Round table: Branch B brainstorm

Round-table: Branch B brainstorm

ICMM Auditorium - Thursday 30^th May from 17:00 to 18:00

A round-table meeting will be carried out between beamline management bodies, users and beamline staff, concerning with the science policy priorities, technical requirements, wishes and upgrades for SpLine-BM25B to ensure that the beamline maintains the high level of competitiveness and its scientific primacy in the key research disciplines that the beamline support.

Round-table panelist:

José Juan Sánchez Serrano

S.G. de Internacionalización de la Ciencia y la Innovación Secretaría General de Coordinación de Política Científica Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades - MICIU

Carmen García

Comisión para la Coordinación y Racionalización de Infraestructuras Científicas y Técnicas Singulares – CSIC Instituto de Física Corpuscular CSIC / Universidad de Valencia

Carlos Prieto de Castro

Coordinador del Área de Materiales del CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid - ICMM - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Marcos Zayat Souss

Director de Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid - ICMM Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

María Gloria Subías Peruga

Asociación de Usuarios de Sincrotrón de España - AUSE

Topics to be discussed:

Science policy priorities associated to the beamline
Spanish beamtime allocation policy: public vs private.
Critical discussion about beamline operation and technical aspects
Demanding requests by users concerning upgrading of existing experimental stations and optical components in order to increase the technical capabilities.
Increasing sample environment capabilities
Improvement on detectors.
Incorporation of additional experimental techniques.
Incorporation of a third experimental station (empty hutch from BM25A).
Collaboration opportunities between users and beamline (Short and long-term PhD, junior and senior scientist stays; joint technical developments; joint long-term scientific projects,...)