IMPULSE 3rd Annual Meeting

Europe/Bucharest
ELI NP

ELI NP

Strada Reactorului 30, Măgurele 077125, Romania
Description

 

IMPULSE 3rd Annual Meeting 

The IMPULSE 3rd Annual Meeting will take place as an in-person event at ELI NP in Magurele, Romania, on 14 and 15 November 2023. Governing Board Members will have the opportunity to meet at their 6th Governing Board Meeting on 14 November 2023.

Participants are requested to register for the event until 13 October 2023. Please, make sure that you first book your travels (i.e. hotel, flight / train, etc.) before your register for the meetings as you will be requested to provide information about your travel arrangements in the registration form to allow ELI NP / ELI ERIC to make the necessary arrangements. 

The meetings will be an opportunity to exchange on IMPULSE's status, challenges, impacts and plans after three years of project implementation with active participation of all partners.

The preliminary agenda can be found below and the detailed programme will be published shortly.


IMPULSE (Integrated Management and reliable oPerations for User-based Laser Scientific  Excellence) is a 42-month project supporting the transition of ELI to sustainable operations. As ELI enters a crucial phase with the establishment of ELI ERIC and the gradual opening of the ELI Facilities to users, IMPULSE addresses the key scientific, technical, organisational and management requirements of this transition, building user communities and expanding the ELI member consortium.

This project is inclusive and open, and it relies on the collective effort of a wide consortium involving 14 key institutions of the European science community. IMPULSE focuses primarily on ELI, but its results must have impact beyond the ELI Facilities.


The Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) is the world’s leading laser-based research infrastructure. It serves cutting-edge research in physical, chemical, materials and medical sciences, as well as breakthrough technological innovations.

On 30 April 2021, the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) was granted the legal status of European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) by the European Commission. ELI ERIC will provide access to world-class high power and ultra-fast lasers for science and enable cutting-edge research in physical, chemical, materials, and medical sciences, as well as breakthrough technological innovations.

The Czech Republic hosts the ELI ERIC statutory seat in Dolní Břežany, in the South of Prague, at the ELI Beamlines facility. A second facility, ELI ALPS, is hosted by Hungary in Szeged. The Czech Republic and Hungary are joined by Italy and Lithuania as founding members, while Germany and Bulgaria are founding observers. A third ELI facility is being delivered in Romania in the field of nuclear photonics and is expected to complement the current ELI ERIC facilities in the future.


  • Tuesday, 14 November
    • 09:00 11:15
      Plenary session: • Introduction, objectives and general overview of project (30 min.) • Presentation of achievements: o Access (20 min.) o Development of technical capacity (20 min.) o Innovation (15 min.) o Efficient operations (20 min) o Integration (15 min.) o Outreach (15 min.) Main Conference Room (IFIN-HH, ELI-NP )

      Main Conference Room

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      • Introduction, objectives and general overview of project (30 min.)
      • Presentation of achievements:
      o Access (20 min.)
      o Development of technical capacity (20 min.)
      o Innovation (15 min.)
      o Efficient operations (20 min)
      o Integration (15 min.)
      o Outreach (15 min.)

      Conveners: Allen Weeks (ELI ERIC), Jan Pernet (ELI ERIC), Minja Maric (ELI ERIC)
      • 09:00
        Introduction and meeting objectives, general overview of project 45m
        Speaker: Allen Weeks (ELI ERIC)
      • 09:45
        Work Packages’ presentations - 15 min each (WP2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) 1h 30m
        Speaker: WPLs
    • 11:15 11:30
      Break 15m IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

    • 11:30 13:00
      1st session with two parallel workshops: Access IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      Convener: Ovidiu Tesileanu (ELI-NP)
      • 11:30
        Break 15m
    • 11:30 13:00
      1st session with two parallel workshops: Development of technical capacity IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      Convener: Daniel Kramer (ELI ERIC (ELI Beamlines))
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

    • 14:00 15:00
      Facility tour (1st group) IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

    • 14:00 15:30
      Governing Board Meeting (ONLY for Governing Board Members) IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

    • 14:30 15:30
      Facility tour (2nd group) IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

    • 15:30 15:45
      Break 15m
    • 15:45 17:15
      2nd session with two parallel workshops: Efficient operationas IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      Convener: Andras Makai (ELI ALPS)
    • 15:45 17:15
      2nd session with two parallel workshops: Innovation IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      Convener: Aleš Hála (ELI ERIC (ELI Beamlines))
    • 17:15 17:45
      Plenary session – Conclusions of the 1st day Main Conference Room (IFIN-HH, ELI-NP)

      Main Conference Room

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      Conveners: Allen Weeks (ELI ERIC), Florian Gliksohn (ELI ERIC)
    • 20:00 22:30
      Social dinner at HANU' LUI MANUC (Adresa: Strada Franceză 62-64 Bucharest; https://www.hanumanucrestaurant.ro/ro) 2h 30m

      Adresa: Strada Franceză 62-64 Bucharest

  • Wednesday, 15 November
    • 09:00 10:30
      3rd session with two parallel workshops: Integration IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      Convener: Gábor Németh (ELI ERIC)
    • 09:00 10:30
      3rd session with two parallel workshops: Outreach IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      Convener: Alexandra Schmidli (ELI ERIC)
    • 10:30 11:30
      After IMPULSE Main Conference Room (IFIN-HH, ELI-NP)

      Main Conference Room

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      Conveners: Allen Weeks (ELI ERIC), Florian Gliksohn (ELI ERIC)
    • 11:30 11:45
      Break 15m IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

    • 11:45 13:00
      Plenary session: Conclusions of the 2nd day Main Conference Room (IFIN-HH, ELI-NP )

      Main Conference Room

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      Conclusions from discussions and next steps

      Conveners: Allen Weeks (ELI ERIC), Florian Gliksohn (ELI ERIC), Gábor Németh (ELI ERIC), Andras Makai (ELI ALPS), Daniel Kramer (ELI ERIC (ELI Beamlines)), Ovidiu Tesileanu (ELI-NP), Aleš Hála (ELI ERIC (ELI Beamlines)), Alexandra Schmidli (ELI ERIC)
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h IFIN-HH, ELI-NP

      IFIN-HH, ELI-NP