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The African Lightsource

Towards a Lightsource for the African Continent

AfLS Roadmap: Conferences and Schools

The Projects listed are undertaken as AfLS projects or by Partner Organisations that share membership with the AFLS Steering Committee and recognise their project is a part of the AFLS Roadmap.

AflS 2022 BIUST Botswana

AflS 2022 14-18 N0v 2022

AflS 2021 XTechLab Benin

AflS 2020 15 - 19 N0v 2021

Biophysics in Africa 2021

Biophysics in Africa 2021 22--26 Mar 2021

AfLS2020 Conference

The African Light Source Conference - AfLS2020, 18-20 Nov 2020

AflS 2019 Accra, Ghana

AflS 2019 Accra, Ghana 28 Jan - 2 Feb 2019

Biophysics and Structural Biology at Synchrotrons

Biophysics and Structural Biology at Synchrotrons 17-24 Jan 2019

AfLS2015 Grenoble, France

AfLS 2015 Grenoble, France 16-20 Nov 2015

AfLS on FaceBook

AfLS In the news

The Calendar from Lightsource.org has AfLS on July .
African Light Source at APS Physics Matters Forum on International Physics: Momentum Grows for an African Light Source, Sep 29, 2022.
African Light Source aims for science with ubuntu
The event 75 Years of Science with Synchrotron Light by lightsources.org held on 28th April 2022
Ghana will champion the African Light Source (AfLS) Ghana Business News Jan 30 (2019).
The University of Ghana has hosted the Joint 2nd African light source (Afls2) and Pan African Conference on Crystallography (Pccr2) - News section of the website of the Un iversity of Ghana
African Light Source Garners Critical Political Backing APS News 28/3 March 2019 : International News
Via PhysicsWorld Physicists urged to back plans for Africa's first synchrotron
Via BBC Science & Technology African synchrotron bid gathers pace
Via Research Africa First African synchrotron light source proposed
Via La Dauphine Libere Vers un synchrotron africain

Links

Worldwide Lightsources
European Lightsources
IUCr Crystallography in Africa
LAAAMP Programme
Usage Survey for Africa
SA Synchrotron Users

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Funding Flash

APS International Research Travel Programme.
Contact Dr Tabbetha Dobins for further details

Upcoming Events

The African Calling Stick is Calling all stakeholders to the 7th AfLS-2024 Conference from 18-23 November 2024 in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica
6th International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (ICTMS) 1-5 July 2024, Cape Town, South Africa.

Previous Events

ICTP School on Synchrotron Light Sources and their Applications Virtual event, 15 Jan - 26 Feb 2024
AfLS-2023 Virtual Conference from 13-17 November 2023 hosted virtually.
Souther African Powder Diffraction Conference 2023, SAPDC2023, 16-22 April 2023, Namibia
ICTP School on Synchrotron Light Sources and their Applications Virtual event, 23 Jan - 17 Dec 2023
AfLS-2022 Virtual Conference from 14-18 November 2022 hosted virtually by BIUST, Botswana.
Training Workshop on Synchrotron Technologies and Techniques and their Applications from 25-29 July 2022.
Hands- on training in Structural Biology, a tool for sustainable development in Africa Malaria Research and Training Centre (MRTC) in Bamako, Mali from 25 to 28 April 2022
SESAME High School Teachers Workshop Sessions: 17-27 January 2022
ICTP School on Synchrotron Light Sources and their Applications Virtual event, 6-17 Dec 2021
AfLS 3 Virtual Conference from 15-20 November 2021 hosted virtually by X-TechLab, Semi City, Benin.
AfLS CDR Town Hall Virtual Event 11 Oct 2021 – Reviewing the CDR Process
The ASFAP Town Hall Meeting of the African Strategy for Physics and Fundamental Applications (ASFAP) 12-15 July 2021
BioStructAfrica Workshop at 11th African Congress of Immunology, Federation of African Immunological Societies, 29 November - 3 December 2020, Lilongwe, Malawi
AfLS2020 Virtual Workshop, 18-20 Nov 2020 (15:00 - 17:20 CAT).
Gordon conference : Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, July 12 - 17, 2020 at Les Diablerets, Switzerland (Africa is a strong candidate for the cradle of human cultur,e too)
2^nd SA-BrightnESS² workshop on Neutron Scattering, 23 - 24 June 2020 at a location close to Necsa SOC Ltd
ASNAEM-2020 Workshop : African Synchrotron Network for Advanced Energy Materials, 11-12 June 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa
School : Advanced Light Sources: Principles, Designs, Developments and Multidisciplinary Applications: ICTP, Trieste from 4 to 15 May 2020,
CCP4 Crystallographic School from 31 March - 8 April 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa.
SA-ESRF Light Source Conference, 11-13 November 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Workshop on design of synchrotron light sources: 28-30 October, 2019 in Mexico City.
African Neutron and Synchrotron Data Analysis Competency (ANSDAC) Workshop, 16- 24 of October 2019, Cape Town.
IAEA General Conference: Side Event: Light, the Way Forward: Advanced Light Sources for Peace and Development. Tuesday, 17 September 2019, IAEA Headquarters in Vienna.
School on Biophysical Approaches to Macromolecules and Cells: Integrated Tools for Life Sciences and Medicine, 9 - 20 September 2019 NM-AIST, Arusha, Tanzania.
START Launch Event 27-28 Mar 2019
AflS 2 Accra, Ghana 28 Jan - 2 Feb 2019
Biophysics & Structural Biology at Synchrotrons 17-24 Jan 2019
Full Session at Science Forum SA 12-14 Dec 2018
Full Session at the World Science Forum 7-11 Nov 2017
AfLS1 Grenoble, France 16-20 Nov 2015