The workshop is organized by the Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium – CERIC and co-funded by the Central European Initiative Cooperation Fund and the Horizon 2020 project ACCELERATE (H2020-INFRADEV-03-2016-2017).

Who should attend?

The CONTACT workshop is open to researchers at any career stage, working in fields requiring advanced materials characterization and having none or limited experience in the use of large-scale research infrastructures.

Activity and scope

Through interactive sessions held by internationally known scientists, including both theoretical lectures and practical tutorials on synchrotron beamlines, you will get acquainted with the scientific opportunities offered by CERIC. In addition, you will acquire all necessary knowledge to access state-of-the-art techniques for the analysis and synthesis of materials and biomaterials in large-scale facilities.

Registration      

The training includes practical sessions at the CERIC facilities in Trieste and is open to researchers at any career stage (deadline for registration: 31st May 2017). Since limited places are available, we encourage you to register at your earliest convenience through the online registration form.

A limited number of grants, covering the full costs of travel and accommodation, will be available for participants from the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine.

The workshop will be held in English

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For source and further information, please visit the CONTACT project website