LENS Launch Event

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

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

Liblice, Czech Republic

Chateau Liblice, Liblice 61, 277 32 Byšice (35 km from Prague)

- 1
  
  Arrival of Participants
- 2
  
  LENS General Assembly Meeting
- 3
  
  Coffee break
- 4
  
  Joint General Assembly Meeting and Executive Board Meeting
- 5
  
  Lunch
- 6
  
  Opening and Welcome of LENS Launch Event
- 7
  
  The League of Advanced European Neutron Sources – Strengthening the European Neutron Ecosystem
  
  Helmut Schober, Director, ILL
- 8
  
  A Close Coordination with the Neutron Users
  
  Christiane Alba-Simionesco, Chair, ENSA
- 9
  
  Future of ESFRI
  
  Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman
- 10
  
  Keynote LEAPS
  
  Andrew Harrison, CEO, Diamond Light Source
- 11
  
  Coffee break
- 12
  
  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
- 13
  
  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
- 14
  
  Closing Remarks
  
  Jan Hrušák, ESFRI Chairman
- 15
  
  Dinner