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, May 4, 2026 (6:00 PM) to Thursday, May 7, 2026 (5:30 PM)

Monday, May 4, 2026

6:00 PM Welcome reception and Registration

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

8:00 AM Registration

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM Session 1
8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM Workshop Welcome - Johan Wickström (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

8:40 AM PSI Introduction - Kilian Rolli (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

9:00 AM Elettra 2.0 - What are we learning on Removal and Installation? - Roberto Visintini (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)

9:25 AM When Everything is Late: Practical Supplier Management in the Elettra 2.0 Project - Giulio Scrimali (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)

9:50 AM The lifecycle of the CNGS target area: from installation to nuclear dismantling - Ans Pardons (CERN)
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM Session 2
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

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

11:10 AM 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 AM ALBAII Project status - Javier Boyer (ALBA)

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

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

12:20 PM Discussion 1
12:30 PM Buffet Lunch
Buffet Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Session 3
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Installation Strategy of the Siam Photon Source II Synchrotron Light Source - Porntip Sudmuang (Synchrotron Light Research Institute (SLRI))

2:25 PM From green-field project to high resolution photons: case study from the NCPS SOLARIS Synchrotron Project - Jaroslaw Wiechecki (Solaris)
2:50 PM Poster Flash Talks
2:50 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions

2:50 PM Elettra 2.0: from the project schedule to the details of the assembly sequences - Giovanni Simonetti (Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.)

2:55 PM ALS-U Cable Plant Design and Installation - Priyanka Gupta (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

3:00 PM SRF Test Facility Upgrade - Jean Clifford Brutus (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

3:05 PM Industrial and Civil Digital Design Integration in Large-Scale Facilities - Davide Avogaro (UNIPD / Elettra / PSI)

3:10 PM HI-ECN3 dismantling and installation strategy - Fernando Pedrosa (CERN)

3:15 PM The importance of a centralized HW-database - Kurt Bitterli (Paul Scherrer Institut)

3:20 PM Design and installation of the CIRI infrared beamline at NCPS Solaris - Pawel Nowak

3:25 PM Cold Linac Project at ESRF - Jean-Luc REVOL Jean-Luc Revol

3:30 PM Discussion 1
4:00 PM Coffee Break

4:00 PM - 4:10 PM

4:10 PM Poster session

4:10 PM - 5:30 PM

7:00 PM Walk + informal Dinner
Walk + informal Dinner
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
8:30 AM Session 4
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM Introduction to day 2 - Johan Wickström (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

8:35 AM Progress Report on R&I for SOLEIL II – Francois TRIAS for R&I Team - Francois Trias (Soleil)

9:00 AM NSLS-II Current Projects & Plans for a Future Upgrade - Fries Gregory (Brookhaven National Lab)

9:25 AM Engineering Systems for Large-Scale Facility Upgrades: The ALS-U Project Experience - Daniela Leitner (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
9:50 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM
10:20 AM Session 5
10:20 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

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

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

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

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

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

11:55 AM Discussion 2
12:30 PM Buffet Lunch
Buffet Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

1:30 PM Bus Transfer: to PSI
to PSI
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM PSI Visit
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Main Auditorium
Contributions

2:00 PM PSI Accelerators Overview - Romain Ganter (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

2:25 PM SLS 2.0 Upgrade Status - Phase II - Maximilian Maria Wurm (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)
2:45 PM Coffee in Auditorium
Coffee in Auditorium
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: Main Auditorium
3:15 PM PSI Visit
3:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Contributions

3:15 PM Walk to SLS

3:30 PM SLS Visit

5:30 PM Walk to Bus
5:45 PM Bus Transfer: to Workshop Dinner at Habsburg
to Workshop Dinner at Habsburg
5:45 PM - 6:15 PM

6:15 PM Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
6:15 PM - 9:15 PM

9:15 PM Bus Transfer: back to Hotel
back to Hotel
9:15 PM - 9:45 PM
Thursday, May 7, 2026
8:30 AM Session 6
8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM Introduction to day 3 - Johan Wickström (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

8:35 AM Status update on the technical planning of the IMPACT project at PSI - Mike Aeschbacher (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

9:00 AM Planning for Removal and Installation of LAMP - Dusan Spernjak (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

9:25 AM Ring Injection Dump Proton Beam Window Helium Leak Mitigation - Melissa Harvey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Spallation Neutron Source)

9:50 AM ALS-U Integrated Plan for Dark Time - Adam Stewart (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM Session 7
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

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

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

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

12:05 PM Summary Talk - Jean-Luc REVOL (ESRF) Jean-Luc Revol
12:30 PM Buffet Lunch
Buffet Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

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