SESAME-Germany Info Day

Europe/Berlin
Seminar Room (FLASH)

Seminar Room

FLASH

DESY campus, building 28c, 2nd floor We will also broadcast the event in zoom: https://desy.zoom.us/j/63359704324 Meeting-ID: 633 5970 4324 Kenncode: SESAME
Description

Promoting the synchrotron radiation facility SESAME in German research communities.

SESAME has been set up in a unique international collaboration among member states in the Middle East / Eastern Mediterranean. Two new state-of-the-art beamlines – one funded by an EC H2020 grant for micro-tomography (BEATS) and the other funded by the Helmholtz Association for soft X-ray science (Helmholtz-SESAME Beamline HESEB) have been added to SESAME to substantially enhance its analytical capabilities. SESAME has a potential to bring strong opportunities to scientific communities in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region, and to promote international scientific collaboration worldwide.

The SESAME-German Info Day is targeted towards interested researchers and stakeholders from German institutions & communities with the aim to increase the awareness and visibility of SESAME and its specific experimental capabilities. The info day should also help to build up more user collaboration between Germany and the SESAME region to exploit opportunities at the existing and upcoming new beamlines.

This event will be held on Fri, 21 April 2023 at DESY in the FLASH seminar room and is organized by DESY, SESAME, the HESEB and BEATS consortia in partnership with the Komitee Forschung mit Synchrotronstrahlung KfS. 
For general information to get to DESY, please visit
We will also broadcast the talks via zoom:
A list of hotels is attached in the materials folder.
Registration
Participants
Frank Lehner
    • 09:00 09:30
      Opening
      • 09:00
        Welcome 20m

        by
        • Helmut Dosch, Chair of the Board of Directors at DESY
        • Erik Hansalek, BMBF
        • Birgit Kanngießer, Komitee für Forschung mit Synchrotronstrahlung KfS
        • Ilja Bohnet, Helmholtz Gemeinschaft

    • 09:30 11:00
      Introduction / Setting the Stage
      • Overview of SESAME
      • Status and plans of SESAME and the two new beamlines BEATS and HESEB
      Convener: Prof. Wolfgang Eberhardt (DESY)
    • 11:00 11:30
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 11:30 13:00
      Research opportunities at SESAME I

      Selected research projects as well as plans for cooperation in materials sciences, surface/interface science, environmental sience, ...

      Convener: Prof. Birgit Kanngießer (TU Berlin)
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch Break 1h
    • 14:00 15:30
      Research Opportunities at SESAME II

      Selected research projects as well as plans for cooperation in cultural heritage science, ...

      Convener: Dr Axel Kaprolat (ESRF)
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 16:00 16:45
      Discussion / RoundTable

      Discussions on how to improve cooperation between Germany, German institutions and the SESAME region:

      Panelists:
      - Dr. Erik Hansalek, German Ministry for Education and Research BMBF
      - Prof. Birgit Kanngießer, TU Berlin and KfS
      - Prof. Wolfgang Eberhardt, DESY and German Observer in the SESAME Council
      - Dr. Asmaa Qdemat, PGSB Returner Fellow and FZJ
      - Dr. Andrea Lausi, Scientific Director SESAME

      Moderation:
      Greta Facile, DESY

    • 16:45 17:00
      Wrap-up & Closing 15m