The Network on Extreme Intensity Laser Systems (NEILS) Meeting 2024 is taking place Monday 22nd to Tuesday 23rd July.
The meeting will be held at The Cosener's House, Abingdon, followed by tours and poster session to be held at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus on day 2.
An evening dinner will also take place on the Monday at The Cosener's House.
There will be several round table discussions which will cover the following:
- Plasma and Lasers Diagnostics versus Beamline Flexibility
- High Power Laser Facility as Drivers for Secondary Sources
- Data Management and Control Systems
- High Rep Rate Operations
- Low Rep Rate Operations
- Laser Source Technologies
Registrations are now open and can be found
here. The agenda for the meeting can be found below.
Day 1: Monday July 22nd 2024
| 08:45-09:00 | Welcome remarks Brief introductions and opening statements to welcome attendees and outline the objectives of the workshop. |
| 09:00-10:45 | Facilities Quick Updates (20 min each): - GSI update
- AWE update
- CLPU update
- Apollon/LULI update
- HIBEF update
- CLF update
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| 10:45-11:00 | Morning break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Round Table Session 1
Plasma and Lasers Diagnostics versus Beamline Flexibility |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 | Round Table Session 2 High Power Laser Facility as Drivers for Secondary Sources Round Table Side Session Data Management and Control Systems |
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon break |
| 15:30-17:00 | Round Table Session 3 High Rep Rate Operations |
| 18:00 | Networking Dinner, The Cosener's House |
Day 2: Tuesday July 23rd 2024
| 09:00-10:30 | Round Table Session 4
Low Rep Rate Operations |
| 10:30-10:45 | Morning break |
| 10:45-12:15 | Round Table Session 5 Laser Source Technologies |
| 12:15-12:30 | Laser Facility Operation Network |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:00 | Coach to RAL |
| 14:00-14:20 | Visit to Vulcan and Target Fabrication |
| 14:20-15:00 | Visit to Gemini |
| 15:00-16:00 | Poster Session and refreshments, EPAC Atrium |
| 16:00-17:00 | Visit to EPAC |
| 17:00 | Closure |
This event is sponsored by Laserlab
