International Meeting - Hybrid Event

9h30 -10h00 Registration and Poster set-up

10h00 -10h10
Welcome Professor Pedro Assunção Vice-President of the Polytechnic of Leiria
Opening Remarks
Professor Ana G Silva, New University of Lisbon
Professor Geoffrey R Mitchell, Polytechnic of Leiria

10h10-10h30
Klaus Attenkofer - From the Model System to the Application: How ALBA Supports Science & Innovation
Scientific Director at ALBA Synchrotron, Barcelona, Spain

10h30-10h50 "Introduction to the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source"
Victoria Garcia Sakai Introduction to the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Head of Neutron Spectroscopy Division
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source,Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC),UK

10h50-11H00
Kim Lefmann DanScatt, the Danish model for supporting access to Large-Scale Research Facilities

11h00-11h20
Antoine Barbier Synchrotron radiation to uncover the nanoworld: Some case studies at Synchrotron SOLEIL
Research Director at SPEC-IRAMIS, CEA and an associated staff member at the synchrotron SOLEIL, France.

11h20-11h40
Posters Session. Coffee Break

11h40-12h00
Piotr Piwowarczyk NEPHEWS support for Portuguese user communities' use of Neutron and Photon sources
NEPHEWS Project Coordinator, SOLARIS, Krakow, Poland

12h00-12h20
Cormac McGuinness
President of European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser User Organisation (ESUO), Trinity College, Dublin

12h20-12h40
Astrid Schneidewind
President of European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA)

12h40-13h30
Buffet Lunch. Poster Session. Networking.

13h30-13h50
Bárbara Calisto LEAPS and the opportunities for the Synchrotron and FEL Users
International Relationships and Innovation Agent, ALBA Synchrotron, Barcelona, Spain

13h50-14h10
Michela Dell’Anno Boulton An introduction to the European Spallation Source
Governance Office Lead, European Spallation Source (ESS) ERIC, Sweden

14h10-14h30
Theyencheri Narayanan Five Years of ESRF-EBS: Pushing Boundaries of Synchrotron-based Science
Time-Resolved Ultra Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Beamline Responsible, ESRF, France

14h30-14h50
Geoffrey R Mitchell Operando X-ray scattering Measurements during the Injection Moulding of Plastics
Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic of Leiria

14h50-15h10
Celebration of Establishement of the

Associação Portuguesa de Utilizadores de Infraestruturas de Investigação Internacionais de Larga-Escala.

Association of Portuguese Users of Large-Scale International Research Infrastructures.

15h10-15h30
Coffee Break. Poster Session.

FLASH PRESENTATIONS selected from the submitted abstracts

15h30-15h40 - João Santos, From Metallodrugs to Nanoformulations: Probing Drug-Lipid Interactions by Spectroscopic Methods, University of Coimbra

15h40-15h50- Fátima CF Santos, The use of large-scale infrastructures in the study of novel sustainable, PTScience

15h50-16h00 - Simao Vidinha Pandeirada, Depolymerization of PET/PEF Mixed Waste via Urea-Based Eutectic Catalysts: A Combined Experimental and DFT Study, University of Aveiro

16h00-16h10 - Ana Isabel Barbosa, Mapping the molecular architecture of Skin with Synchrotron Light, University of Porto

16h10-16h20 - Marta Fajardo, From LCLS to European XFEL: GoLP’s
Pathway to Coherent X-ray Science, Technical University of Lisbon

16h20-16h30 - José A. Brito, Structural and functional insights into hydrogen sulfide homeostasis in pathogenic bacteria. Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias

16h30 - 16h35 - Andrei Salak - ENURS 2026 - University of Aveiro

16h35 - 17h20 - Round Table

17h20 - Closing Ceremony