We invite you to our User Meeting, ‘ILL 2020 Vision’, from 15 – 17 September 2010 in Grenoble. ‘ILL 2020 Vision’ is a plan that we are currently developing to support the best science through neutron scattering and we would like you to help us to refine it and explore the scientific opportunities it offers.

The ILL has been at the forefront of neutron science for almost 40 years, and a key factor in this success has been successive campaigns to ensure its instruments enable the community to perform the best possible science. The latest renewal project – the Millennium Programme – has completed its first phase (2001-2008), and is well into its next (2007-2014). It has already delivered 14 new or radically upgraded instruments, providing an increase in the average instrument detection rate by a factor of more than 17, and the current phase will deliver 7 more new or upgraded instruments as well as supporting infrastructure.

Generous funding by ESFRI has supported the development of further plans for instruments and infrastructure in our ‘ILL 20/20 Upgrade’ project. This, together with new ideas for sample environment, software and user support will provide the basis of upgrades in the period 2013-2017, and take us to 2020 and beyond in the best shape to meet the scientific challenges of the future.

You can find a report that gives you more details of the Millennium Programme and proposals for new instruments and infrastructure here (pdf file / size 3,0Mo).

However, we welcome further input from the community, and encourage you to submit your own outlines for instruments and infrastructure for discussion at the meeting. Proposals should be based on the guidelines while an example of such a proposal is provided here.

The meeting will also address a wider range of issues that determine how effectively we can support the best science, from modes of access to data analysis and support laboratories. You may wish to raise particular points for discussion and we encourage you to submit them in advance at the time of registration to help us plan the meeting most effectively.

We very much hope you can join us for a stimulating meeting to help set the future course for ILL and the science we serve.

 

                                 
                               The ILL management 

 

Registration opens on 3 May

Registration closes on 10 June

Instrument/Infrastructure proposals should be submitted before the registration deadline