Baltic Science and Innovation Day

Monday 20 Jan 2025, 08:30 → 20:30 Europe/Berlin

Building 1, SR1 (DESY Campus)

Baltic Science and Innovation Day - Satellite meeting to the DESY Photon Science Users’ Meeting 2025

The Baltic Science and Innovation Day on 20 January 2025 is a key follow up event of the DESY and European XFEL delegation travel on 9-13 September 2024 to the Baltic countries, to initiate and deepen the cooperation with the 9 visited partner institutions in Tallinn, Tartu, Riga and Vilnius.  It was discussed and agreed to invite our partners to Hamburg, along the combined DESY Photon Science Users´ Meeting and European XFEL Users’ Meeting 2025.

Aims of the Baltic Science and Innovation Day:

• discuss and identify research topics where intensified bilateral or multilateral scientific cooperation is jointly intended and kicked-off for the next years
• identify schemes for staff exchange activities specifically for young scientists/ PhD students; joint PhD-tutoring
• discuss access and participation schemes at Hamburg light sources: PETRA III, FLASH, European XFEL and discussions towards a “Baltic Beamline @ PETRA IV” project
• explore possible funding opportunities for bilateral and multilateral joint activities and agree on first proposals

 

Participants:

Roughly 30-35 scientists and participants from Hamburg metropolitan area and Baltic countries.

Accommodation:

Participants are asked to book their accommodation autonomously. We recommend the DESY hostel (first come, first serve) or Mercure Hotel Am Volkspark (special DESY rate available: €108,70 per night, incl. breakfast. Please book via email to H1659@accor.com and indicate that you want to use the DESY rate).

 

08:30 → 09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:00 → 10:15 Plenary Session

09:00 Welcome & Opening

10:30 → 13:45 Thematic Parallel Sessions

10:30 1. Materials and photon science: functional nanomaterials; energy materials; molecular water science, hydrogen technologies

10:30 2. Life sciences & structural biology

10:30 3. Laser research, optical technologies

10:30 4. IT, scientific computing, AI, cyber security

10:30 5. Innovation & Technology Transfer

12:30 Lunch Break

13:45 → 15:30 Tours

13:45 Organise facility tour groups

14:00 Tours to facilities

• Materials and photon science: PETRA III & FLASH
• Laser research facilities: e.g. KALDERA
• Life sciences: CSSB & EMBL
• Innovation: e.g. Start-up Lab & Innovation Village

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:30 Plenary Session

16:00 Discussion

• Results of parallel session
• Tbd Funding opportunities
• Agree on next steps

18:00 → 18:30 Walk to Restaurant

18:30 → 20:30 Workshop Dinner at Restaurant near DESY