Accelerators and Detectors (AFAD) 2026 will be hosted by the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Shanghai, China, from October 13 to 17, 2026. AFAD is held annually under the auspices of the Asian Committee for Future Accelerators (ACFA) to promote collaboration among universities and research institutes across Asia and Oceania.

The 2nd Asia-Oceania International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (AO-SRI2025), organized by the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences was successfully held in Hangzhou from October 28th to 31st, 2025. This event attracted 213 attendees from 11 countries. The scientific program was comprehensive, featuring 5 plenary lectures, 17 keynote lectures, 20 invited lectures, 25 oral lecturesand 23 poster presentations. Main topics included the upgrade and construction of synchrotron facilities, advances in X-ray optics and experimental methodology, big data processing and industrial applications, etc.

The 6th International Conference on X-ray and Neutron Phase Imaging with Gratings (XNPIG 2024), co-organized by Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) and Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences was successfully held in Shenzhen from April 8th to 12th, 2024.

The 11th Annual Meeting of the SSRF Users and the Symposium on the Experimental Applications of the Phase-II Beamline Project was successfully held in Shandong from August 14 to August 17 2023. The four-day Meeting was organized by the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with Yantai Institute of Costal Zone Research (YIC) of CAS as the co-organizer.