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SUMMARY:AFLS2020
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DESCRIPTION:\n    *** Note : The time zone of the web page is controlled b
 y you as an Indico Setting (top right) ... set your location to see local 
 times\n    *** So in Central African Time\, all sessions start 15:00 CAT.\
 n\n     \n\n    \n    Joint virtual Workshop Event for the\n    The Afric
 an Synchrotron Light Source (AfLS2020)\n    and the \n    African Physica
 l Society (AfPS2020) \n    towards a brighter future\n\n    \n    The AfL
 S3 and the AfPS2020 were due to be held in Kigali\, Rwanda\, from 16th - 
 21st November 2020. However\, due to the current COVID-19 global scenario
 \, this is postponed provisionally to   AfLS3 from 15th - 20th November
  2021.\n    \n    We now present the AfLS2020 - AfPS2020 Virtual Workshop 
 with a restricted agenda from the 18th - 20th November.  This site focu
 sses on the AfLS2020 event\, with the AfLS2020 / AfPS2020 overlap. For the
  AfPS2020 websire\, please go here.\n    \n    Previous AfLS Conferences w
 ere the second African Light Source Conference (AfLS2) held in Accra\, Gh
 ana\, from 28 Jan - 3 Feb 2019\, which in turn followed first African Lig
 ht Source Conference and Workshop (AfLS1) held at the ESRF in Grenoble i
 n November 2015. \n    \n    During the AfLS1\, the roadmap towards the u
 ltimate establishment of an AfLS was developed\, together with a Steering 
 Committee which had both a large African and global footprint. The Roadmap
  relates to developing the user base\, the projects\, deep capacity buildi
 ng\, promoting networks\, scientific and technical exchanges\, building as
 sociated local infrastructural capacity\, raising the profile of the proje
 ct politically and developing the Pan African strategic plan with African 
 leadership. AfLS2 built on these foundations\, in particular\, developing 
 the Pan-African and socio-political aspects\, while the science and the mo
 tivation grew ever stronger.\n\n    \n    \n    Zoom Screen shot of delega
 tes and Presentation Videos stored on on YouTube\n    \n    The African Li
 ght Source virtual workshop will review the light source based science an
 d further progress the vision of an African Light Source. This conference 
 will cover topics that include Medical Sciences\, Heritage Sciences\, Geos
 ciences\, Environmental sciences\, Energy Sciences\, Nano Sciences\, Mater
 ials Sciences\, Mineral Sciences\, Accelerator and Detector Sciences\, Com
 petitive Industry\, Capacity Building and Infrastructures. There will also
  be sessions on the strategy and vision for an African light source. Deta
 ils on the AfLS project are here.\n\n\n    Participation\n\n    Participan
 ts will be African scientists and students\, and also the international co
 lleagues\, who have conducted research related to or enabled by the crysta
 l state of matter\, and also research enabled by modern Light Sources. The
  strategic components of both conferences includes policy-making sessions.
 \n    \n    Both English and French speaker African scientists are welcome
  to attend the conference. The conference will be in both languages (Engli
 sh and French)\, even though most presentations and discussions will be in
  English. \n\n     \n\n    Programme Outline\n\n    The programme is ava
 ilable from the Programme link in the left hand menu. The programme detail
 s\, as they are updated\, are available in the Timetable link on the left 
 hand menu.\n\n     \n\n    Students and Early Career Scientists welcome\n
 \n    Students and Early Career Scientists who would like to attend should
  register and in addition apply for support for on-line data using the lin
 k in the left panel.\n    \n    Language Policy\n    All languages are wel
 come to attend the conference (the conference can be both in French and En
 glish as international languages).\n\n\n\n\n    The AfLS3 conference is su
 pported by:\n    \n    \n\n     \nFor more information on sponsorship\, c
 ontact the organising committee by mail at afls@saip.org.za. Various spons
 orship packages available.\n\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/211/
LOCATION:Hosted virtually by the AfLS & AfPS Zoom (sent to registered dele
 gates)
URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/211/
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