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SUMMARY:2023 African Light Source Conference
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231113T060000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231117T213000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260515T023254Z
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DESCRIPTION:The time zone is controlled by you as an Indico Setting (top r
 ight). The session times will therefore be shifted if you are not set to C
 entral Africa Time (CAT) = GMT+2.\n\nWelcome to the 2023 joint virtual mee
 ting of the African Light Source (AfLS)\, the African Physical Society (Af
 PS)\, and co-convened with several other Pan African professional science 
 societies\, all hosted by  .  We hope that you will join us as we commun
 icate and celebrate  Big Science and Big Goals for Africa!\n\nParticipatin
 g Organisations\n\nAs advanced light sources support multiple disciplines\
 , the AfLS conference formally includes participation by the following Pan
  African scientific societies\, which we are proud to count as supporters 
 and partners in our vision to establish an advanced light source on the Af
 rican continent. \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme Outline\n\nThe meeting program will
  cover a broad range of topics in four different tracks. \n\n\n	\n		\n			T
 rack 1 : AfLS :\n			14h00 - 19:00 CAT/GMT+2\n		\n		\n			Track 2 : AfPS :\
 n			09h00 - 17:00 CAT/GMT+2\n		\n		\n			Track 3 : Co-Convenors :\n			09h0
 0 - 19:00 CAT/GMT+2\n		\n	\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nThe format of this exci
 ting virtual meeting will allow attendees to take full advantage of the ov
 erlap between the different participating organizations. All registrants w
 ill be able to attend sessions in any track with a single registration.\n\
 nContributed oral presentations and posters are welcome. Please identify t
 he track of your participation at the registration and abstract submissi
 on phases. \n\nRegistrants will be sent the Zoom room links shortly befo
 re the conference. Each track will have its own Room within the same Zoom 
 Session. All sessions will be lived streamed to YouTube.\n\nThe programme
  details\, as they are updated\, are available in the Timetable link on th
 e left-hand menu.\n\n\nStudents and Early Career Scientists Welcome\n\nThe
 re is a limited amount of financial support for students and early-career 
 professionals for online data packages for the conference.  Applicants mu
 st first fully register and then apply using the link in the left panel.\n
 \nParticipation\n\nThe Joint Organizing Committee of this meeting observes
  the basic policy of non-discrimination and affirms the right and freedom 
 of scientists to associate in international scientific activity without re
 gard to factors such as ethnic origin\, religion\, citizenship\, language\
 , political stance\, gender\, sex or age\, in accordance with the Statutes
  of the International Council for Science.\n\nNo barriers\, which would pr
 event the participation of bona fide scientists\, will exist at this meeti
 ng.\n\n\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/243/
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