CILAC Forum – GCLS/LAMISTAD Symposium – Programme
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Schedule
Wednesday, December 11
| 11 Dec | 9:00 am –GMT-05 | Session Chair Jorge Colón
Welcoming Remarks Jorge Colón, Patrick Krejcik, Galileo Violini |
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| 9:25 am – GMT-05 | The outcomes of the S20 Brazil and its potential impacts in the Region Helena Nader (slides) (video) |
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| 9:50 am – GMT-05 | Global science diplomacy for synchrotron projects Lawrence Norris |
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| 10:15 am – GMT-05 | ALBA Synchrotron impact in society through science and innovation Caterina Biscari, Director, ALBA Synchrotron |
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| 10:40 am – GMT-05 | Global Research Consortium and Open Science in the South-south and Triangular Cooperation Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman, Chair of ISTIC-UNESCO Governing Board |
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| 11:05 am – GMT-05 | The National Facilities and Instrumentation Program Souleymane O. Diallo, Guebre X, Tessema, Program Directors, US National Science Foundation |
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| 11:30 am – GMT-05 | International Engagement, Education and Outreach in the Light Sciences Joe Niemela, IUPAP, C13 |
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| 11:55 am – GMT-05 | CHESS: Delivering scientific excellence, technical innovation, and training the workforce of the future Joel Brock, Director of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) |
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| 12:20 pm – GMT-05 | Advancing Lightsource Development in the Greater Caribbean Region: The Role of LAAAMP as a Catalyst for Capacity Building and Collaboration Michele Zema, LAAAMP |
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| 12:45 pm – GMT-05 | The Simplest Introduction to Synchrotron Sources for Diverse Audiences Giorgio Margaritondo, Professor Emeritus, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
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| 1:10 pm – GMT-05 | Session Chair: Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot | |
| 1:35 pm – GMT-05 | European Spallation Source, Global Education through Digital collaboration Christine Darve, European Spallation Source, ERIC |
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| 2:00 pm – GMT-05 | The social cost-benefit analysis of synchrotron light sources Massimo Florio, University of Milan |
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| 2:25 pm – GMT-05 | Synchrotrons in Advanced Water Research: Where do we stand? Behrouz Pirouz and Patrizia Piro, University of Calabria |
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| 2:50 pm – GMT-05 | Enhancing scientific capacities through community building and networking Silvina Ponce, President IUPAP |
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| 3:40 pm – GMT-05 | A Unique Funding Model for Scientific Capacity Building in the Global South: The crXstal Example Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot, Head of the Caribbean Regional X-ray Science Toward Advancement Laboratory (crXstal), Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica and Chair of the Capacity Building Committee Greater Caribbean Light Source (LAMISTAD) Project |
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| 4:05 pm – GMT-05 | Science and Innovation at the Sirius Light Source Harry Westfahl, SIRIUS director |
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| 4:30 pm – GMT-05 | From Fundamentals to Innovations: Enhancing Basic Sciences and Engineering Through Synchrotron Capabilities Amal Kasry, UNESCO, Chief of Section; RIESC/PCB; Natural Sciences |
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| 4:55 pm – GMT-05 | Applications of Synchrotron Radiation in Cultural Heritage Moisés Alvarez, UNPHU |
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| 5:20 pm – GMT-05 | Experiences and approaches on how to successfully mobilize funding to interregional cooperation Adnan Shihab Eldin, KFAS Secretary General |
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| 5:45 pm – GMT-05 | Honduras: Estado de la investigacion cientifica y necesidad de grandes proyectos regionales Marco Flores, Vice Minister of Energy, Honduras |
| 12 Dec | 8:10 am – GMT-05 | Session Chair: Mitk’El Santiago
Caribbean Science Foundation: Towards an Integrated Shared Regional Scientific Research Facility for the Caribbean |
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| 8:35 am – GMT-05 | The New High Magnetic Field X-ray Beamline at CHESS: Science and Workforce Development Louise Debefve, Cornell University |
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| 9:00 am – GMT-05 | Advancing Global Collaboration in Science: The Elettra 2.0 Upgrade and Opportunities for International Partnerships Giorgio Paolucci, Chief Scientific Officer, Elettra – Sincrotrone Trieste |
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| 9:25 am – GMT-05 | STAR: the research infrastructure at the center of the Mediterranean Riccardo Cristoforo Barberi, University of Calabria |
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| 9:50 am – GMT-05 | SEEIIST Synchrotron – Beating Cancer While Shaping Science in South East Europe Sanja Damjanovic, GSI Helmholtz Center for Nuclear Research, Darmstadt, Germany; Former Minister of Science of Montenegro |
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| 10:15 am – GMT-05 | The French Synchrotron SOLEIL and its upgrade project at a glance Jean Susini, Director Synchrotron SOLEIL |
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| 10:40 am – GMT-05 | The African Light Source – project Status Simon Connell, African Light Source |
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| 11:05 am – GMT-05 | The EuPRAXIA project: a plasma-based accelerator user facility for the next decade Massimo Ferrario, INFN |
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| 11:30 am – GMT-05 | Exploring beyond lithium-ion batteries through scattering techniques and advanced electrochemical analysis Eneli Monerjan, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin |
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| 11:55 am – GMT-05 | PETRA III at DESY: Brilliant opportunities for solving grand challenges by modern research using Synchrotron Radiation Hans-Christian Wille, DESY |
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| 12:20 pm – GMT-05 | X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy at Synchrotrons: Insights and Societal Benefits Giuliana Aquilanti, Elettra – Sincrotrone Trieste |
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| 12:45 pm – GMT-05 | Tunisia’s Role in a long-awaited Synchrotron Light Source: A Gateway for Africa, MENA, and the Arab World Adel Trabelsi, Director Tunisian Nuclear Center |
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| 1:10 pm – GMT-05 | Session Chair: Lawrence Norris
Sinergias entre Políticas Públicas y Ciencia Avanzada: ¿Cómo pueden estas tecnologías impactar el cambio climático? |
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| 1:35 pm – GMT-05 | Materials Science with Synchrotron X-Ray Techniques: Sr₂FeIrO₆ under Extreme Conditions Juan Angel Sans, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia |
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| 2:00 pm – GMT-05 | Leveraging Large-Scale Research Infrastrutture and Global Collaboration for Sustainable Development in Uzbekistan Soyaara Artikova, S. Mtingwa, M. Kirk, M. Ortikowa, University of Frankfurt |
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| 2:25 pm – GMT-05 | Science, Policy, Diplomacy and Communication: Towards a Synchrotron for the Caribbean Franklin Carrero-Martínez, Senior Director, Senior Director, Sustainability and Global Development U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
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| 3:15 pm – GMT-05 | The upgrade of the Advanced Light Source Antoine Islegen-Wojdyla, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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| 3:40 pm – GMT-05 | On the Implementation of a National Research Incubator in Astronomy and Applied Geography as a guide to create the GCLSI/LAMISTAD Research Incubator Group Camilo Delgado, Distrital University of Bogotá |
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| 4:05 pm – GMT-05 | Science and Collaboration Across Borders Rigoberto Hernández, Johns Hopkins University |
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| 4:30 pm – GMT-05 | Synchrotrons in two different worlds: world of protons vs. world of electrons. Principles and applications Bernardo Gómez, Emeritus Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia |
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| 4:55 pm – GMT-05 | Synchrotron boost: some policy scenarios Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria, former Vice President of Guatemala |
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| 5:20 pm – GMT-05 | The Mexican Society of Synchrotron Light: A short glance for the future of compact XFEL. Abel Moreno |
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| 5:45 pm – GMT-05 | The Photon Science Program at SLAC and Support for International Projects Patrick Krejcik, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
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| 6:10 pm – GMT-05 | Concluding remarks Patrick Krejcik Abel Moreno |