Name: ESUO General Assembly
Start: 2026-08-25T11:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-27T10:30:00+02:00
Location: ESRF

ESUO General Assembly

from Tuesday, August 25, 2026 (11:30 AM) to Thursday, August 27, 2026 (10:30 AM)

Monday, August 24, 2026
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

11:30 AM Welcome & event badge pickup

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Hall of the Central Building

12:00 PM Lunch Time
Lunch Time
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Common restaurant, 1st floor
1:00 PM ESUO GA: ESRF and ESUO - the present and the future
ESRF and ESUO - the present and the future
1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

1:00 PM Welcome to ESRF from Director - Jean Daillant

1:10 PM Welcome to ESUO General Assembly from ESUO President - Cormac Mcguinness (European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser User Organisation (ESUO) / Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

1:15 PM The European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser Users Organisation (ESUO) - overview and status - Cormac Mcguinness (European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser User Organisation (ESUO) / Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

1:35 PM The ESRF - (title tbc) - Jean Daillant

2:05 PM ESRF and the future - Physical Sciences - Gema Martinez Criado (ESRF)

2:15 PM ESRF and the future - Biologicial Sciences - Michael Krisch (ESRF)

2:25 PM ESRF and the future - data science and AI (tbc)

2:35 PM Discussion and questions
2:50 PM Session break
Session break
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Auditorium
3:10 PM Users of the ESRF: France, member countries and future users: Users of the ESRF: France, member countries and future users
Users of the ESRF: France, member countries and future users
3:10 PM - 4:25 PM
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

3:10 PM Association Française des Utilisateurs de Rayonnement Synchrotron et XFEL (AFURS) - Louis Renault

3:25 PM ESRF Users Organisation (ESRFUO) (tbc)

3:35 PM Austria - Physik an Neutronen- und Synchrotonstrahlungsquellen (NESY) - Rainer Lechner

3:45 PM Czechia users - Mojmír Meduňa

3:55 PM Greek Synchrotron Users Network (GrSUN) - Maria Katsikini

4:05 PM Users voices in access to facilities - in European and national arenas - Cormac Mcguinness (European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser User Organisation (ESUO) / Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
4:25 PM Break and photo
Break and photo
4:25 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Auditorium
4:45 PM LEAPS, European Consortia, Projects and Initiatives: LEAPS, European Consortia, Projects and Initiatives
LEAPS, European Consortia, Projects and Initiatives
4:45 PM - 6:35 PM
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

4:45 PM The League of European Accelerator based Photon Sources (LEAPS) - Bernd Rech

5:05 PM A European overiew - ESUO, participating projects and future user access - Cormac Mcguinness (European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser User Organisation (ESUO) / Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

5:15 PM Panel discussion - “ Users participation in European collaborations - European and national perspectives” - Bridget Murphy

6:25 PM Summary and thanks
7:05 PM Departure to dinner downtown Grenoble
Departure to dinner downtown Grenoble
7:05 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Auditorium

8:00 PM Dinner downtown
Dinner downtown
8:00 PM - 8:20 PM
Room: Auditorium
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
8:45 AM NEPHEWS: NEPHEWS
NEPHEWS
8:45 AM - 10:55 AM
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

8:45 AM NEPHEWS status and update - Piotr Piwowarczyk

9:55 AM NEPHEWS timeline and end of project - Piotr Piwowarczyk

10:05 AM NEPHEWS policy output - white paper
10:55 AM Break
Break
10:55 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: Auditorium

11:10 AM ESUO internal matters and national delegate reports: ESUO internal matters and national delegate reports
ESUO internal matters and national delegate reports
11:10 AM - 12:55 PM
Room: Auditorium

12:55 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:55 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Common restaurant, 1st floor

2:00 PM ESUO internal matters and national delegate reports: Strategic partnerships, Special Interest Groups and national delegate reports
Strategic partnerships, Special Interest Groups and national delegate reports
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: Auditorium

3:45 PM Session break
Session break
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Auditorium
4:05 PM Education: Gap analysis of education,online and hands on training providing new skilled users
Gap analysis of education,online and hands on training providing new skilled users
4:05 PM - 6:05 PM
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

4:05 PM HERCULES school - 35 years of training - Hubert Renevier (Grenoble INP - UGA)

4:25 PM NESY Schools - training in Austria - Rainer Lechner

4:35 PM RAC/Matrac/DAPHNE Schools - Bridget Murphy

4:45 PM SESAME Sunstone training programme (tbc)

4:55 PM ICTP / SILS schools (tbc)

5:05 PM NEPHEWS Virtual Training
Thursday, August 27, 2026
8:45 AM NEPHEWS coordination with targeted countries: Translating policy goals to action
Translating policy goals to action
8:45 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

8:45 AM Translating policy goals to action

9:00 AM Desired impact within targeted countries - summary

9:15 AM DanScatt model as one example

9:30 AM Realising benefits to policy makers, government and national user community

9:45 AM Scheduling policy meetings in targeted countries

10:00 AM Summary and next steps
10:20 AM Closing remarks: End of ESUO GA
End of ESUO GA
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM
Room: Auditorium