18–20 Jun 2025
ELI ALPS Facility; Szeged, Hungary
Europe/Budapest timezone

Scientific Programme

 

Overview

The scientific meeting programme will feature a combination of interactive sessions designed to foster in-depth discussions and collaborations. Thematic workshops will be held, focusing on critical areas such as the development of cutting-edge technologies, advancements in specific instrumentation, exploration of potential mission areas, and other relevant topics. These workshops will leverage the expertise of specialists from a variety of facilities, ensuring a rich exchange of knowledge. 

Additionally, the meeting will encourage innovation through sessions dedicated to generating ideas for new initiatives and partnerships. A dedicated User Experience Exchange session will provide an open platform for participants to share insights, challenges, and best practices. To showcase the latest research, a Poster Session is included, highlighting exciting scientific work, with awards for the best posters presented.

 

Outline of the Scientific Programme

Monday - 16 June 2025 

  • PRP Meeting (by invitation only)

Tuesday - 17 June 2025 

  • PRP Meeting (by invitation only)
  • Swiss Hungarian Cooperation Programme – Launching ELI ALPS Cooperation project
  • ELI Facilities Tours for User Meeting and other events participants

Wednesday - 18 June 2025

09:00 – 09:20 | Allen Weeks, ELI ERIC & Gábor Szabó, ELI ALPS | Welcome

09:20 – 09:35 | Katalin Varjú, ELI ALPS | Overview

09:35 – 09:55 | Daniele Margarone, ELI Beamlines | Overview

9:55 – 10:25 | Victor Malka, ELI NP | Overview

10:25 – 10:35 | Zita Váradi, ELI User Office | Overview

10:35 – 10:45 | Q&A


10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee Break


11:15 – 12:00 | Plenary – Keynote speaker:

Thomas Pfeifer, Max Planck Institut


12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch 


13:00 – 15:00 | Highlights of experiments – Part 1

2 parallel sessions:

AMO and Physical Chemistry

Christopher Arrell, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) – Towards attosecond spectroscopy of liquids and solutes at ELI 
Paris Tzallas, The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH)
Vasileios Balos, IMDEA Nanoscience – Understanding the nonlinear mobility behavior of p- and n-doped Silicon 
Cristian Medina Hernandez, Max Planck Institut
John Kennis , VU Amsterdam

Ion Acceleration, Overdense Plasma/Radiation, Applications

Marco Borghesi, Queen's University Belfast - Collimated delivery of laser-accelerated ions
Martina Salvadore, National Institute of Optics (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR-INO)
Norbert Kroo, Wigner Institute - High field nanoplasmonics for laser assisted nuclear fusion
Franziska Treffert, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Bayesian optimization of ​Target Normal Sheath Acceleration proton yield at ELI-Beamlines
Ishay Pomerantz, Tel Aviv Global web icon - Direct laser acceleration of electrons at ELI


15:00 – 15:15 | Coffee Break


15:15 – 16:15 | Advancing S&T at ELI ALPS (poster session)


16:15 – 18:15 | Thematic workshops – Part 1

3 parallel sessions:

  • Radiobiology with laser-driven sources
  • Machine learning and AI applications in laser-matter interactions 
  • Strong field physics with MIR wavelengths

19:00 | Dinner TBA

 

Thursday - 19 June 2025

09:15 – 10:00 | Plenary – keynote speaker

Katalin Hideghety, ELI ALPS


10:00 – 12:00 | Highlights of experiments – Part 2

2 parallel sessions:

Material and Surface Science

Wolfgang Werner, Technische Universität Wien - K-space rabbit on graphite from outer space
Anna Karner, Graz University of Technology
Neil Moffat, Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM)
Morten Kildemo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NNTU)

Electron Acceleration, Underdense Plasma/Radiation, Applications

Elias Gerstmayr, Queens University Belfast - All-optical self-aligned Compton source using a PW-scale laser-wake field accelerator and a plasma mirror
Alexander Pirozhkov, KPSI QST
Howard Milchberg, University of Maryland - Multi-GeV laser wakefield acceleration using meter-scale plasma waveguides
Kensuke Homma, Hiroshima University 


12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch


13:00 – 14:00 | X-lites session 

Presenters: Robert Kaindl (NSF CXFEL), TJ Ronningen (NSF NeXUS), and Jonathan Zuegel (LLE OPAL)

Title: The X-lites Global Network of Extreme Light Facilities and Researchers

Abstract:

X-lites is a global network connecting researchers, organizers, and staff of “extreme light” facilities and research networks. X-lites members have a common interest in the science and technology enabled by ultrafast, high-intensity, and high-spatial-resolution light sources. X-lites laser-driven user facilities in the US, Canada, and Europe serve networks of scientists with diverse capabilities that complement those of synchrotron and free electron-laser (FEL) facilities. X-lites enables users and staff of these facilities to collaborate, address shared challenges, and take advantage of shared opportunities. ELI ERIC is a founding member of X-lites. This talk will introduce X-lites and its three working groups—Early Career Development, Facilities and Users, or Science and Technology—that will support awards for international travel and collaboration.


14:00 – 14:45 | User Community Building - Structured discussion


14:45 – 15:00 | Coffee Break


15:00 – 17:00 | Thematic workshops – Part 2

3 parallel sessions:

  • Advanced targetry for laser-matter interaction
  • Laser-plasma and secondary source diagnostics
  • Applications of structured laser pulse at relativistic intensities

17:00 - 19:00 | Interactive Poster Session and refreshment

 

Friday - 20 June 2025

09:15 – 10:00 | Plenary – keynote speaker

Kim Ta Phuoc, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) 


10:00 – 11:30 | Conclusions of Thematic workshops


11:30 – 12:00 | Poster awards and wrap up


12:00 – 13:00 | Coffee and light lunch