LENS Launch Event

Tuesday 26 Mar 2019, 09:00 → 22:00 Europe/Prague

Liblice, Czech Republic

A Harrison_LEAPS.pdf

C Alba-Simionesco_ENSA.pdf

C Ruegg_keynote Panel 1.pdf

H Schober_Strengthening the European Neutron Ecosystem.pdf

LENS ESFRI_Future.pdf

R McGreevy_Welcome.pdf

09:00 → 09:30 Arrival of Participants

09:30 → 11:00 LENS General Assembly Meeting

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 13:00 Joint General Assembly Meeting and Executive Board Meeting

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 14:40 Opening and Welcome of LENS Launch Event

14:40 → 15:00 The League of Advanced European Neutron Sources – Strengthening the European Neutron Ecosystem

Helmut Schober, Director, ILL

15:00 → 15:15 A Close Coordination with the Neutron Users

Christiane Alba-Simionesco, Chair, ENSA

15:15 → 15:30 Future of ESFRI

Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman

15:30 → 15:45 Keynote LEAPS

Andrew Harrison, CEO, Diamond Light Source

15:45 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 17:00 Panel Discussion I: Neutrons for excellent science and innovation

Keynote: Christian Rüegg, Member of the Board of Directors PSI
Chair: Laszlo Rosta, Budapest Neutron Centre

Panel:
Christian Rüegg, Key note
Katia Pappas, Technical University of Delft
Thomas Brückel, JCNS
Jean Moulin, BELSPO, Chair of the ESFRI Working Group on Innovation

17:00 → 18:00 Panel Discussion II: Long-term sustainability for neutron centres

Key note:
Inmaculada Figueroa, Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness Spain, Member of the ESFRI Executive Board

Chair:
Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman

Panel:
Inmaculada Figueroa, Key note
Christian Chardonnet, Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France ESFRI Delegate
Philippe Froissard, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, DG RTD
Xavier Reymond, Eidgenössisches Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBF

18:00 → 18:15 Closing Remarks

Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman

19:30 → 20:45 Dinner