Symposium "90 Years of RF Accelerators" Commemorating the 1927 PhD of Rolf Wideröe at Aachen, Germany

6 Sept 2017, 13:00 → 7 Sept 2017, 12:00 Europe/Berlin

AachenMünchner Halle (Aula - Main Building RWTH)

Achim Stahl (RWTH Aachen), Andreas Lehrach (RWTH Aachen), Ralph Aßmann (DESY Hamburg)

The Symposium will take place on the 6th of September 13:00 - 18:00.                          A further discussion in the morning of September 7th is optional.

pictures Schmitter_RWTH_90_01.JPG

Wednesday, 6 September

13:00 → 14:00 Small lunch and coffee

14:00 → 18:00 SYMPOSIUM

14:00 Ernst Schmachtenberg (Rector RWTH Aachen)

14:10 Arnulf Quadt (Board member of the DPG )

14:20 Helmut Dosch (Chairman DESY Directorate,Vice President Helmholtz Association)

14:30 Rolf Wideröe, Life and Work

Speaker: Norbert Holtkamp (SLAC)

Slides Norbert_Holtkamp_Life_and_Work_of_Wideroe_2017.pdf

15:10 From Wideröe to the LHC as a Masterpiece of Science & Technology

Speaker: Oliver Brüning (CERN)

Slides Wiederoe_Symposium-V3.pptx

15:40 Coffee break

16:10 From Wideröe to the EuXFEL for Cutting-Edge Exploration of Matter

Speaker: Hans Weise (DESY)

Slides Hans_Weise_XFEL_10_2017.pdf

16:40 Accelerators in Modern Society for Medical Treatment

Speaker: Heiko Rohdjess (Siemens Healthcare GmbH)

17:10 Towards a Revolutionary Generation of Compact Accelerators

Speaker: Wim Leemans (LBNL)

Thursday, 7 September

09:00 → 12:00 Opportunity to discuss RF accelerators and future developments

09:00 Opportunity to discuss RF accelerators and future developments - Part I

10:30 Coffee

11:00 Opportunity to discuss RF accelerators and future developments - Part II