Beam Diagnostics – Down Under
Between 13-17 September 2015 beam diagnostics experts from around the world gathered in Melbourne, Australia for the International Beam Instrumentation Conference IBIC. IBIC is an established annual conference series that gathers the world's beam instrumentation community. It is dedicated to exploring the physics and engineering challenges of beam diagnostic and measurement techniques for charged particle accelerators and light sources worldwide.
oPAC Fellows Marcin Bartosik, Laura Torino and Manuel Cargnelutti, together with network coordinator Prof. Carsten P. Welsch all contributed to this conference and presented recent research results. Marcin presented results from studies into cryogenic beam loss monitors and Laura attracted a lot of interest with her poster on optimization studies using advanced diagnostics at the ALBA synchrotron in Barcelona, Spain.
Manuel was busy throughout the week at the Instrumentation Technologies booth. His company was one of the main sponsors of IBIC this year and brought several staff members, including CEO Rok Ursic to Melbourne. Prof. Welsch gave overview presentations about Fellow achievements to disseminate their R&D results and help them secure future positions.
The conference was attended by 180 delegates from around the world and considered as a big success by the participants. There was ample opportunity for collaboration meetings and detailed discussion of ongoing research. The conference dinner, held in the Melbourne Cricket Ground – the world-famous ‘G’ - was one of many highlights during a research-packed week. IBIC16 will be held in Barcelona, Spain and hosted by oPAC partner ALBA.