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Big Science Business Forum 2018

Save the date to Big Science Business Forum 2018: 27-28 February 2018 in Copenhagen

Side events and optional programme

Site visit to ESS and MAX IV

Date and time: Monday 26 February, 2018, 11.00, 12.00 and 13.00 and Thursday 1 March 2018, 09.00 and 10.00
Place: ESS (Odarslövsvägen 113) and MAX IV (Fotongatan 2) in Lund, Sweden

About the site visit: Participants are offered a combined site visit to The European Spallation Source – ESS (one of the BSBF2018 organising Big Science organisations) and MAX IV (one of the affiliated Big Science organisations) in Lund, Sweden. Busses will depart from Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center, Copenhagen, every hour from 11.00 to 13.00 on 26 February 2018 and at 09.00 and 10.00 on 1 March 2018. The combined site visit takes approx. 4 hours including bus transport from Copenhagen to Lund and back. Participants will have a guided bus tour of the ESS construction site and a guided walking tour inside the MAX IV building.

Registration: Register in your personal BSBF2018 registration (log in using your BSBF2018 reference number sent to you in the BSBF2018 confirmation email). Click ‘Modify registration’ and  select your preferred time slot under the ‘Options’ menu and confirm your selection. Registration is required no later than Sunday, 18 February 2018.

Conditions and tickets:

  • Time slots will be given on a first come-first serve basis – maximum 50 participants per bus
  • Signups will recieve a personal and time slot specific “site visit ticket” one week before BSBF2018
  • Site visits are offered free-of-charge to BSBF2018 participants – no-show fee of EUR 50
  • Cancellation is possible before 18 February 2018 (log into the BSFB2018 registration module using your reference number; go to ‘Options’ menu and ‘Clear selection’)
  • BSBF2018 or the hosting organisations cannot be made responsible for any possible delays. We recommend you to make your personal travel arrangements accordingly – especially if you travel on 26 February and/or 1 March
  • If winter weather creates unsafe driving conditions for bus tours entering the ESS construction site, an alternative visit option may be offered for safety reasons.

About the facilities: ESS is a partnership of European nations committed to collectively building and operating a multi-disciplinary research facility based on the world’s most powerful neutron source. The facility is under construction in Lund, Sweden, while the ESS Data Management and Software Centre (DMSC) is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. MAX IV is the Swedish national synchrotron laboratory located in Lund. The facility provides the highest quality of X-rays available to scientists from academia and industry and was inaugurated in June 2016.

Building a Big Science market – Industry Liaison Officers’ role and contribution

Date and time: Monday 26 February 2018, 15:00-18:00
Place: Arkaden 8, Tivoli Congress Center, Copenhagen

About: This meeting is to meet and greet, share experiences, and possibly plan for future common actions, which can lead to a more integrated and prosperous Big Science market. Presentations how different ILO networks are organised for different big science organisations and how the ILOs organise nationally. The afternoon will end by a short workshop with six different themes that can be chosen when signing up for the event.

Please note: This event is for National Big Science Industry Liaison Officers and Purchasing Advisors for the participating Big Science organisations and is by invitation only.

Program:
15.00-15:15 Drop-in and coffee
15:15-18:00 Presentations and workshop

Lunch seminar: Establishing or Expanding a Business in Greater Copenhagen

Date and time: Tuesday 27 February 2018, 12:30-13:30
Place: Arkaden 8, Tivoli Congress Center, Copenhagen

About: Copenhagen Capacity and Invest in Skåne invites interested delegates to a lunch seminar on how to establish and expand a business in Greater Copenhagen. Join the lunch seminar and meet with:

  • European Spallation Source
  • Thales
  • International House of Greater Copenhagen
  • Njord Law firm
  • Copenhagen Capacity
  • Invest in Skane
  • And other participating companies and institutions

See the full programme here.

Registration: Please send Peter Plesner () an e-mail with name, organisation name.

UK Reception: Let’s talk UK Big Science over a Gin & Tonic

Date and time: Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 18.00
Place: UK Stand, Stand 5

About: Round off the first conference day with a Gin & Tonic at the UK stand. Three prominent representatives will join the reception to discuss and interact with the crowd on the future role of the UK in Big Science:

  • Professor John Loughhead OBE FREng FTSE, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director General at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
  • Dr Tim Bestwick Executive Director of Business and Innovation at STFC – UK Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • Professor John Womersley Director General of the ESS – European Spallation Source. John has led the UK’s membership of the European XFEL, ESS and the SKA telescope project.

No registration required.