Name: PAU R&I 2026, PSI
Start: 2026-05-04T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-07T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Parkhotel Bad Zurzach, Switzerland

PAU R&I 2026, PSI

from Monday, 4 May 2026 (18:00) to Thursday, 7 May 2026 (17:30)

Monday, 4 May 2026

18:00 Welcome reception and Registration

18:00 - 20:30
Tuesday, 5 May 2026

08:00 Registration

08:00 - 08:30
08:30 Session 1
08:30 - 10:15
Contributions

08:30 Workshop Welcome - Johan Wickström (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

08:40 PSI Introduction - Kilian Rolli (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

09:00 Elettra 2.0 - What are we learning on Removal and Installation? - Roberto Visintini (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)

09:25 When Everything is Late: Practical Supplier Management in the Elettra 2.0 Project - Giulio Scrimali (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)

09:50 The lifecycle of the CNGS target area: from installation to nuclear dismantling - Ans Pardons (CERN)
10:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:45
10:45 Session 2
10:45 - 12:30
Contributions

10:45 LBNL ALS-U Accumulator Ring Installation – Challenges & Lessons Learned - Tobias Griesemer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

11:10 LCLS-II-HE Accelerator Installation - Alysson Loo (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Dominique White (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) James Maniscalco (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

11:35 ALBAII Project status - Javier Boyer (ALBA)

12:00 Industry Talk: RSI, Oak Ridge - John Baur

12:10 Industry Talk: REITZ Natursteintechnik KG - Adriana Engel

12:20 Discussion 1
12:30 Buffet Lunch
Buffet Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Session 3
14:00 - 14:50
Contributions

14:00 Installation Strategy of the Siam Photon Source II Synchrotron Light Source - Porntip Sudmuang (Synchrotron Light Research Institute (SLRI))

14:25 From green-field project to high resolution photons: case study from the NCPS SOLARIS Synchrotron Project - Jaroslaw Wiechecki (Solaris)
14:50 Poster Flash Talks
14:50 - 16:00
Contributions

14:50 Elettra 2.0: from the project schedule to the details of the assembly sequences - Giovanni Simonetti (Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.)

14:55 ALS-U Cable Plant Design and Installation - Priyanka Gupta (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

15:00 SRF Test Facility Upgrade - Jean Clifford Brutus (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

15:05 Industrial and Civil Digital Design Integration in Large-Scale Facilities - Davide Avogaro (UNIPD / Elettra / PSI)

15:10 HI-ECN3 dismantling and installation strategy - Fernando Pedrosa (CERN)

15:15 The importance of a centralized HW-database - Kurt Bitterli (Paul Scherrer Institut)

15:20 Design and installation of the CIRI infrared beamline at NCPS Solaris - Pawel Nowak

15:25 Cold Linac Project at ESRF - Jean-Luc REVOL Jean-Luc Revol

15:30 Discussion 1
16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 16:10

16:10 Poster session

16:10 - 17:30

19:00 Walk + informal Dinner
Walk + informal Dinner
19:00 - 21:30
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
08:30 Session 4
08:30 - 09:50
Contributions

08:30 Introduction to day 2 - Johan Wickström (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

08:35 Progress Report on R&I for SOLEIL II – Francois TRIAS for R&I Team - Francois Trias (Soleil)

09:00 NSLS-II Current Projects & Plans for a Future Upgrade - Fries Gregory (Brookhaven National Lab)

09:25 Engineering Systems for Large-Scale Facility Upgrades: The ALS-U Project Experience - Daniela Leitner (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
09:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
09:50 - 10:20
10:20 Session 5
10:20 - 12:30
Contributions

10:20 Engineering developments for the dismantling of the LHC cryogenic distribution line - Simon Barrière (CERN)

10:45 LCLS-II-HE Cable Plant, Controls, and Safety Systems - Nate Lipkowitz (SLAC)

11:10 Electron Ion Collider ASR Installation Planning - Christopher Pontieri (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

11:35 Industry Talk: Transmutex SA - Evgeny Solodko (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

11:45 Industry Talk: Swiss Factory Engineering AG - Martin Huber

11:55 Discussion 2
12:30 Buffet Lunch
Buffet Lunch
12:30 - 13:30

13:30 Bus Transfer: to PSI
to PSI
13:30 - 14:00
14:00 PSI Visit
14:00 - 14:45
Room: Main Auditorium
Contributions

14:00 PSI Accelerators Overview - Romain Ganter (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

14:25 SLS 2.0 Upgrade Status - Phase II - Maximilian Maria Wurm (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
14:45 Coffee in Auditorium
Coffee in Auditorium
14:45 - 15:15
Room: Main Auditorium
15:15 PSI Visit
15:15 - 17:45
Contributions

15:15 Walk to SLS

15:30 SLS Visit

17:30 Walk to Bus
17:45 Bus Transfer: to Workshop Dinner at Habsburg
to Workshop Dinner at Habsburg
17:45 - 18:15

18:15 Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
18:15 - 21:15

21:15 Bus Transfer: back to Hotel
back to Hotel
21:15 - 21:45
Thursday, 7 May 2026
08:30 Session 6
08:30 - 10:15
Contributions

08:30 Introduction to day 3 - Johan Wickström (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

08:35 Status update on the technical planning of the IMPACT project at PSI - Mike Aeschbacher (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

09:00 Planning for Removal and Installation of LAMP - Dusan Spernjak (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

09:25 Ring Injection Dump Proton Beam Window Helium Leak Mitigation - Melissa Harvey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Spallation Neutron Source)

09:50 ALS-U Integrated Plan for Dark Time - Adam Stewart (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
10:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:45
10:45 Session 7
10:45 - 12:30
Contributions

10:45 PETRA IV Logistics Concepts - Timon Kriel (DESY)

11:10 Logistics Challenges at a Synchrotron Upgrade Project - Mick Conmy (Diamond Light Source)

11:35 Discussion 3 - Frederic Le Pimpec Frédéric Le Pimpec Jean-Luc REVOL (ESRF) Jean-Luc Revol

12:05 Summary Talk - Jean-Luc REVOL (ESRF) Jean-Luc Revol
12:30 Buffet Lunch
Buffet Lunch
12:30 - 14:00

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