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

LENS Launch Event

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 - 09:00

Monday, 25 March 2019
Tuesday, 26 March 2019

09:00 Arrival of Participants
Arrival of Participants
09:00 - 09:30

09:30 LENS General Assembly Meeting
LENS General Assembly Meeting
09:30 - 11:00

11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30

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

13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30

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

14:40 The League of Advanced European Neutron Sources – Strengthening the European Neutron Ecosystem
The League of Advanced European Neutron Sources – Strengthening the European Neutron Ecosystem
14:40 - 15:00
Helmut Schober, Director, ILL

15:00 A Close Coordination with the Neutron Users
A Close Coordination with the Neutron Users
15:00 - 15:15
Christiane Alba-Simionesco, Chair, ENSA

15:15 Future of ESFRI
Future of ESFRI
15:15 - 15:30
Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman

15:30 Keynote LEAPS
Keynote LEAPS
15:30 - 15:45
Andrew Harrison, CEO, Diamond Light Source

15:45 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:45 - 16:00

16:00 Panel Discussion I: Neutrons for excellent science and innovation
Panel Discussion I: Neutrons for excellent science and innovation
16:00 - 17:00
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 Panel Discussion II: Long-term sustainability for neutron centres
Panel Discussion II: Long-term sustainability for neutron centres
17:00 - 18:00
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 Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
18:00 - 18:15
Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman

19:30 Dinner
Dinner
19:30 - 20:45