LAAAMP-AfLS Africa Workshop

Thursday 8 Sep 2022, 14:00 → 18:00 Africa/Johannesburg

African Light Source (by Zoom)

African Light Source Foundation, Lawrence Norris (African Light Source Foundation) , Michele Zema (International Union of Crystallography) , Sekazi Mtingwa (Manager, of LAAAMP FAST Program) , Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg)

A workshop for possible applicants for LAAAMP 2023 FaST grants organized by the African Light Source, and featuring the African Crystallographic Association, African Physical Society, and African Materials Research Society.

Call for Applications for Faculty and Student Teams for Calendar Year 2023

LAAAMP-AfLS WS 1.png

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14:00 → 14:15 Introduction to LAAAMP

Speakers: Prof. Michele Zema (International Union of Crystallography) , Prof. Sekazi Mtingwa (Manager, LAAAMP FAST Program) , Prof. Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg)

AfLS_LAAAMP_intro.pdf

14:15 → 14:30 Introduction to the AfLS

Speaker: Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg)

AfLS-LAAAMP.pptx

14:30 → 15:00 LAAAMP training at Elettra

Speakers:
Giorgio Paolucci (Chief Scientific Officer) - Introduction to Elettra and its collaboration with LAAAMP

Giuliana Aquilanti (Head of XAFS beamline) - Previous experience with LAAAMP FAST Teams at Elettra

Jasper Rikkert Plaisier (Head of MCX beamline) - Introduction to the beamline currently hosting a LAAAMP FAST team

Sidoine Bonou (X-TechLab, Benin; LAAAMP FAST team leader currently at Elettra) - Presentation of the project for the LAAAMP visit

Beamline_MCX_LAAAMP_AfLS_2022.pdf

LAAAMP_sept_2022_gp.pdf

15:00 → 15:15 Introduction to African Crystallographic Association (AfCA)

Speaker: Delia Haynes (Stellenbosch University)

AfCA slides 8 Sept 2022.pdf

15:15 → 15:35 Photon Factory

Speaker: Hitoshi Abe (Photon Factory (PF), Institute of Materials Structure Science (IMSS), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))

15:35 → 15:55 Columbia Univ, BNL NSLS-II, Diamond

Speaker: Simon Billinge (Columbia University)

LocalStructureNSLSIIDiamond.pdf

15:55 → 16:15 ESRF

Speaker: Gordon Leonard (European Synchrotron Radiation Dacility)

GLeonard LAAAMP Africa Workshop_080920220-2.pdf

16:15 → 16:35 Writing Successful LAAAMP FAST Proposals

Speaker: Sekazi Mtingwa (Manager, LAAAMP FAST Program)

Writing LAAAMP Proposal.pptx

16:35 → 16:55 Panel Discussion - Effective Advertising to Potential Applicants

Speaker: Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg)

LAAAMP-AfLS WS.pptx

16:55 → 17:00 Closing

Speaker: Prof. Sekazi Mtingwa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Brookhaven National Laboratory& African Laser Centre)