Friends & Family Day

Saturday 24 Aug 2024, 10:00 → 15:00 UTC

ESS site

Thank you for coming to the ESS Friends and Family Day!

To provide any feedback on the day, particular activities, or suggestions for improvement, please use this survey (also available as a link in the materials below).

 

On Saturday 24 August 2024 ESS will have the first Open Day on the Lund site. The special event will be fully dedicated to you and your friends and families to celebrate together the progress on the ESS Road to Science. 

The event will be an opportunity to have a nice time with colleagues, friends and family members, participating in learning and social activities to find out more about ESS from the inside. Broadly there will be:

• The opportunity to explore parts of the facility
• A quiz-walk
• A fun run – or walk! 
• Hands-on and interactive activities for children and grown-ups to learn about ESS
• Talks about ESS science and technology by our staff
• Free snacks and refreshments 
• A picnic area if you want to bring your own food
• A chill-out zone – a TV area for children, a book exchange

 

Registration is mandatory: You can register yourself and up to 3 guests. To manage the flow of people onto site you need to register an arrival time slot, and do your best to arrive on time. 

You as an ESS employee are responsible for your guests during the event and all its activities, meaning that you have to supervise your guests and ensure they follow the general house rules at ESS. 

Please note there may be areas of the event which have limited access and where children will not be allowed, or will need to be accompanied 1:1 with an adult. 

We anticipate a visit to last around 2 hours. If you can spare more time, please consider signing up as a volunteer for another part of the day. Volunteers are being coordinated through Jo Lewis comms@ess.eu 

Timetable

TALKS
Talks will take place every hour in Tycho Brahe (10.15–14.15). 
Each will last approx. 30 mins with the opportunity for questions after. 

• 10:15: About ESS, and why it matters
  Andrew Jackson
   
• 11:15: How the ESS facility works
  Kevin Jones 
   
• 12:15: About ESS, and why it matters
  Pascale Deen
   
• 13:15: The Ultimate ESS/Big Science Collaboration Quiz (with prizes)
  Mark Robinson
   
• 14.15: How the ESS facility works
  Kevin Jones

FUN RUN
Two friendly run/walk to discover part of the site

11:00 & 13:30

• All ages, 1 loop @ 500 metres
• Fun music at the start, small gift at the finishing line

ACCELERATOR WALK
Access to the accelerator tunnel is restricted to those aged 12 and over, and to 50 people at a time, with a queuing system

Visiting times

10:30 – 11:30

12:15 – 13:15

14:00 – 15:00

Materials

Click on the 'materials' indicator below for downloadable PDFs

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Feedback on the Friends and Family Day

F&F Day - information sheet.pdf

On-site activities.pdf

X Emergency Notice ENG.pdf

Y Emergency Notice SWE.pdf

Talk: About ESS, and why it matters

Convener: Andrew Jackson (European Spallation Source ERIC)

Accelerator Tour (for age 12 and over)

Fun Run

Talk: How the ESS facility works

Convener: Kevin Jones (European Spallation Source ERIC)

Accelerator Tour (for age 12 and over)

Talk: About ESS, and why it matters

Convener: Pascale Deen (European Spallation Source ERIC)

Talk: The Ultimate ESS / Big Science Collaboration Quiz (with prizes)

Convener: Mark Robinson

Fun Run

Accelerator Tour (for age 12 and over)

Talk: How the ESS facility works

Convener: Kevin Jones (European Spallation Source ERIC)