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Plenary session I: Welcome and presentations from the BSBF2018 partners

Time: Day 1, Tuesday, 27 February, 2018, 09.00-12.30
Place: Tivoli Congress Hall

09.00	Welcome to BSBF2018 Agnete Gersing, Permanent Secretary, Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science
09.10	Big Science is Big Business Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, Chairman of the Regional Council, Capital Region of Denmark
09.20	Present and future high-energy accelerators at CERN. Innovation, technical challenges and opportunities for industry Fréderick Bordry, Director of Accelerators and Technology, CERN – The European Organization for Nuclear Research
9.35	Research meets Industry – the EMBL experience Silke Schumacher, Director International Relations, EMBL – European Molecular Biology Laboratory
9.50	Introduction to ESA Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Director General, ESA – European Space Agency
10.05	ESO’s programme and opportunities for industry Xavier Barcons, Director General, ESO – European Southern Observatory
10.20	Future Synchrotron Science and the ESRF Extremely Brilliant Source programme Francesco Sette, Director General, ESRF – The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
10.40	Coffee break
11.10	The European Spallation Source John Womersley, Director General, ESS – European Spallation Source
11.25	Introduction to European XFEL Robert Feidenhans´l, Managing Director and Chairman of the Management Board, European XFEL – The European X-Ray Free Electron Laser Facility
11.40	Building ITER to advance solar fusion: challenges and opportunities for industry to partner with F4E Richard Cobben, Head of the ITER Delivery Department, F4E – Fusion for Energy
11.55	ILL: Leading global player in the provision of neutrons for society Helmut Schober, Director General, ILL – Institut Laue-Langevin
12.10	The future belongs to the brave Søren Pind, The Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science
12.20	Open innovation, open science, open to the world Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation

A1 Procurement, IPR and standards

Time: Day 1, Tuesday, 27 February, 2018, 13.30-15.30
Place: Vandsalen

Big Science organisations have different legal status, different member states and different procurement rules. Some organisations are international inter-governmental organisations with their own procurement rules while others are subject to EU public procurement rules and their tenders are not limited to a specific number of member states. Heads of Procurement from all organisations will present their procurement rules as well as relevant information for suppliers regarding intellectual property rights (IPR, in relation to procurement) and standards.

Moderator: Christopher Bovis, Professor FRSA, Professor of International Business Law, University of Hull

13.30	Opening of the session with overview of the topic. Rules of Engagement. Introduction of Panel Prof C. Bovis, Moderator
13.40	Doing business with CERN Anders Unnervik, Head of Procurement and Industrial Services Group, CERN
13.50	The European Space Agency from a procurement perspective Gunilla Stjernevi, Senior Procurement Compliance Manager, ESA
14.00	The characteristics of the procurement system European Southern Observatory Arnout Tromp, Head of Contracts and Procurement, ESO
14.10	Market engagement and the procurement system of The European Synchrotron Ingrid Milanese, Head of Procurement & Contracts, ESRF
14.20	Overview of Procurement by the European Spallation Source Meredith Shirey, Head of Supply, Procurement & Logistics Division, ESS
14.30	Issues pertinent to SME accessibility, Treatment of IPRs and Treatment of Standards in the procurement System of XFEL Kitty Fritz-Nielen, Leader, Procurement and Logistics Group, European XFEL
14.40	Challenge and opportunities for Big Science procurement in the EU framework: the F4E experience Leonardo Biagioni, Head of Contracts and Procurement, Fusion for Energy
14.50	Opportunities to make business with the ILL, a French nuclear operator Philippe Guérin, Head of Purchasing & Contracts, ILL
15.00	Round table discussion on the topic – questions from audience All speakers and moderator
15.15	Synthesis and summary of panel conclusions and recommendations Prof C. Bovis, Moderator

A2 Remote handling systems

Time: Day 1, Tuesday, 27 February, 2018, 13.30-15.30
Place: Pjerrot

Increasingly, Big Science organisations have areas with challenging environments – due to hazardous materials, or various types of radioactivity & radiation, or environmental constraints (such as temperature, pressure, magnetic field, vacuum) or at inaccessible locations like in space. Operations hence require specialized remote handling (RH) / robotics interventions. Solutions developed for the science community may also help to solve challenges in other markets such as manipulation of very large components, decommissioning, space, power generation, mining etc. The technical area includes RH mechanics, system design & engineering, tooling design, operations planning, radiation tolerant components & systems, electronics, simulation, control and testing environments.

Moderator: Martin Townsend, Head of Business Development, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), UK Industrial Liaison Officer for F4E/ITER, United Kingdom

13.30	Overall session introduction Martin Townsend, Moderator
13.35	Robotic Solutions for CERN Accelerators Harsh Environments Alessandro Masi, Section Leader - Equipment Controls and Electronics, CERN
13.50	CERN - Handling of accelerators large components, complexity of remote handling Jean-Louis Grenard, Project manager in heavy handling and robotics, CERN
14.05	The mission critical Remote Handling Systems for European Spallation Source Magnus Göhran, Monolith & Handling Group Leader, ESS
14.20	ITER: novelty and challenges of Remote Handling in nuclear fusion Carlo Damiani, Project Team Manager – Remote Handling, F4E
14.35	Critical Handling systems at ESO’s observatories – planned and completed projects Max Kraus, Senior Mechanical Engineer, ESO
14.50	Remote handling in space: needs and opportunities Gianfranco Visentin, Head of Automation & Robotics section, ESA
15.05	Wrap-up Martin Townsend, Moderator

A3 Cryogenic technology

Time: Day 1, Tuesday, 27 February, 2018, 13.30-15.30
Place: Lumbye

Many Big Science organisations need a range of cryogenic installations and systems in order to operate superconducting magnets, detectors or other equipment requiring cryogenic (extremely low) temperatures. The technical areas of interest include: cryogenic equipment, cryogenic storage and handling, vibration reduction, remote cooling, long lifetime to reduce maintenance, cryogenic materials, structural materials at cryogenic temperatures, etc. In this session, synergies between ground and space cryogenics will also be addressed..

Moderator: Michel Hübner, Swiss Industrial Liaison Officer for CERN, ESO, ESRF, ESS, European XFEL, F4E/ITER & ILL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

13.30	Introduction to session Michel Hübner, Moderator
13.35	Introduction to Cryogenics for Big Science facilities/ Cryogenics at CERN Dimitri Delikaris, Head of the Cryogenics Group, CERN
14.00	Cryogenics at ITER Alain Teissier, Cryoplant and Fuel Cycle Project Team Manager, F4E
14.15	ESS Cryogenic Installations Status Philipp Arnold, Section Leader Cryogenics, ESS
14.30	Towards environment friendly helium resource management Eddy Lelièvre-Berna, Advanced Neutron Environment Team Leader, ILL
14:45	Cryogenics at ESO – overview and future challenges Gerd Jakob, Head of Instruments and Cryogenic Systems Group, ESO
15.00	Cryogenics in the Space Sector - the challenges Thierry Tirolien, Thermal/Cryogenics Engineer, ESA
15.15	General questions from the audience and session closing All speakers

A4 Affiliated Big Science organisations I

Time: Day 1, Tuesday, 27 February, 2018, 13.30-15.30
Place: Carstensen

ALBA, DESY, ELI-NP, ENEA, FAIR, MAX IV, SCK•CEN – MYRRHA, PSI and SKA have all been selected to become a BSBF2018 Affiliated Big Science organisation. The nine Affiliated Big Science organisations belong to some of the world’s largest international and national Big Science organisations and will present their investments in the coming years. This session will include ALBA, DESY, FAIR, MAX IV and PSI, while the other four organisations will be included in parallel session B4.

Moderator: Dariusz Bocian, Head of Division of Scientific Equipment and Infrastructure Construction, The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), Polish Industrial Liaison Officer for ESS, Poland

13.30	Introduction to session Dariusz Bocian, Moderator
13.40	From Big Science to Big Business – How to make money from Black Holes Dr. Arik Willner, Chief Technology Officer, DESY
14.00	Large scale research facilities at PSI – status and future developments Prof. Leonid Rivkin, Deputy Director PSI and Head of Division Large Research Facilities, PSI
14.20	Ask not what synchrotron radiation can do for you; ask what you can do for synchrotron radiation Dr. Christoph Quitmann, Director, MAX IV Laboratory
14.40	ALBA: status and development plans Dr. Gaston Garcia, Deputy Director, ALBA
15.00	B2B with Mission FAIR - the universe in the laboratory David Urner, Head of In-Kind Contributions, FAIR
15.20	General questions from the audience and session closing All speakers

B1 Technology Transfer

Time: Day 1, Tuesday, 27 February, 2018, 16.00-18.00
Place: Vandsalen

Although Big Science organisations are built for scientific purposes, their construction and operation generates a wealth of knowledge, some of which has the potential to be transferred to a broad variety of industries thereby impacting society. Representatives from all Big Science organisations will present their Technology Transfer policies, opportunities and way of working with the industry. Particular areas of interest are: technology broker networks, business incubation centers, licensing, open source etc.

Speakers: Emir Sirage, Portuguese Industrial Liaison Officer for CERN, ESA, ESO & ESRF and IPC Delegate for ESA, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal

16.00	Welcome and session introduction Emir Sirage, Moderator
16.05	Knowledge Transfer @ CERN Giovanni Anelli, Head of the Knowledge Transfer Group, CERN
16.10	Technology Transfer in the Fusion field: Helping companies doing business Victor Sáez, Group Leader, Market Intelligence, F4E
16.15	Innovation impact of European XFEL: how we will cooperate with industry Antonio Bonucci, Industrial Liaison Office and IKC supply chain manager, European XFEL
16.20	How open access to synchrotron light contributes to accelerate the European innovation Ennio Capria, Deputy Head of Business Development, ESRF
16.25	Innovations from the EMBL, Europe‘s flagship laboratory for the life sciences Jürgen Bauer, Deputy Managing Director - EMBLEM Technology Transfer GmbH
16.30	Why astronomy isn’t just for astronomers Enikő Patkós, Corporate Policies and Risk Manager, ESO
16.35	We need more Space Frank Salzgeber, Head of Technology Transfer and Business Incubation Office, ESA
16.55	Panel debate with moderation All speakers
17.35	General questions from audience All speakers
17.50	Closing with session Highlights Emir Sirage, Moderator

B2 Superconductivity and superconducting magnets

Time: Day 1, Tuesday, 27 February, 2018, 16.00-18.00
Place: Lumbye

Superconducting magnets are key components in particle accelerators and fusion energy experiments, where their primary role is to control the path and shape of beams of electrically charged particles. Progress is constantly made in the field of superconductivity and particularly the following technical areas are of interest to Big Science organisations developing future particle accelerators, colliders and fusion tokamaks: superconducting materials, superconducting RF cavities, superconducting links, magnet design and technology, cable and conductors production and test, manufacturing and testing of coils, high-temperature superconductors.

Speakers: Mauro Morandin, Italian Industrial Liaison Officer for CERN, Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy

16.00	Introduction Mauro Morandin, Moderator
16.05	Superconductivity in Big Science: a Strong Driver for Industrial Innovation Luca Bottura, Applied Physicist, Group Leader Magnets, Superconductors and Cryostats, CERN
16.45	Industrial opportunities in Superconductivity at ESS John G. Weisend II, Specialized Technical Services Group Leader, ESS
17:00	Superconductivity in ITER: a success story of partnership with industry Charalampos Kostopoulos, TF coil Procurement Officer, F4E
17.15	Industrial opportunities in Superconductivity applications at ILL Eddy Lelièvre-Berna, Advanced Neutron Environment Team Leader, ILL
17.30	Superconductivity at CERN: Opportunities for Industry Luca Bottura, Applied Physicist, Group Leader TE-MSC, CERN
17.50	Final questions and close out All speakers

B3 Safety systems, licensing and protection of hazardous installations, access control, fire and gas detection

Time: Day 1, Tuesday, 27 February, 2018, 16.00-18.00
Place: Pjerrot

Big Science organisations are typically characterized by high safety requirements to protect personnel, users, equipment, and surroundings against radiation, fire, gas, cryogenics, chemicals, heavy loads, and other hazardous items or situations. Many safety regulations and practices have some commonalities in the Big Science organisations but they are typically subjected to the regulatory requirements of the country they are based in. The technical areas of particular interest are for example: health and safety activities and legislation, radiation protection and shielding, nuclear and non-nuclear hazards, waste management and disposal, radiological and environmental monitoring, licensing regulations, access control.

Speakers: Christian Dierick, Lead Expert, Agoria, Belgian Industrial Liaison Officer for F4E/ITER, Belgium

16.00	Introduction Christian Dierick, Moderator
16.05	Industrial opportunities in Health, Safety and Environmental Protection at CERN Doris Forkel, Head of Health, Safety and Environmental Protection Unit, CERN
16.30	Safety Systems in Ground Telescope Juan Carlos Palacio, Mechanical Construction Engineer Telescope & Large Structures Group, ESO
16.55	Licensing issues & Challenges for European Spallation Source (ESS), a new Large Accelerator Facility built in Scandinavia Peter Jacobsson, Head of Safety, Health and Environment Division, ESS
17.20	Developing and expanding a functioning safety structure Sigrid Kozielski, Head of the Safety and radiation protection group, and Emil Dupuich, Safety and Radiation Protection, Safety Engineer, European XFEL
17.45	Final questions and close out All speakers

B4 Affiliated Big Science organisations II

Time: Day 1, Tuesday, 27 February, 2018, 16.00-18.00
Place: Carstensen

ALBA, DESY, ELI-NP, ENEA, FAIR MAX IV, SCK-CEN – MYRRHA, PSI and SKA have all been selected to become a BSBF2018 Affiliated Big Science organisation. The nine Affiliated Big Science organisations belong to some of the world’s largest international and national Big Science organisations and will present their investments in the coming years. This session will include ELI-NP, ENEA, SCK•CEN – MYRRHA and SKA, while the other four organisations will be included in parallel session A4.

Moderator: Allanah Bayliss (TBC), UK industry liaison to CERN, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK

16.00	Introduction of session Allanah Bayliss, Moderator
16.10	The Divertor Tokamak Test facility: a new research infrastructure contributing to the fusion energy development Paola Batistoni , Research Director, Department of Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety, ENEA
16.35	The Square Kilometre Array – Towards Procurement Simon Berry, Director of Corporate Strategy, and Ian Hastings, Head of Procurement Services, SKA
17.00	MYRRHA: a cornerstone of the European strategy for closing the nuclear fuel cycle Hamid Aït Abderrahim, Deputy Director-General International Relations, SCK•CEN, & Director, MYRRHA project
17.25	Towards extreme laser light: overview of technology procurement opportunities at ELI Dan Gabriel Ghita, Technical Director, ELI-NP
17.45	Reviewing the session and taking general questions from audience Moderator and all

Plenary session II: Big science as a market

Time: Day 2, Wednesday, 28 February, 2018, 9.00-10.45
Place: Tivoli Congress Hall

The session will present views and experiences on the big science market by actors from industry and Industrial Liaison Officers (ILOs). The session aims at inspiring companies to engage in the big science market. It will also provide feedback from the industry to the big science organisations and suggestions for ensuring the existence of an innovative, prosperous and stable industrial supplier base. After short presentations from ILOs, prime contractors and SMEs in the big science market, the session will feature a round table discussion where the audience is most welcome to contribute with comments and questions.

Moderator: Angela Lamont, BSBF2018 plenary session moderator

09.00	Introduction to the Big Science market Kurt Ebbinghaus, Deutsches ITER Industrie Forum (dIIF), Fusion for Energy Industrial Liaison Officer for Germany and former managing director of Babcock Noell GmbH
09.15	Views and experiences on the Big Science market from a prime contractor to the European Big Science organisations Gaizka Murga-Llano, Astronomy Business Manager, IDOM
09.25	Views and experiences on the Big Science market from a prime contractor to the European Big Science organisations Hans Priem, Business Manager Science & Technology, VDL
09.35	Views and experiences on the Big Science market from an SME to the European Big Science organisations Jens William Larsen, Managing Director, Polyteknik AS
09.45	Views and experiences on the Big Science market from an SME to the European Big Science organisations Ricardo Patricio, CEO, Active Space Technologies
09.55	Towards a consolidated European Big Science market place, recommendations from Industrial Liaison Officers Juliette Forneris, BigScience.dk, CERN and ESO Industrial Liaison Officer for Denmark
10.10	Roundtable discussion All speakers

C1 Electrical, electronics, electromechanical and RF systems

Time: Day 2, Wednesday, 28 February, 2018, 11.15-13.15
Place: Lumbye

Big Science organisations have a need for both standard and highly specialized electrical, electronics, and electromechanical installations and systems. This includes power supplies, transformers, installations, assembly and wiring work. Some organisations have an additional need for particular heating or particle acceleration systems based on RF (radiofrequency) or microwave generators with associated power supplies. In others radiofrequency amplifiers and associated power supplies are used to provide energy to particle beams, which are accelerated in normal conducting or superconducting resonators.

Moderator: Ott Rebane, Estonian Industrial Liaison Officer for ESS & F4E/ITER, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia

11.15	Introduction to the session Ott Rebane, Moderator
11.20	Business Opportunities Related to CERN Electrical Network Stefano Bertolasi, Section Leader Electrical Network Projects at Electrical Engineering Group, CERN
11.35	Radiofrequency Systems at CERN Frank Gerigk, Deputy RF Group Leader, CERN
11.50	EEE components for space applications Veronique Ferlet-Cavrois, Head of the Power Systems, EMC and Space Environments division - TEC-EP, ESA
12.05	Business Opportunities Related to Control Electronic and RF systems at ESO Christian Lucuix, Head of the Electronic Engineering Department, ESO
12.20	RF systems in the ESS Linac Anders Sunesson, RF Group Leader, ESS
12.35	Power Supplies for the ITER Neutral Beam and Electron Cyclotron systems Tullio Bonicelli, Project Manager for Neutral Beam and Electron Cyclotron Power Supplies and Sources Department, ITER
12.50	Power system at CERN and Business opportunities Serge Pittet, Power Electronics Designer, CERN
13.05	Closing the session – last questions to all presenters All speakers

C2 High precision and large mechanical components – manufacturing and assembly

Time: Day 2, Wednesday, 28 February, 2018, 11.15-13.15
Place: Vandsalen

The building and operation of Big Science organisations relies extensively on the construction of large and complex mechanical systems such as magnet components, accelerating structures, support systems, shielding structures, and vacuum components. The needs for mechanical parts vary in terms of materials, sizes, volume, and degree of complexity; but the following technical areas are of particular relevance to most Big Science organisations: manufacturing of high to very high precision mechanical components, large machined components, pressure vessels and high temperature reactors, complex welded structures; as well as assembly, installation, validation and testing of the above components.

Speakers: Ole Petter Nordahl, Norwegian Industrial Liaison Officer for CERN, ESRF & ESS, Norway

11.15	Opening of the session with quick overview of the topic and accumulated tender volume/year Ole Petter Nordahl, Moderator
11.20	High precision and large mechanical components manufacturing and assembly at CERN Hélène Mainaud Durand, Deputy leader of the Survey, Mechatronics and Measurements group, CERN
11.35	Materials, Structures and Mechanisms for Space Tommaso Ghidini, Head of the Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division, ESA
11.50	The ELT optomechanics – Developments and challenges Lluis Cavaller, Mechanical System Engineer, ESO
12.05	High precision and large mechanical components at the ESRF - Topics and tenders involving manufacturing and assembly Philippe Marion, Head of Mechanical Engineering Group, ESRF
12.20	Engineering design & material testing for the ESS accelerator Nick Gazis, Mechanical Engineering Technology Section Leader, ESS
12.35	ITER Project and the Vacuum Vessel Stefan Wikman, Material & Fabrication - ITER Department, F4E
12.50	High precision mechanics for neutron science at ILL Jérôme Beaucour, Head of Mechanical Service of the Experimental Halls, ILL
13.05	Reviewing the session and taking general questions from audience All speakers

C3 Instrumentation & Control and CODAC

Time: Day 2, Wednesday, 28 February, 2018, 11.15-13.15
Place: Pjerrot

Big Science organisations have a particular need for high performant I&C (Instrumentation and Control) and CODAC (Control, Data Access and Communication) systems. These are used for the scientific exploitation of the facility for the data acquisition and processing of the data, and they are also used for the essential control systems for e.g. safety, machine protection, robotic systems etc. The technical areas of relevance include for example: real-time systems, SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, for example EPICS), electronics and FPGA design, automation, and network infrastructure.

Moderator: Antoine Daël, French Industrial Liaison Officer for CERN & ESS, France

11.15	Opening of the session with quick overview of the topic and accumulated tender volume per year Antoine Daël, Moderator
11.20	Future challenges in instrument control Paolo Mutti, Head of Service of Instrument Control, ILL
11.35	Instrumentation & Control systems at ESRF - status and perspective Nicolas Janvier, Head of Electronics Unit, ESRF
11.50	Beams Department, Industrial Controls at CERN - status and perspective Peter Sollander, Head of Industrial Controls and Safety systems group, CERN
12.05	Industrial opportunities with modern control system technologies Henrik Carling, Head of Integrated Control System Division, ESS
12.20	Developing I&C for ITER project in collaboration with Industry Filippo Sartori, Group Leader – CODAC, F4E
12.35	Control Systems in ESO’s telescopes and instruments Jochen Haucke, Head of Control Software and Engineering, ESO
12.50	Adaptive Systems for enhanced on-board Payload Data Processing Philippe Armbruster, Special Advisor in the Electrical Engineering Department, ESA/ESTEC
13.05	Questions and closing of the session All speakers

C4 Engineering methodologies and tools

Time: Day 2: Wednesday, 28 February, 2018, 11.15-13.15
Place: Carstensen

Constructions or major upgrades of Big Science organisations require extremely rigorous methodologies to ensure the successful integration and assembly of a large number of components. It is also necessary to ensure the linking and interoperability of engineering information between the disciplines as well as between the different organisations involved in a Big Science facility. The relation between the (physical) components, the functions and the software based implementation and operation are further key elements for success. Engineering and design work is required in a broad range of domains such as: nuclear, mechanical, electrical, functional, cooling, civil, or geotechnical engineering. Analysis and modelling tools are also frequently used for mechanical, electromagnetic, fatigue, nuclear, fluid dynamics, failure mode analysis and many more technical areas. CAD-related technologies (CAD, Project Data Management, Product Lifecycle Management) and design codes & standards are key technical areas, which require both in-house experience and support from the industry.

Moderator: Ana Belen Del Cerro Gordo, Spanish Industrial Liaison Officer for F4E/ITER, Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), Spain

11.15	Opening the session and introducing the format Ana Belen Del Cerro Gordo, Moderator
11.20	Longer topical introduction of the technical area on behalf of all and overview of the accumulated tender volume/year Dr Bertrand Nicquevert, Lead chair of the specification committee for accelerators and technology sector, CERN
11.30	Which engineering methods and tools for future CERN challenges? Dr Bertrand Nicquevert, Lead chair of the specification committee for accelerators and technology sector, CERN
11.50	Digital Engineering at ESA Joachim Fuchs, Head of the Software Systems Division, ESA
12.10	Engineering tools and methods at ESO Ronald Guzman Collazos, Mechanical Engineer, Group Head Telescopes and Large Structures, PDM System Administrator, ESO
12.30	Engineering methods and tools in a greenfield organization Peter Rådahl, Head of Engineering and Integration Support Division, ESS
12.50	Computer-aided design and drafting at the ILL: tools and methodology Luc Didier, Head of mechanical Design Office, ILL
13.10	Reviewing the session and taking general questions from audience All speakers

D1 Diagnostics, detectors and instruments

Time: Day 2: Wednesday, 28 February, 2018, 14.15-16.30
Place: Carstensen

Big Science organisations have a specific need for a range of diagnostics, detectors, and instruments for the scientific exploitation of the facility. The instruments are often designed by scientific and academic laboratories and universities, but the construction of these require the input from a multitude of specialized companies. The technical areas include optical components, imaging components, spectroscopic, microwave, electric & magnetic field diagnostics, particle detectors, opto-electronic detectors & components, and fast read-out electronics, etc.

Moderator: Toon Verhoeven, Industrial Liaison Officer for ESS & F4E/ITER, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), The Netherlands

14.15	Introduction Toon Verhoeven, Moderator
14.20	Ten Years of Cracking the Code in Spacecraft Monitoring & Diagnostics Alessandro Donati, Advanced Mission Concept & Technical Manager, ESA
14.35	Testing space-based optical communication systems from ground Zoran Sodnik, Head of Opto-Electronics Section, ESA
14.45	Introduction to Instruments and Detectors: Examples from Accelerator Facilities Thomas Shea, Beam Diagnostics Section Leader, ESS
15.00	Industrial opportunities in proton beam diagnostics and related technologies at ESS Thomas Shea, Beam Diagnostics Section Leader, ESS
15.10	New business perspectives in X-ray detection at the ESRF Thierry Martin, Head of the Detector Unit, ESRF
15.20	Opportunities for industry with the CERN Beam Instrumentation Group Lars Jensen, Beam instrumentation engineer, CERN
15.30	Industry involvement in the Diagnostics of X-Ray Photons from the European XFEL Jan Grünert, X-ray Photon Diagnostics, Group Leader, European XFEL
15.40	ELT Instruments and detectors opportunities at ESO Christian Lucuix, Head of the Electronic Engineering Department, and Jochen Haucke, Head of Control Software and Engineering, ESO
15.50	Near-term opportunities for EU industry in ITER Diagnostics Carlo Damiani, Project Team Manager – Remote Handling, F4E
16.00	Conclusion of session All speakers

D2 Vacuum and leak detection technologies

Time: Day 2, Wednesday, 28 February, 2018, 14.15-16.30
Place: Lumbye

Vacuum chambers and components are pervasive in Big Science organisations with particle accelerators, detectors, instrument beamlines, coating systems and more. Throughout the phases of design, construction, operation, maintenance and upgrade of high & ultra-high vacuum systems, expertise is required for: manufacturing of HV and UHV components, vacuum sealing and leak-tightness technology, vacuum control systems, interlocks & monitoring tools; coatings, surface cleaning techniques, baking and outgassing procedures, and pumping systems.

Moderator: Nikolaj Zangenberg, Director Metal and Surface Technology, Danish Technological Institute, Danish Industrial Liaison Officer for ESRF, European XFEL & ILL, Denmark

14.15	Introduction Nikolaj Zangenberg, Moderator
14.20	Introduction to vacuum systems Marcelo Ferreira, Vacuum Section Leader, ESS
14.50	Thermal vacuum facilities for space validation at ESA Gaetan Piret, Head of ESTEC Testing Division, ESA
15.02	Vacuum systems at ESO – overview and future challenges Gerd Jakob, Head of Instruments and Cryogenic Systems Group, ESO
15.14	Vacuum technology at CERN Paolo Chiggiato, Group Leader, Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings, CERN
15.26	Vacuum systems at European XFEL Martin Dommach, Vacuum, Group Leader, European XFEL
15.38	European contribution to the ITER Vacuum System Giovanni Piazza, F4E Co-ordinator of European contribution to the ITER Fuel Cycle system, F4E
15.50	Panel discussion All speakers

D3 Basic material technologies and advanced manufacturing techniques

Time: Day 2, Wednesday, 28 February, 2018, 14.15-16.30
Place: Vandsalen

Big Science organisations are constantly pushing the limits in terms of materials technologies and advanced manufacturing techniques to improve the performances of their machines. The following technical areas are of high importance both for the development of current and future Big Science organisations: materials selection and testing for extreme conditions (radiation, pressure, temperature, stress, corrosion, particle bombardment, etc.), advanced manufacturing techniques (machining, welding, cutting, brazing, additive manufacturing, surface treatment and coating, etc.), development and testing of high temperature mechanical components.

Moderator: Timo Määttä, Principal Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Industrial Liaison Officer for F4E/ITER in Finland

14.15	Introduction to the topic and session Timo Määttä, Moderator
14.20	Needs in manufacturing and materials at CERN Francesco Bertinelli, Group Leader, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Group, Engineering Department, CERN
14.40	Advanced Manufacturing for Space: An ESA Cross Cutting Initiative Andrew Norman, Materials and Process Engineer, Mechanisms and Materials Division, ESA
15.00	Overview of ESO projects, their associated key technologies, and our specific design solutions Gerald Hechenblaikner, Deputy Director of Engineering, ESO
15.20	Specialized manufacturing demands of a new spallation source facility Benjamin Davidge, Manufacturing Section Leader, ESS
15.40	Fabrication and qualification of fusion reactor materials Stefan Wikman, Material & Fabrication - ITER Department, F4E
16.00	Conclusions Timo Määttä, Moderator

D4 Information and Communication Technologies

Time: Day 2, Wednesday, 28 February, 2018, 14.15-16.30
Place: Pjerrot

Big Science organisations rely heavily on a variety of IT and scientific computing services throughout their lifecycle (design, planning, construction, operation, upgrade, decommissioning. Many organisations (particularly with user-based facilities) need to develop software and infrastructure services for data management and analysis, and technical user support. The technical areas of interest in ICT include database design, programming, and management, data indexing, discovery and retrieval, data access and delivery methods, hardware control interfaces, embedded software, HPC, data centre IT infrastructures, data mining and analytics tools, big-data analytics, cloud-computing, data visualization and user interfaces, data security and protection, technical user support etc.

Moderator: Natasa Pahlm, Industrial Liaison Officer coordinator, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova), Sweden

14.15	Welcome and session introduction Natasa Pahlm, Moderator
14.20	General introduction of the ICT technical area on the European big science market Michele Iapaolo, Technical Support Engineer, ESA/ESRIN (EOP-GEE)
14.40	Procurement of compute servers, storage systems and communications equipment at CERN Olof Barring, Deputy Group Leader of the Computing Facilities Group, and Tony Cass, Leader of the Communications Systems Group, CERN
14.50	Overview of the IT procurement at EMBL Steven Newhouse, Head of Technical Services – Technology and Science Integration, EMBL-EBI
15.00	Big Data technology development at ESA Michele Iapaolo, Technical Support Engineer, ESA/ESRIN (EOP-GEE)
15.10	General questions from audience Natasa Pahlm, Moderator
15.20	Overview of tenders in the ICT area from ESO Dieter Suchar, Head of the Information Technology Department, ESO
15.30	Overview of tenders in the ICT area from ESRF Bruno Lebayle, Head of the Systems & Communications Group, ESRF
15.40	Data challenges of the European XFEL facility Krzysztof Wrona, Group Leader IT & Data Management Group Leader, European XFEL
15.50	IT needs at ILL Jean-François Perrin, Head of IT, ILL
16.00	General questions from audience and close of session Natasa Pahlm, Moderator

Plenary session III: Closing of BSBF2018

Time: Day 2, Wednesday 28 February 2018, 16.30-17.00
Place: Tivoli Congress Hall

The session will present experiences from BSBF2018 and views on the future of the Big Science market.

Moderator: Angela Lamont, BSBF2018 plenary session moderator

16:30	Experiences from BSBF2018 and panel discussion of views on the future of the Big Science market
	Leonardo Biagioni, Head of Contracts and Procurement, F4E
	Anders Unnervik, Head of Procurement and Industrial Services Group, CERN
	Philippe Froissard, Deputy Head of Unit, Research Infrastructures Unit, European Commission – DG Research & Innovation
	Jan Visser, Dutch Industrial Liaison Officer for CERN and representative of the Dutch ILO-Net
	Lars Ostenfeld Riemann, Executive Director, Buildings, Rambøll
16.55	Concluding remarks Hans Müller Pedersen, Director General, Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education

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