Arrival of Participants

LENS General Assembly Meeting

Coffee break

Joint General Assembly Meeting and Executive Board Meeting

Lunch

Opening and Welcome of LENS Launch Event

The League of Advanced European Neutron Sources – Strengthening the European Neutron Ecosystem Helmut Schober, Director, ILL

A Close Coordination with the Neutron Users Christiane Alba-Simionesco, Chair, ENSA

Future of ESFRI Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman

Keynote LEAPS Andrew Harrison, CEO, Diamond Light Source

Coffee break

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

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

Closing Remarks Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman

Dinner