Name: 25th Anniversary of the First Lasing at TTF (now FLASH) – International Symposium
Start: 2025-11-17T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-18T15:00:00+01:00
Location: DESY

25th Anniversary of the First Lasing at TTF (now FLASH) – International Symposium

from Monday 17 November 2025 (13:00) to Tuesday 18 November 2025 (15:00)

Monday 17 November 2025
13:00 Introduction and Historical Context
Introduction and Historical Context
13:00 - 14:40
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

13:00 Welcome - Beate Heinemann

13:10 Introduction, Context and Perspective - Wim Leemans & Britta Redlich

13:25 FLASH - a 'historical' perspective - Joerg Rossbach

13:50 Topic TBC: SASE FEL Strategies and Politics - Gerd Materlik

14:15 Topic TBC: Diffraction before Destruction - X-ray diffraction on a single molecule - Henry Chapman
14:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
14:40 - 15:10
Room: Auditorium
15:10
15:10 - 17:15
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

15:10 TTF FEL: Lessons Learned from the First Lasing to Saturation - Mikhail Yurkov

15:35 Development of High-Brightness Photoinjectors for FLASH and European XFEL - Frank Stephan

16:00 Superconducting RF Linacs and FELs - a Successful Partnership - Hans Weise

16:25 Challenges in Numerical FEL Simulations - Sven Reiche

16:50 Advanced Photon Diagnostics and beamlines for (X)FELs - Kai Tiedtke
17:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
17:15 - 17:35
Room: Auditorium

17:35 PhD Session
PhD Session
17:35 - 18:45
Room: Auditorium

18:45 Dinner
Dinner
18:45 - 20:45
Room: Auditorium
Tuesday 18 November 2025
09:00 Photon Science Highlights
Photon Science Highlights
09:00 - 10:15
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

09:00 From FLASH to the Stars - Photochemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - Melanie Schnell

09:25 Topic TBC: Explosion Dynamics of Clusters - Taisia Gorkhover

09:50 Topic TBC: Single-Shot THz-Field-Driven X-Ray Streak Camera - Ulrike Fruehling
10:15 Video-greetings from around the world
Video-greetings from around the world
10:15 - 10:35
Room: Auditorium

10:35 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:35 - 11:05
Room: Auditorium
11:05
11:05 - 12:45
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

11:05 From FLASH to European XFEL - Thomas Tschentscher

11:30 Topic TBC: Seeded FELS - Luca Giannessi

11:55 High Repetition-Rate FELs: Technical Advances and Scientific Prospects - Zhentang Zhao

12:20 Topic TBC: FLASH2020+ - Lucas Schaper
12:45 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:45 - 13:45
Room: Auditorium
13:45 Photon Science Highlights
Photon Science Highlights
13:45 - 14:55
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

13:45 Topic TBC: Reaction Microscopy - Thomas Pfeifer

14:10 Condensed Matter: Charge, Spin and Phonon Dynamics - Hermann Dürr

14:35 FLASH Science Strategy for the Coming Years - Markus Guehr
14:55 Adjourn
Adjourn
14:55 - 15:00
Room: Auditorium

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