The EP meets LEAPS event
LEAPS, the League of European Accelerator-based Photon Sources (https://leaps-initiative.eu) is a strategic research consortium representing thirteen Synchrotron (SR) and six Free Electron Laser (FEL) Research Infrastructures (RIs) in Europe. Its primary goal is to guarantee and promote quality as well as impact of fundamental, applied and industrial research to the benefit of the European science and of the whole society.
In May 2022 LEAPS presented the European Strategy for Accelerator-based Photon Sources 2022 - ESAPS2022 which consists in a new RI strategy document which will enable Europe to cope with the Global Challenges and which should be integrated in the new European Research Area to help making it both a reality and a success.
In view of the successful implementation of ESAPS2022, LEAPS started the process to found a non-profit Association in 2023 and will be ready by the end of the year to engage further with other European Partnerships related to the LEAPS research focal areas such as discovery of Advanced Materials for Circular Economy and Health. LEAPS already offers world-class facilities to maintain global European competitivity but in view of quality and excellence science has developed a comprehensive and very clear roadmap of the technologies which need to be developed to jointly tackle the Global Challenges and which will be presented in this event. The next generation of accelerator-based photon sources will boost the analytical capabilities of the European RIs and consequently the services provided to thousands of academic and industrial researchers to increase the competitiveness and the technological sovereignty of Europe.
In addition, as making front to the present Global Challenges requires more than state-of-the-art technologies LEAPS also develops a holistic approach to excellence in research and innovation by building a network of trust among its pairs and including actions like Training and Education towards the creation of talent by promoting equal opportunities for all, and Science Diplomacy by reaching out to Ukrainian scientists and new research communities in African regions. These views and related activities will also be presented and discussed during the event.
The event will give a glimpse of the innovation ecosystem for RIs, in which the Member States and facilities for RIs have a more prominent role and how this model can work together for the benefit of researchers and innovators across all Europe.
