The 1st South African School on

Science at Synchrotrons

 

5th-8th Feb 2007

iThemba LABS

PO Box 722

Somerset West, 7129

South Africa

 

Registration/general enquiries

Tel: +27 21 843 1259/1004

Fax: +27 21 843 3525

Email: synchrotrons@tlabs.ac.za

                www.synchrotrons.tlabs.ac.za

 

PROGRAMME (Subject to change)

Sunday 4th February 2007

 

15:00-18:00       Registration Office open. iThemba-LABS Reception Area.

 

18:00-19:00       Official Opening Function – iThemba LABS Auditorium

 

18:00-18:05       Opening Chair ................................................................................... Simon Connell

                                                                                                         University of the Witwatersrand

 

18:05-18:30       Official Opening Address

                        – Minister of Science, Department of Science and Technology. .. Dr Mosibudi Mangena

                                                                                                                            DST – South Africa

 

18:30-20:00       Snacks and Refreshments – iThemba LABS Reception

 

 

Monday, 5th February 2007

 

08:30-09:00       School Opening

                         – Manager for Strategic Partnerships, Department of Science and Technology. Dr Mmboneni Muofe

                                                                                                                            DST,  South Africa

 

Lecture session: Chair – Alain Fontaine

 

09:00-09:45       L1-EH1: Hot Topic – Virtual visualisation in quantitative tomography for palaeontology.

                                                                                                                                  ......................................................................................................... Paul Tafforeau

                                                                                                                                 CNRS, France

 

09:45-10:30       L2-Gen1: Overview of Synchrotron Science............................................. Denis Raoux

                                                                                                                                  Soleil, France

 

10:30-11:00       Coffee break

 

Lecture session: Chair – 

 

11:00-11:45       L3-Mat1: Diffractive and Spectroscopic Techniques for Materials

                                                                                                                                    ........................................................................................................... Michel Anne

                                                                                                                                 CNRS, France

 

11:45-12:30       L4-Mat2: Diffractive and Spectroscopic Techniques for Materials.............. Andrea Lausi

                                                                                                                                ELETTRA, Italy

 

12:30-13:30       Lunch break

 

Lecture session: Chair – Keith Hodgson

 

13:30-14:15       L5-LG1: Methods for Biosciences.................................................... To be announced

                                                                                                                                   INRA, France

 

14:15-15:00       L6-LG2: Hot Topic - Bioscience............................................................... Sine Larsen

                                                                                                                                 ESRF, France

 

15:00-15:30       Coffee break

 

Lecture session: Chair – 

 

15:30-16:15       L7-EH2: Methods for heritage sciences.................................................. Loic Bertrand

                                                                                                                                  Soleil, France

 

16:15-17:00       L8-LG3: Methods for Biosciences ................................................... To be announced

                                                                                                                                   INRA, France

 

17:00-18:00...... Dinner - Main Restaurant

 

18:00-20:00       Tutorials – Mentor Student presentations................................................ All Lecturers

                                                                                                                                                     


 

Tuesday, 6th February 2007

 

Lecture Session: Chair – S Larsen

 

08:15-09:00       L9-Acc1: Synchrotron Accelerator Physics and Technology.

                                                                                                                                      ............................................................................................................. Amor Nadji

                                                                                                                                  Soleil, France

 

09:45-10:30       L10-EH3: Methods for heritage sciences................................................ Loic Bertrand

                                                                                                                                   Soleil,France

 

11:00-11:45       L11-Mat3: Diffractive and Spectroscopic Techniques for Materials

                                                                                                                                    ........................................................................................................... Michel Anne

                                                                                                                                 CNRS, France

 

 

10:30-11:00       Coffee break

 

Lecture session: Chair – Jürgen Härtwig

 

11:00-11:45       L12-Acc2: Future Light Sources

                                                                                                                               ...................................................................................................... Sekazi Mtingwa

                                                                                                                                        MIT, USA

 

11:45-12:30       L13-Mat4: Diffractive and Spectroscopic Techniques for Materials............. Andrea Lausi

                                                                                                                                ELETTRA, Italy

 

12:30-13:30       Lunch break

 

Lecture session: Chair – G Hearne

 

13:30-14:15       L14-LG4: Methods for Biosciences.................................................. To be announced

                                                                                                                                   INRA, France

 

14:15-15:00       L15-LG5: Hot Topic - Bioscience......................................................... Keith Hodgson

                                                                                                                                     SLAC, USA

 

15:00-15:30       Coffee break

 

Lecture session: Chair –  

 

15:30-16:15       L16-EH4 HT Geosciences.................................................................... Claudio Tuniz

                                                                                                                                ELETTRA, Italy

 

16:15-17:00       L17-EH5 HT Geosciences ................................................................ Herman Winick

                                                                                                                                     SLAC, USA

 

17:00-18:00...... Dinner - Main Restaurant

 

18:00-20:00       Tutorials – Mentor Student presentations................................................ All Lecturers

                                                                                                                                                     


Wednesday, 7th February 2007

 

Lecture Session:  Chair – Simon Connell

 

09:00-09:45       L18-Acc3: Synchrotron Accelerator Physics and Technology.

                                                                                                                              ..................................................................................................... Eduardo Busetto

                                                                                                                                ELETTRA, Italy

 

09:45-10:30       L19-EH6: Heritage Sciences................................................................. Loic Bertrand

                                                                                                                                   Soleil,France

 

10:30-11:00       Coffee break

 

Lecture session: Chair – Ray Sparrow

 

11:00-11:45       L20-LG5: Biosciences.................................................................... To be announced

                                                                                                                                   INRA, France

 

 

11:45-12:30       L21-Gen4: Hot Topic........................................................................... Alain Fontaine

                                                                                                                                 CNRS, France

 

12:30-13:30       Lunch break

 

Lecture session: Chair – Malik Maaza

 

13:30-14:15       L22-Mat5 : X-ray Bragg diffraction imaging............................................ Jürgen Härtwig

                                                                                                                                 ESRF, France

 

14:15-15:00       L23-Mat6 : Hot Topic – Study of Materials

                                                                                                                                    ........................................................................................................... Michel Anne

                                                                                                                                 CNRS, France

 

15:00-15:30       Coffee break

 

Lecture session: Chair –

 

15:30-16:15       L24-Mat7: Hot Topic – Surfaces and Nano studies

                                                                                                                                    ........................................................................................................... Alain Gibaud

                                                                                                                                 CNRS, France

 

16:15-16:45       (Life / Geo) Student Presentations .............................................................. Students

                                                                                                                                                     

16:45-17:15       (Mat) Student Presentations....................................................................... Students

                                                                                                                                                     

17:15-17:45       (Env / Heritage) Student Presentations ........................................................ Students

                                                                                                                                                     

19:00-22:00...... Dinner - Main Restaurant

 

After-Dinner / School Closing Talks (3 Wise Sages)

                    S Larsen

                          - ------- (to be filled)

                          A Fontaine

 

 


School Schedule Summary

 

Theme areas:    Life / Geosciences – LG,

Materials – Mat

Environment / Heritage sciences – EH

General – Gen

Hot Topic – HT

Accelerators - Acc

 

 

Monday

 

Tuesday

 

Wednesday

 

08:00

 

 

 

10 m

Morning Coffee

 

 

 

 

08:15

15 m

Morning Coffee

 

45 m

Chair S Larsen

L9-Acc1 : A Nadji

Accelerator Physics

 

 

 

 

08:30

30 m

Opening Address

M Muofe

 

 

30 m

Morning Coffee

 

09:00

45 m

Chair A Fontaine

L1-EH1-HT : P. Tafferaux

Paleo-Tomogography

 

45 m

L10-EH3 : L Bertrand

Methods for heritage

 

45 m

Chair S Connell

L18-Acc3 : A Busetto

 

 

45 m

L2-Gen1 : D Raoux

Overview of Synch Science

 

45 m

L11-Mat3 : M Anne

Methods for Materials

 

45 m

L19-EH6 : L Bertrand

Heritage sciences

 

10:30

30 m

Tea

 

30 m

tea

 

30 m

tea

 

11:00

45 m

L3-Mat1 : M Anne

Methods for Materials

 

45 m

L12-Acc2 : S Mtingwa

Accelerator Physics

 

45 m

L20-LG6 : To be announced

Bioscience

 

 

45 m

L4-Mat2 : A Lausi

Methods for Materials

 

45 m

L13-Mat4 : A Lausi

Methods for Materials

 

45 m

L21-Gen2 : HT A Fontaine

 

12:30

60m

lunch

 

60m

lunch

 

60m

lunch

 

13:30

45 m

Chair K Hodgson

L5-LG1-To be announced

Methods for Bioscience

 

45 m

Chair-G Hearne

L14-LG4 : To be announced

Methods for Bioscience

 

45 m

Chair M Maaza

L22-Mat5 : J Härtwig

 

 

45 m

L6-LG2-HT-S Larsen

Bioscience

 

45 m

L15-LG5 HT :  K Hodgson

Bioscience

 

45 m

L23-Mat6 : Michel Anne

Material Sciences

 

15:00

30 m

tea

 

30 m

tea

 

30 m

tea

 

15:30

45 m

L7-EH2-L Bertrand

Methods for heritage

 

45 m

L16-EH4 HT : C Tuniz

Heritage

 

45 m

Chair :

L24-Mat7 : A Gibaud

Surface Science

 

 

45 m

L8-LG3-To be announced

Methods for Bioscience

 

45 m

L17-EH5-HT : H Winnick

Geoscience

 

30 m

30 m

30 m

(Life/Geo) Stud Presentations

(Mat) Stud Presentations

(Env/Her) Stud Presentations

 

17:00

60 m

Supper

 

60 m

Supper

 

 

18:00

120 m

Tutorial / Mentor

Student presentation

 

120 m

Tutorial / Mentor

Student presentation

 

 

 free

 

19:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banquet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Closing – 3 Wise Sages

1.           S Larsen

2.           ----------

3.          A Fontaine