9h30 -10h00 Registration
10h00 -10h10 Welcome Professor Pedro Assuncao Vice-President of the Polytechnic of Leiria
Opening Remarks Professor Ana G Silva (New University of Lisbon) Professor Geoffrey R Mitchell (Polytechnic of Leiria)
Morning Session I - Science and Technology Opportunities at International Large-Scale Facilities
Morning Session II - Broadening Access to Large-Scale Research Facilities
Afternoon Session I - Science at Large Scale Facilities
Afternoon Session II – Science performed at Facilities with NEPHEWS Support. Flash presentations
Afternoon Session III - The Future
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REGISTRATION
9h30 -10h00 Registration and Poster set-up
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OPENING CEREMONY
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 -
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES AT INTERNATIONAL LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES
10h10-10h30
Klaus Attenkofer - From the Model System to the Application: How ALBA Supports Science & Innovation
Scientific Director at ALBA Synchrotron, Barcelona, Spain10h30-10h50 "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),UK10h50-11H00
Kim Lefmann DanScatt, the Danish model for supporting access to Large-Scale Research Facilities11h00-11h20
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 -
BROADENING ACCESS to LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES
11h40-12h00
Piotr Piwowarczyk NEPHEWS support for Portuguese user communities' use of Neutron and Photon sources
NEPHEWS Project Coordinator, SOLARIS, Krakow, Poland12h00-12h20
Cormac McGuinness
President of European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser User Organisation (ESUO), Trinity College, Dublin12h20-12h40
Astrid Schneidewind
President of European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA)12h40-13h30
Buffet Lunch. Poster Session. Networking. -
SCIENCE at LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES
13h30-13h50
Bárbara Calisto LEAPS and the opportunities for the Synchrotron and FEL Users
International Relationships and Innovation Agent, ALBA Synchrotron, Barcelona, Spain13h50-14h10
Michela Dell’Anno Boulton An introduction to the European Spallation Source
Governance Office Lead, European Spallation Source (ESS) ERIC, Sweden14h10-14h30
Theyencheri Narayanan Five Years of ESRF-EBS: Pushing Boundaries of Synchrotron-based Science
Time-Resolved Ultra Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Beamline Responsible, ESRF, France14h30-14h50
Geoffrey R Mitchell Operando X-ray scattering Measurements during the Injection Moulding of Plastics
Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic of Leiria -
PORTUGUESE ASSOCIATION OF USERS OF LARGE-SCALE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES
14h50-15h10
Celebration of Establishement of theAssociação 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. -
SCIENCE PERFORMED with NEPHEWS Project Support
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 Lisbon16h20-16h30 - 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
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The Future
16h35 - 17h20 - Round Table
17h20 - Closing Ceremony