Topic: Particle Accelerator Technology: From Research to Industry – Present Global Overview and How to Move Forward
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 14:40 – 16:40
Venue: Grand Diamond Ballroom (Main Hall), IMPACT FORUM
Moderator:
Raffaella Geometrante
Raffaella Geometrante is the General Manager of Kyma SpA and Direktor of Kyma tehnologija doo, companies which deal with the production of permanent magnet devices (Undulators, wigglers, etc.) to be integrated into synchrotron and Free Electron Laser light sources.
Born in Trieste, a mechanical engineer by training, after graduating in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Trieste, she won a specialisation scholarship that led her to carry out research activities at the Materials Research Laboratory of the Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Back in Italy, she received her PhD in Engineering and Materials Science and taught at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Trieste.
Once the construction of the FERMI Free Electron Laser started in Trieste, she joined the team of engineers and physicists responsible for the construction of the new facility.
In 2012 she moved to Kyma SpA as Project Manager and from 2019 she took over the management.
Speakers:
Wiboon Rugsancharoenphol
Born in 1971, he spent the majority of his time studying and working in Melbourne, Australia. His first job was as a young programmer during the Dot-Com bust. This technological downturn had persuaded him to trust in the long-term viability of business and industry.
When he returned to Thailand, he was given various opportunities to make a difference in his homeland, including co-founding the Intelligent Traffic Information Centre alongside Thailand Traffic Police (on a day when Google map is not yet available). Â He is presently a digital advisor for MK Restaurants, Thailand’s and possibly Southeast Asia’s largest restaurant chain, as well as a board member of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), whose purpose is to pull Thai industries out of the middle-income trap through innovation and technology.
Jack is also sitting on the policy committee of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) to develop the new industry in the Medical electronics sector.
Hans Priem
After having finalized his Masters in Business Economics at Tilburg University, Hans started his career with ASML. Based on his experience within Finance and Product Management, he joined Philips Electronics EMT to assume responsibility over the company’s Installed Base Business. Since 2011 , Hans is with VDL ETG. He is, responsible for VDLs Science & Industry-related activities: technology development, defining new applications & markets, innovation management. All based on VDLs ultra-precision machining & metrology, vacuum, and handling competences, currently applied in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, health care, and analytical equipment.
Enrico Braidotti
Enrico Braidotti graduated with M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering (Applied Electronics) from the University of Trieste. After graduation, he worked as a designer at the Instrumentation and Detectors Laboratory and later on with the power supply group at the Italian synchrotron light source (Elettra – Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.). He then joined CAEN Spa as a field application engineer and subsequently moved to CAEN ELS as a Sales and Marketing engineer. He currently holds the CEO position at CAEN ELS, a company focused on advanced electronic instrumentation and power supplies for research facilities and high-end industry.
Maurizio Vretenar
Maurizio Vretenar is an accelerator physicist who joined CERN in 1988 to participate in several projects related to design, construction, and operation of linear accelerators. Â From 2008 to 2017 he has been Project Leader for the construction of Linac4, the new linear injector for the CERN accelerator complex required for the upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider. Â Since 2013 he started a parallel activity as Coordinator of large EU-supported projects for coordinated particle accelerator R&D, taking the responsibility of EuCARD-2, of ARIES, and more recently of the new innovation-oriented IFAST that includes a strong industry participation. Â In the last years he has been increasingly active in the design of compact accelerators for societal applications, in particular in the medical field where he is leading a new CERN initiative to advance cancer therapy with compact ion accelerators.
Sandra Biedron
Sandra Biedron has been the Managing Member of a research and development company Element Aero since 2002. She also serves as the Director of Knowledge Transfer for the National Science Foundation’s Center for Bright Beams, Cornell University, and an Advisor for the Associate Laboratory Directorship for Physical Sciences at Los Alamos National Laboratory on accelerator science, technology, and engineering, and next generation x-ray light sources for national security applications. She also serves as a Research Professor of electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering at the University of New Mexico. Previously, in her 20-year career at Argonne National Laboratory, served as the Department of Defense Project Office Director and as a Senior Physicist, as well as an Associate Director of the Argonne Accelerator Institute. She served as a Technical and Management Consultant on the successful FERMI free-electron laser project with Sincrotrone Trieste. Her interests are many and include particle accelerator systems; laser systems; the use of artificial intelligence in controls, modeling, and prediction of complex systems; sensors and detectors; and applications of these technologies in science, security, and defense. She is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and SPIE, a Senior Member of Optica, and a member of the Italian Optical Society (SIOF). In 2010, she was presented a Letter of Commendation by the Chief of Naval Research for her technical efforts. In 2018, she received the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society’s Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award.
Suzie Sheehy
Suzie Sheehy is a physicist, science communicator and academic who divides her time between her research groups at the University of Oxford and University of Melbourne. Her research addresses both curiosity-driven and applied areas and is currently focused on developing new particle accelerators for applications in medicine.
An award-winning public speaker, presenter and science communicator, Suzie is dedicated to sharing science beyond the academic community. Her 2018 TED talk has been viewed over 1.8M times and she has been an expert TV presenter for a number of Discovery Channel shows including four seasons of Impossible Engineering. In her talks and shows, Sheehy loves to bring real-life demonstrations and experiments, and she has shared these with hundreds of thousands of audience members. In 2022 she published her first popular science book, ‘The Matter of Everything: Twelve Experiments that Changed our World’.
Session Format:
The session will be conducted in a form of round table session with a moderators, and 6 speakers. Moderators and speakers will be all on the stage during the session period. Each presentation and discussion will take 10-15 minutes.
Scope and Aims
Successful industrial engagement can be achieved by coordinated collaboration among industrial, governmental, and academic institutions. The IPAC ’22 industrial session aims to bring together renowned leaders from each of these sectors involving with particle accelerator technologies and applications. The organized panel discussion will provide opportunities for valuable discussions, exchange of experiences, offer of new perspectives, expression of critical aspects regarding technology transfer, and provision of advices and suggestions for the global accelerator community.
The panel discussion will cover the following sub-topics:
- Gap analysis and policy deployment
- Innovation and startups
- Disruptive on particle accelerator technologies
The first sub-topic will focus on the bridging the gap in transferring new technologies and devices resulting from particle accelerator R&D to real-world applications including lessons learned from the past. Policies and systems used to enhance national and international collaborations in particle accelerator technology industry between public sector and industrial sector will also be addressed. Â Example of current collaborative projects will be provided. Â These discussions aim to explore effective policies and strategies for removing the barrier in transferring new knowledge and innovation from research to industrial sectors.
The second sub-topic will showcase examples of successful start-up companies related to particle accelerator technology providing opportunity for audience to discover how their innovations or products can attain widespread adoption, and what effective strategies should be utilized. The discussion will also explore the perspective of a big international company which decided to enter into the particle accelerator market.
The third sub-topic will explore opportunities for implementing disruptive technologies arising in particle accelerator R&D to industrial market. The current status and impact of disruptive particle accelerator technologies on human life such as radiotherapy, security system, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) will be discussed. Â Case studies and disruptive innovations born from well-known laboratories will be explored. These case studies will provide practical examples of some challenges and opportunities associated with implementation of these technologies as well as potential barriers and bottlenecks. The discussion will include new technologies required in the development of particle accelerators for future industrial systems.
Topic: Particle Accelerator Technology: From Research to Industry – Present Global Overview and How to Move Forward
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 14:40 – 16:40
Venue: Grand Diamond Ballroom (Main Hall), IMPACT FORUM
Moderator:
Raffaella Geometrante (General Director of Kyma SpA)
Session Format:
The session will be conducted in a form of round table session with a moderators, and 6 speakers. Moderators and speakers will be all on the stage during the session period. Each presentation and discussion will take 10-15 minutes.
Scope and Aims
Successful industrial engagement can be achieved by coordinated collaboration among industrial, governmental, and academic institutions. The IPAC ’22 industrial session aims to bring together renowned leaders from each of these sectors involving with particle accelerator technologies and applications. The organized panel discussion will provide opportunities for valuable discussions, exchange of experiences, offer of new perspectives, expression of critical aspects regarding technology transfer, and provision of advices and suggestions for the global accelerator community.
The panel discussion will cover the following sub-topics:
- Gap analysis and policy deployment
- Innovation and startups
- Disruptive on particle accelerator technologies
The first sub-topic will focus on the bridging the gap in transferring new technologies and devices resulting from particle accelerator R&D to real-world applications including lessons learned from the past. Policies and systems used to enhance national and international collaborations in particle accelerator technology industry between public sector and industrial sector will also be addressed. Â Example of current collaborative projects will be provided. Â These discussions aim to explore effective policies and strategies for removing the barrier in transferring new knowledge and innovation from research to industrial sectors.
The second sub-topic will showcase examples of successful start-up companies related to particle accelerator technology providing opportunity for audience to discover how their innovations or products can attain widespread adoption, and what effective strategies should be utilized. The discussion will also explore the perspective of a big international company which decided to enter into the particle accelerator market.
The third sub-topic will explore opportunities for implementing disruptive technologies arising in particle accelerator R&D to industrial market. The current status and impact of disruptive particle accelerator technologies on human life such as radiotherapy, security system, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) will be discussed. Â Case studies and disruptive innovations born from well-known laboratories will be explored. These case studies will provide practical examples of some challenges and opportunities associated with implementation of these technologies as well as potential barriers and bottlenecks. The discussion will include new technologies required in the development of particle accelerators for future industrial systems.
Session Format:
The session will be conducted in a form of round table session with a moderators, and 6 speakers. Moderators and speakers will be all on the stage during the session period. Each presentation and discussion will take 10-15 minutes.
Scope and Aims
Successful industrial engagement can be achieved by coordinated collaboration among industrial, governmental, and academic institutions. The IPAC ’22 industrial session aims to bring together renowned leaders from each of these sectors involving with particle accelerator technologies and applications. The organized panel discussion will provide opportunities for valuable discussions, exchange of experiences, offer of new perspectives, expression of critical aspects regarding technology transfer, and provision of advices and suggestions for the global accelerator community.
The panel discussion will cover the following sub-topics:
- Gap analysis and policy deployment
- Innovation and startups
- Disruptive on particle accelerator technologies
The first sub-topic will focus on the bridging the gap in transferring new technologies and devices resulting from particle accelerator R&D to real-world applications including lessons learned from the past. Policies and systems used to enhance national and international collaborations in particle accelerator technology industry between public sector and industrial sector will also be addressed. Â Example of current collaborative projects will be provided. Â These discussions aim to explore effective policies and strategies for removing the barrier in transferring new knowledge and innovation from research to industrial sectors.
The second sub-topic will showcase examples of successful start-up companies related to particle accelerator technology providing opportunity for audience to discover how their innovations or products can attain widespread adoption, and what effective strategies should be utilized. The discussion will also explore the perspective of a big international company which decided to enter into the particle accelerator market.
The third sub-topic will explore opportunities for implementing disruptive technologies arising in particle accelerator R&D to industrial market. The current status and impact of disruptive particle accelerator technologies on human life such as radiotherapy, security system, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) will be discussed. Â Case studies and disruptive innovations born from well-known laboratories will be explored. These case studies will provide practical examples of some challenges and opportunities associated with implementation of these technologies as well as potential barriers and bottlenecks. The discussion will include new technologies required in the development of particle accelerators for future industrial systems.
Agenda and Participants
| Introduction | Raffaella Geometrante |
| Subtopic: Gap Analysis and Policy Deployment | |
| –Â Â Strategy of collaboration with industry in Thailand | Wiboon Rugsancharoenphol |
| Subtopic: Innovation and Start–Ups | Â |
| –Â Â From “big size markets” to “small size markets” | Hans Priem |
| –Â Â How a small size market company can cross the chasm between a niche market towards wider industrial markets? | Enrico Braidotti |
| Subtopic: Disruptive on Particle Accelerator Technologies | Â |
| –Â Â The quest for the miniature accelerator: wishful thinking or the key to expanding the particle accelerator market? | Maurizio Vretenar |
| –Â Â Present status and opportunities for implementing disruptive technologies arising in particle accelerator R&D to industrial market | Sandra Biedron |
| –Â Â Impact of disruptive particle accelerator technologies on human health | Suzie Sheehy |
| Closing | Raffaella Geometrante |