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TheAfricanLightSourceProject
Thereareabout313rdgeneraAonLightSourcesasatOctober2017…
Whatarethey?Whyaretheydistributedlikethis?
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BerkeleyALS-II
ArgonneAPSUP
OxfordDLS-II
ParisSOLEIL-II
GrenobleESRF
PSISLS-II
TriesteEleSra-II
HamburgPetra-IV
Russia4thGenSynchrotron
Beijing4thGenSynchrotron
HarimaSpring8II
NovosibirskVEPPV
India4thGen
SynchrotronSaoPaoloLNLSII
Whyaretherecurrently14majorupgrades/newbuilds? GraphicadaptedfromESRFsource
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BerkeleyALS-II
ArgonneAPSUP
OxfordDLS-II
ParisSOLEIL-II
GrenobleESRF
PSISLS-II
TriesteEleSra-II
HamburgPetra-IV
Russia4thGenSynchrotron
Beijing4thGenSynchrotron
HarimaSpring8II
NovosibirskVEPPV
India4thGen
SynchrotronSaoPaoloLNLSII
AfricaisnowonaroadmaptowardsanAfricanLightSource GraphicadaptedfromESRFsource
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BerkeleyALS-II
ArgonneAPSUP
OxfordDLS-II
ParisSOLEIL-II
GrenobleESRF
PSISLS-II
TriesteEleSra-II
HamburgPetra-IV
Russia4thGenSynchrotron
Beijing4thGenSynchrotron
HarimaSpring8II
NovosibirskVEPPV
India4thGen
SynchrotronSaoPaoloLNLSII
TheconversaAonaboutalightsourceforAfricaisactuallysomedecadesold. GraphicadaptedfromESRFsource
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WhatisaLightSource(synchrotron/FEL).....transformaAvescienAficinstrumentssimilartotheinvenAonofconvenAonallasersandcomputers...premierresearchtoolfor....
• Bioscience,materialsscience,geoscience,paleontology,archeology,environmentalscience,energyscience,chemistry,......industry.....
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Socio-economicbenefits• BoostAfricanScienAficResearch,ResearchCapacity(ConAnent,regions,InsAtutes),CapacityBuilding-AfricanScienceRenaissance
• GlobalResearchCommunity
• TacklingDiseases(Malaria,TB,Aids,Ebola....)
• UniqueAfricanResearchOpportuniAesaSracAnginternaAonalcollaboraAon:EnergyopportuniAes,AfricanEnvironment,CradleofHumankind,CradleofCulture,MineralbeneficiaAon,Agriculture.
• Mobility,Conferences,Schools,InternaAonalMentoringpartnershipsinstudenttraining,RegionalCentresofExcellence,LocalfeederinstrumentaAon
• BuildResearchcapacityinIndustry,compeAAveindustry
• ScienceforPeace(egSESAME–discussedthisweek)
• ReturnoftheAfricanScienceDiaspora-newopportuniAesforyoungexcellentscienAsts
• ForAfricancountriestotakecontroloftheirdesAniesandbecomemajorplayersintheinternaAonalcommunity
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SomeexamplesofSciencewithSynchrotrons
MulIdisciplinary
• Research
• Technology
• Industry
*Creditinferredfromeachslide
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….actually…..MANYareas!
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TrevorSewell–UCT–SouthAfrica
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TrevorSewell–UCT–SouthAfrica
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Paleontology
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PhasecontrastX-raysynchrotron
microtomography,SubmicronresoluAon,
unprecedentedcontrast
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Historicaldocuments:Timbuktu
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TechnologicalAdvance:1measuredpointà4Ddata(3spaceandAme)-improvementsof104
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Plan1stAfricanLightSourceConferenceandWorkshopinNov2015
AieraconsultaAveprocessandandigitalelecAon,theInterimSteeringCommiSeefortheAfricanLightSourcewasformed…...
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ArIcle5.3.2p22:RecommendsestablishingaSynchrotronasacentralizedAfricanscienIficfacility.
DeclaraAonandAcAonPlan1stAfricanHigherEducaAonSummitonRevitalizingHigher
EducaAonforAfrica’sFuture,10-12March2015,Dakar,Senegal.
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TowardstheAfricanLightSourceh"p://www.saip.org.za/AfLS2015/
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• AieraconsultaAveprocessandanelecAon,theInterimSteeringCommiSeefortheAfricanLightSourcewasformedinAugust2014toorganisethisevent.
• Theconferencehadanassessmentphaseandanoutcomesphase.
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Total&presenta,ons&68&
1st$African$Light$Source$Conference$and$Workshop$
AfricanResearcheruseofSynchrotronshas• AlargefootprintinAfrica• ResearchthatisveryimportanttoAfrica
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ExampleofAfricanIndustry:
SASOLinvestmentinR&DandHCSASOLcapacity,achievementsincatalysisstudies–localandatlightsources
fromDrEduPlessisatAfLS2015
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Discovery:AfricanparIcipaIonandpotenIallargerthananIcipated1. Userbaseisbiggerandstrongerthanoriginallyperceived.2. Industryalreadyengaged(SASOL)3. Paleo-withahugeAfricanfootprint4. Bio-alreadyontoAfricandiseases5. Materials….ExperiencedUsers6. Beginningsofalocalinfrastructureinsomecountries.7. SynergieswithSKAinITsupport8. PotenAalforgrowthbasedontheUserbaseoffeederinstrumentaAon
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AfLSmeeIng:PartII-Concreteoutcomes.
1. GrenobleResoluAons.• Seehttp://events.saip.org.za/conferenceDisplay.py/getPic?picId=70&confId=61
2. TermsofReference.• Seehttp://events.saip.org.za/conferenceDisplay.py/getPic?picId=67&confId=61
3. Roadmapsummary.• Seehttp://events.saip.org.za/conferenceDisplay.py/getPic?picId=66&confId=61
4. SteeringCommiSeetodrivethisroadmapforward.• fullymandated• globallyelected• Seehttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NlULgrE7Bu9t2aeiKIYd3zgFALoLbksfEFTqNC8p0q0/edit#gid=0
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AfLSSteeringCommiVeeRegionsrepresented….55members
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SeehVp://www.africanlightsource.org
ARoadmaptotheAfricanLightSourceWeareconcernedwithcapacitybuildingintermsofhumanresources,locallaboratorysupportinfrastrutureandregionsofexcellence.Wearebuildingnetworks,idenAfyingpartners,training,mobility,workshops,schoolsandconferencesandopAmisingtheuseofexisAngfundinginstruments.Bydegreeswewillbebuilding,onstrongfoundaAons,amassivecampaignforastrongresearcheruserbasewithanawarepolicy-makercohort,acrossAfrica,andgloballylinked.
AudiAngtheprogressintermsofScienceandCapacity.UlAmatelytherewillbeafeasibilitystudy,businessplan,governancemodelandTechnicalDesignReport,leadingtoanAfricanLightSource.
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CurrentAcIviIes
• PanAfricanGovernmentalProgramme
• Conferences/MeeAngs• SFSA,ICRI,APS,ICSUBoard,IBSPBoard,HBB,manyothersbySCCmembers
• StakeholderOrganisaAons/partnerstobeidenAfiedwhichwelcometheAfLSprogramme
• Exchanges,CollaboraAons,Networks:ApplicaAonsforexisAngfundinginstruments(successful/inpreparaAon)
• Several…Sister,RCUK,GDRF,EUfunds,parAcpaAoninvariousLightSourceinternalprojects• IUPAP-IUCr“UAlisaAonofLightSourceandCrystallographicSciencestoFacilitatethe
EnhancementofKnowledgeandImprovetheEconomicandSocialCondiAonsinTargetedRegionsoftheWorld” ….Nowrunning.
• CapacityBuilding• Training,Exchanges,PostDocs
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SpecializedTechnicalCommiSeeonEducaAon,ScienceandTechnologyAfricaUnion:STC-EST20October2017EgyptH.E.Prof.SarahAnyangAgborAUCommissionerforHumanResources,ScienceandTechnology.
AfricanAcademyofSciencePresidentProf.FelixDapareDakoraPresentaAononAfricanLightSource
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TheCalltosupportthecreaIonofanAfricaSynchrotronproject
SeetheAASwebsite
• BuildthecasetheAfLS• LeSerofsupport/endorsement• OnlinepeAAon
Partnership: AfricanAcademyofScience
RoyalSocietyUK
AfLSSteeringCommiVee
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Announcement:2ndAfricanLightSourceConferenceandWorkshopSchedule : 1weekinNovember2018Venue : SomewhereinAfrica!
TBA
The2ndAfricanLightSourceConferenceandWorkshop
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Backup
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