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LEAPS at the AOBA Summit

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“3rd AOBA summit is being celebrated, where the Asian, American and European synchrotron and FELS facilities are discussing the impact of the pandemic on the operation and future developments of the field, aiming at a closer collaboration among regions.”

– Caterina Biscari, LEAPS Chair

There was a strong presence of LEAPS today at the 3rd International Forum for Innovation in Next Generation Synchrotron Radiation SR Science in a Post-COVID-19 World – organized by the Tohoku University, Japan.

During the conference, among other COVID-19 related topics, many representatives of LEAPS facilities as well as Caterina Biscari, LEAPS Chair addressed the challenges of remote access to accelerator-based photon sources in Europe.

Jean Daillant is the new Vice-Chair of LEAPS

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The last General Assembly elected Jean Dailant, Director General of SOLEIL as the next LEAPS vice-chair.

“One of the biggest challenges we will face in the coming years will be convincing the EC to design tools for analytic facilities at the level of our contribution to European science and innovation, building on the success of LEAPS-INNOV and to demonstrate that working together we are much more than 19 light sources.”

Jean Daillant will start his mandate on January 1st, 2022.

LEAPS I.D.E.A.

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Last October, LEAPS established a new taskforce with the mandate to present a statement on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-discrimination and collect the numerous relative activities available at the different LEAPS facilities.

All LEAPS facilities address these important topics and the taskforce is preparing a dedicated brochure, which will collect and summarize them all. In the meantime, during the month of May, some of these best practices have been presented on LEAPS social media channels through the social media campaign dedicated to the European Diversity Month. #EUDiversityMonth.