LhARA Collaboration Meeting #9

29 Apr 2026, 09:30 → 30 Apr 2026, 17:30 Europe/London

The nineth LhARA collaboration meeting will take place on the 29th and 30th April 2026.

The meeting will be held at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on the Harwell science and innovation campus.  

The meeting will start on Wednesday at 9:30 with tea/coffee followed by a welcome and introduction at 10:00.

Further details will be provided soon.

 

Wednesday, 29 April

09:30 → 10:30 Social and catering: Arrivals and coffee

Convener: Kenneth Long (STFC)

10:30 → 12:30 Plenary session: Radiobiology programme

Convener: Jason Parsons (University of Birmingham)

12:30 → 13:30 Social and catering: Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Plenary session: Source and capture

Conveners: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London), Robbie Wilson (University of Strathclyde)

15:00 → 15:30 Social and catering: Tea

15:30 → 17:00 Plenary session: Instrumentation

Convener: Kenneth Long (STFC)

18:30 → 21:30 Social and catering: Dinner

Thursday, 30 April

09:00 → 10:30 Plenary session: End-station: developing PoPLaR en route to LhARA

Convener: Kenneth Long (STFC)

10:30 → 11:00 Social and catering: Coffee

11:00 → 12:00 Plenary session: Building the third pilar: co-creation, outreach and engagement

Conveners: Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde), Kenneth Long (STFC), Prof. Pat Price (Imperial)

12:00 → 12:45 Plenary session: Planning, goals for the September 2026 collaboration meeting

Convener: Kenneth Long (STFC)

14:00 → 15:00 RAL lecture: RAL lecture; session 1

Convener: Bob Bingham (STFC)

15:30 → 17:00 RAL lecture: RAL lecture; session 2

Convener: Bob Bingham (STFC)