2024 African Light Source Conference

18 Nov 2024, 09:00 → 23 Nov 2024, 00:30 Africa/Johannesburg

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Welcome to the 2024 joint virtual meeting of the African Light Source (AfLS), the African Physical Society (AfPS), and co-convened with several other Pan African professional science societies.  We hope that you will join us as we communicate and celebrate Big Science and Big Goals for Africa!

Advanced light sources support multiple disciplines. We hvae a vision to establish an advanced light source on the African continent.

 

Programme Outline

The meeting program will cover a broad range of topics in four different tracks.

Track 1 : AfLS :	09:00 - 179:00 CAT/GMT+2
Track 2 : AfPS :	09:00 - 17:00 CAT/GMT+2
Track 3 : Co-Convenors :	09:00 - 17:00 CAT/GMT+2

 

 

 

The format of this exciting virtual meeting will allow attendees to take full advantage of the overlap between the different participating organizations. All registrants will be able to attend sessions in any track with a single registration.

Contributed oral presentations and posters are welcome. Please identify the track of your participation at the registration and abstract submission phases. 

The programme details, as they are updated, are available in the Timetable link on the left-hand menu.

Students and Early Career Scientists Welcome

There is a limited amount of financial support for students and early-career professionals for online data packages for the conference.  Applicants must first fully register and then apply using the link in the left panel.

Participation

The 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 regard 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.

No barriers, which would prevent the participation of bona fide scientists, will exist at this meeting.

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Monday, 18 November

09:00 → 09:30 Opening

Convener: Philip Oluseyi Oladijo (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)

09:30 → 10:30 Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Philip Oluseyi Oladijo (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)

10:30 → 10:45 AfLS Contribution: AfLS Session

AfLS Contribution

Convener: Philip Oluseyi Oladijo (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)

10:45 → 11:00 Tea

Tea

11:00 → 12:00 Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Tshepo Ntsoane (Necsa)

12:00 → 12:15 Tea

Tea

12:15 → 14:00 Discussion: Ministers Forum and Strategic Task Force

Open Forum

Conveners: Prof. Nkem Khumbah (AAS) , Lawrence Norris (African Physical Society )

Tuesday, 19 November

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Kudakwashe Jakata (European Synchrotron)

10:30 → 10:45 AfLS Contribution

AfLS Contribution

Convener: Lawrence Norris (National Society of Black Physicists)

10:45 → 11:00 Tea

Tea

11:00 → 12:00 Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Marcus Newton (University of Southampton)

12:00 → 12:15 Tea

Tea

12:15 → 13:00 AfLS Contribution: IMA

AfLS Contribution

Convener: Michele Zema (International Union of Crystallography)

13:00 → 14:00 Plenary: Plenar

Plenary

Wednesday, 20 November

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Dr Prosper Ngabonziza (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

10:30 → 10:45 AfLS Contribution

AfLS Contribution

Convener: Prosper Ngabonziza (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

10:45 → 11:00 Tea

Tea

11:00 → 12:00 Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Dr Kathleen Dollman (ESRF)

12:00 → 12:15 Tea

Tea

12:15 → 12:45 Plenary: AfLS Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Gihan Kamel (SESAME Light Source)

12:45 → 14:00 AfLS Contribution: AfLS Contributions

AfLS Contribution

Convener: Gihan Kamel (SESAME Light Source)

Thursday, 21 November

09:00 → 10:45 Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Lawrence Norris (National Society of Black Physicists)

10:45 → 11:00 Tea

Tea

11:00 → 12:00 Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Prof. Sonia Semedo (UFPLP and Universidade de Cabo Verde)

12:00 → 12:15 Tea

Tea

12:15 → 13:15 Plenary

Plenary

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

13:15 → 14:00 AfLS Contribution

AfLS Contribution

Convener: Marielle AGBAHOUNGBATA (Semi City)

Friday, 22 November

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Marielle AGBAHOUNGBATA (Semi City)

10:30 → 10:45 AfLS Contribution

AfLS Contribution

Convener: Marielle AGBAHOUNGBATA (Semi City)

10:45 → 11:00 Tea

Tea

11:00 → 11:45 Plenary

Plenary

Convener: Edward Mitchell (ESRF)

11:45 → 12:00 Closing

Convener: Philip Oluseyi Oladijo (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)

12:00 → 12:15 Tea

Tea