28 January 2019 to 2 February 2019
Bank of Ghana Conf Facility, Uni Ghana.
Africa/Accra timezone
PCCr2 and AfLS2

Lightsources for Africa, the Americas, Asia and Middle East Project (LAAAMP): An IUPAP and IUCr ICSU-Funded Project

30 Jan 2019, 16:50
20m
Bank of Ghana Conf Facility, Uni Ghana.

Bank of Ghana Conf Facility, Uni Ghana.

University Of Ghana, Legon, Accra-Ghana
Oral Presentations Common : PCCr2 and AfLS2 Joint PCCr2 + AfLS2 Plenary

Speaker

Prof. Sekazi Mtingwa (TriSEED Consultants, LLC (USA))

Description

We describe a new initiative funded by a 3-year, 300K-Euro grant from the International Council for Science (ICSU) to the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) in collaboration with over thirty partner organizations that include sixteen advanced light sources to enhance the utilization of advanced light sources and crystallography in five targeted regions of the world, namely Africa, the Caribbean, Mexico, Southeast Asia, and Middle East. LAAAMP’s programs include the development of a Strategic Plan for each region; a Colloquium program that sends experienced light source and crystallography users to those regions; establishment of new IUCr-UNESCO Crystallography OpenLabs; design and distribution of a Brochure that describes advanced light sources and crystallography for government officials and the public; 2-month Faculty-Student (FAST) Team training visits to advanced light sources, with approximately forty new users participating in 2017-2018; and culminating in a December 2019 meeting to chart a path forward beyond the ICSU grant.

Primary author

Prof. Sekazi Mtingwa (TriSEED Consultants, LLC (USA))

Co-authors

Dr Michele Zema (International Union of Crystallography) Prof. Sandro Scandolo (ICTP)

Presentation Materials