We are pleased to announce that IDW 2026 will kick off with a crystallography workshop in collaboration with our sponsor, Bruker. The workshop will take place on Friday, November 6th from 1:30 to 4 pm. The workshop will cover a variety of practical topics:

• Best practices for crystal quality evaluation and data collection - led by Dr. Michael Ruf (Bruker).
• From raw data to accurate reflection intensities - Dr. Michael Ruf (Bruker).
• Introduction to SHELX syntax - Dr. Hein Frank Schaper (Université de Montréal).
• Introduction to structure refinement with ShelXle - Dr. Ashley Schmidt (Bruker).