140 scientists met in Copenhagen for the NMI3 and SINE2020 meetings

Report on the NMI3 final General Assembly and the SINE2020 kick-off meeting

Inês Crespo, 29/10/2015

Participants at the NMI3 final GA and SINE2020 Kick-off Meeting, 2015

Given that the NMI3-II project will finish in beginning of 2016, it was time to hold the final General Assembly in October. The meeting counted with 140 people who travelled to the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen for a 3-day meeting comprising both the NMI3-II final GA and the kick-off meeting of the new project SINE2020.

The NMI3 final General Assembly

The NMI3 final General Assembly was hold on the first day. We could hear about the achievements of the project's Joint Research Activities, the conclusions of the Networking Activities, which comprised the development of an e-learning platform, assessment of potential Integrated User Access, Data Analysis software, as well as Education and Outreach activities, highlights from the Access Programme, and presentations that illustrated the European landscape of research infrastructures. For a more extensive report please go to the NMI3 webpage.

Kick-off meeting SINE2020

The kick-off meeting of the new project SINE2020 took place on the last day, October 16^th. SINE2020: world-class Science and Innovation with Neutrons in Europe is a EU-funded project with 18 members that started in beginning of October this year and will last four years. SINE2020 is coordinated by Mark Johnson who started the day by giving an overview of the project.

Innovation as driving force for RIs under H2020

SINE2020 Kick-off Meeting Speakers at the SINE2020 kick-off meeting.

Speakers at the SINE2020 kick-off meeting.

The first session provided a good insight into the reasoning behind the construction of large research campuses in Europe. The first talk was on the Swedish RIs and the Science Village in Lund by Colin Carlile. He was followed by Helmut Schober who told us about the EPN Campus and GIANT in Grenoble.

Thereafter we had two speakers from the industrial world who shared their experience on working with RIs. Anna Stenstam from Colloidal Resources told us about bridging between Industry and RIs, and Alfons Molenbroek from Haldor Topsoe told us about the industrial use of X-rays and neutrons and his experience with the Industry Advisory Board within the NMI3 and CALIPSO industry activities.

After all the members of the SINE2020 work-packages met to discuss the planning for the next months, the coordinators of each WP gave an overview of the aims, tasks and work to be conducted over the next 4 years.

The SINE2020 WPs are the following, and you will see be able to learn more about them on sine2020.eu:

Industry consultancy in SINE2020 by Marc Thiry (HZG)
Training: E-learning & Schools by Linda Udby (UCPH)
Sample: Chemical Deuteration by Hanna Wacklin (ESS)
Sample: Crystal Growth by Trevor Forsyth (ILL)
Sample environment by Eddy Lelievre-Berna (ILL)
Instrumentation: E-tools by Peter Willendrup (DTU)
Instrumentation: Detectors by Nigel Rhodes (ISIS)
Software: Data Treatment by Thomas HolmRod (ESS)

The NMI3 members still have some work ahead until end of January 2016, and the SINE2020 members have plenty to work on for the next four years. The time spent in Copenhagen was definitely a good opportunity for an update, as well as to share experiences and ideas, so that work can progress smoothly.

Presentations will be available on the internal pages (available only to SINE2020 members).