The IOP Plasma Wakefield meeting was held at Daresbury Laboratory on the 18th June. The one-day meeting was attended by 45 delegates and brought together experts from nine UK departments and institutes to discuss recent advances in plasma wakefield accelerators and strategies for advancing the UK’s interests in this area.
The program of talks covered many aspects regarding Laser and Particle driven Wakefield accelerators, enabling technologies and their applicability to free-electron lasers. The day’s program and presentations can be found here (link opens in a new window). The meeting ended with a session chaired by Professor Andrei Seryi of the John Adams Institute, opening the discussion on common directions and strategies to support the activities of within the UK plasma wakefield community.
Professor Zulfikar Najmudin from Imperial College with Trina Thakker, STFC
Thanks must go to the excellent speakers on the day and the IOP-PAB group, the Cockcroft Institute and STFC for their support of this event.
