15-20 November 2015
Virtual
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
The 1st African Light Source Conference and Workshop

The Impact of Synchrotron Radiation on Science and Society in Developing Countries

18 Nov 2015, 16:10
20m
Auditorium (ESRF)

Auditorium

ESRF

71 avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
Oral Presentations Main Policy and Strategy Talks

Speaker

Prof. Herman Winick (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Description

The more than 50 light sources now in operation around the world include facilities in Brazil, Korea, and Taiwan which started their programs in the 1980's when they were developing countries. They came on line in the 1990's and have since trained hundreds of graduate students locally, without sending them abroad and losing many of them. They have also attracted dozens of mid-career diaspora scientists to return. Their growing user communities have demanded more advanced facilities, leading to the funding of high performance new light sources that are now coming into operation.

Primary author

Prof. Herman Winick (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Presentation Materials