ELBEX annual consortium meeting

9 Feb 2026, 01:00 → 10 Feb 2026, 13:00 Europe/Berlin

Seminar Room 3 (DESY Hamburg)

The ELBEX consortium will have its annual meeting on Monday, Feb 9, 2026, at DESY (Hamburg). Restristration for the meeting is free of charge and open to everyone. On the second day, Feb 10, the LUXE and ELBEX groups will organise a common morning session. 

Monday 9 February

12:00 lunch

ELBEX Plenary Session

Convener: Ties Behnke (DESY)

1 Welcome and introduction

Speaker: Ties Behnke (DESY)

2 Overview of the current ELBEX status

Speakers: Marcel Stanitzki (FTX (FTX Fachgruppe TBT)), Ties Behnke (DESY)

3 Status of the Beamline Design

4 Status of beam dumps

14:50 Coffee break

5 Radiation protection considerations

6 Beam monitoring instrumentation

7 ELBEX at EuXFEL: Status

Speaker: Jennifer Popp (DESY)

8 Future developments / planning: disucssion

Speaker: Ties Behnke (DESY)

9 ELBEX Institute Assembly meeting

19:30 ELBEX consortium dinner

Tuesday 10 February

Common ELBEX/ LUXE session

10 Introduction: ELBEX, status and plans

Speaker: Ties Behnke (DESY)

11 Status of the testbeam facility at ELBEX

Speaker: Marcel Stanitzki (FTX (FTX Fachgruppe TBT))

12 Status of the Plasma Acceleration part at ELBEX

10:00 Coffee break

13 News from the Np-QED ERC grant

Speakers: Andreas Maier (DESY), Jenny List (DESY)

14 Status of the JETI40 laser at DESY

Speaker: Karsten Gadow (BELLE (BELLE Gruppe))

15 Status of LUXE

Speaker: Matthew Wing (FTX (Technol. zukuenft. Teilchenph. Experim.))

16 Discussion/ Next steps