HIR3X General Assembly 2024 and SLAC-DESY Directors’ Meeting 2024

18 Jul 2024, 08:00 → 19 Jul 2024, 13:00 America/Los_Angeles

The HIR3X General Assembly 2024, combined with the SLAC-DESY Directors’ Meeting, will bring together top scientists and directors from DESY, SLAC, and European XFEL. This event focuses on advancing photon science and accelerator technologies through collaborative discussions, strategic sessions, and facility tours. Key topics include machine learning, data handling, sample delivery, and X-ray optics.

Join Zoom Meetings:

July 18 -  8-10:00 am (Meeting-ID: 689 0178 6286, Kenncode: 694123)

July 19 -  9-10:00 am

DESY_EuXFEL_SLAC_Visit_July2024.docx

DESY_EuXFEL_SLAC_Visit_July2024.pdf

Thursday, 18 July

08:00 → 10:00 Hybrid HIR3X General Assembly: Opening

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• Opening: 20 mins
  -- Welcome 5mins: Mike Dunne (SLAC)
  -- Overall status and plans for HIR3S 15mins: Mei Bai (SLAC), Alke Meents (DESY)

• WP1-4 report: 25mins per WP
  -- WP2 High throughput data handling and vetoing
  [ Overview + highlight: David Pennicard (DESY) and Jana Thayer ]
  -- WP3 High throughput sample delivery systems
  [ Overview + highlight: Mark Hunter (SLAC) and Alke Meents (DESY) ]
  -- WP4 X-ray optics
  [ Overview + highlight: Maurizio Vannoni (EuXFEL) and Diling Zhu (SLAC) ]
  -- WP1 Machine learning to optimize performance of advanced lightsources
  [ Overview + highlight: Annika Eichler (DESY) and Daniel Ratner (SLAC) ]

• Conclusions and Closing Remarks

10:00 → 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 → 12:30 SLAC-DESY-XFEL High level coordination & cooperation meeting

-- Participants: SLAC: ALDs + Science deputies from Accelerator Directorate, LCLS directorate, SSRL directorate, and Energy Science directorate, DESY and EUXFEL delegates

• Track 1: Discussions on future perspectives in photon science (45’)
  Discussion leaders: M. Kling, F.X. Kärtner, K. Gaffney/D. Reise, P. McIntyle

• Track 2: Discussions on future perspectives in acceleration science (45’)
  Discussion leaders: W. Leemans, J. Schmerge

• Track 3: Discussions on future perspectives in other areas (30’)

Report Booklet (English and Public)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch (Host)

13:30 → 15:00 SLAC tour, campus tour

-- DESY delegate

• PULSE, LCLS-II, Klystron gallery, NEH/FEH

15:00 → 16:30 Can small be the next big thing? Plasma Accelerator R&D at DESY, the LPA injector for PETRA-IV

-- Wim Leemans

SLAC Special Colloquium

15:15 → 15:30 Coffee and Cookie

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner (Host)(1:1)

Friday, 19 July

09:00 → 10:00 Wrap-Up of the SLAC-DESY-EUXFEL High level Coordination & Cooperation Meeting

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10:00 → 10:30 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:00 - Lab directors’ meeting: SLAC lab director and DESY/XFEL Delegates

Final conclusions, Next steps

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch (Host)