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Thank you for the Invitation !Colin Carlile

on behalf of the ESS team

The European Spallation Source Opportunities for collaboration with Africa

“A scene-setting scene, to set the sceneand see the set”

Alan BennettEnglish playwright

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Lund

Malmö CopenhagenÖresund bridge

MAX IV&

ESS

The view of ESS from the North-East in 2025

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May 28th 2009 Brussels

Lund ?Bilbao ?Debrecen ?Nowhere at all ?

What happened in 2009 ?A minor miracle occurred

Lund

European Spallation SourceProposed Sites

Bilbao

Debrecen

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The ESS Headlines• ESS will be the world’s best source of

slow neutrons by 2025

• ESS will produce its first neutrons in 2019

• ESS will cost 1479 M€2008 (1673 M€2013) to construct

ESS will be different• Sustainability & Environmental Responsibility• Harness Innovations• Excellent researcher support• Person-centred• Preparing for future technological innovations• “More than simply neutrons”

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Neutrons

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Wave Particle Magnetic moment Neutral

Diffractometers - Measure structures– Where atoms and molecules are

1 - 10 Ångström

Neutrons are beautiful !

1 - 80 meV

Spectrometers - Measure dynamics– What atoms and molecules do

Cliff Shull

Bert Brockhouse

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“Small science at big facilities”

This is ourprimary product

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Programme Management

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“If we wait for the moment when everything is ready, we shall never begin” Ivan Turgenev

Full Specification

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The Six Stages of a Project1.Enthusiasm2.Disillusionment3.Panic4.Search for the guilty5.Punish the innocent6.Praise and honour for the non-participants

Thanks to Kjell Möller

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NASA study onCost Estimates 2010

A direct correlationbetween

schedule overruns& cost overruns

Time really is money !

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Risk Management- Horizon-scanning is important

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People, Partners, the Public and Friends

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340 delegates

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Attract the best people…and retain them

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Sweden, Denmark and Norway50% of construction costs – 1479 M€

ESS has got the Partners

Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Czech Republic,Poland, Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland & UK

the remaining 50%

17 Partnerstoday

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Everyone must pull in the same direction

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Innovation, goals, added value,politics, the media

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Green field site - Green field thinkingEnvironment, Sustainability, EnergyReliabilityInnovations – use them, harness themRobots, Automation, Computer control“ESS – like no other”

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LINXSInstitute for Neutronand X-ray Science

Advanced Neutronand X-ray

Technologies

“More thansimply neutrons”

Centre for Energy MaterialsCentre for Climate MaterialsCentre for Health MaterialsCentre for Industrial MaterialsCentre for Sustainability Materials

Managed by Academic Institutestogether with ESS & MAX IVfor the use of their researchers

The Partnership for Structural Biology

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Western Harbour Malmö

Lund, Sweden - Innovation, Tradition and Innovation

The University Town of Lund

The Biomedical Centre Lund

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This is how ESS will do it in 2020

RenewableCarbon Dioxide: 120,000 tonnes/yearsaved

RecyclableCarbon Dioxide:15,000 tonnes/yearsaved

ResponsibleCarbon Dioxide30,000 tonnes/yearsaved

Link to the grid Turning Torso, Malmö

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Take home messageIt’s not the setting of goals that matters

It’s the scoring of them

Ask Lionel Messi

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Africa and Europe

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ASP2012 Ghana - Kumasi

Modeled after ASP2010 agenda

Additional topics:

Digital libraryCERN – KNUST agreement

OSG Grid WorkshopConnection to ASP2012, a dedicated Grid School will follow on Aug. 6-8 2012

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Enthusiastic students for 3-weeks

First week, dedicated to Theoretical PhysicsSecond week, dedicated to Experimental Physics

Third week, dedicated to Accelerators and Applications

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- Neutron Radiography

- Materials Research

SAFARISAFARI--1 Research 1 Research ReactorReactor

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A camera,with x-rays, and with neutrons

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Don’t give up !