News and Events

Every four years, the community of European scientists, experts, and engineers gathers for a week of discussions on the latest trends in neutron research and technology. The forum that brings them together, the European Conference on Neutron Scattering, is held under the patronage of one of BrightnESS² partners – the European Neutron Scattering Association.

A unique three-day programme of lectures focusing on science and instrumentation for compact accelerator-driven neutron sources has kicked-off in Bilbao on Monday, 17 June. Until Wednesday, more than five dozens of students, scientific experts and lecturers will have the opportunity to interact and discuss neutron scattering techniques as a part of the first Bilbao Neutron School.

The ESS Network of Industrial Liaison Officers (ILOs) met on 5 March 2019 in Lund to get an update on ESS and discuss collaboration opportunities during operations.

ESS Director for Science, Andreas Schreyer, travelled to Singapore to discuss future collaborations and to give a seminar to the academic community and students of one of the world’s largest materials engineering institutions – the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University. He also held meetings with representatives of the National Research Foundation under the Prime Minister’s Office Singapore, and the Singapore Synchrotron Light Source.