Name: LENS Launch Event
Start: 2019-03-26T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2019-03-26T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Liblice, Czech Republic

- 09:00 → 09:30
  
  Arrival of Participants 30m
- 09:30 → 11:00
  
  LENS General Assembly Meeting 1h 30m
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee break 30m
- 11:30 → 13:00
  
  Joint General Assembly Meeting and Executive Board Meeting 1h 30m
- 13:00 → 14:30
  
  Lunch 1h 30m
- 14:30 → 14:40
  
  Opening and Welcome of LENS Launch Event 10m
- 14:40 → 15:00
  
  The League of Advanced European Neutron Sources – Strengthening the European Neutron Ecosystem 20m
  
  Helmut Schober, Director, ILL
- 15:00 → 15:15
  
  A Close Coordination with the Neutron Users 15m
  
  Christiane Alba-Simionesco, Chair, ENSA
- 15:15 → 15:30
  
  Future of ESFRI 15m
  
  Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman
- 15:30 → 15:45
  
  Keynote LEAPS 15m
  
  Andrew Harrison, CEO, Diamond Light Source
- 15:45 → 16:00
  
  Coffee break 15m
- 16:00 → 17:00
  
  Panel Discussion I: Neutrons for excellent science and innovation 1h
  
  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 1h
  
  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 15m
  
  Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman
- 19:30 → 20:45
  
  Dinner 1h 15m