The 2023 ALS User Meeting took place September 11–15 in hybrid mode (in-person and virtual options).
- Monday, September 11 — tutorials (descriptions and Zoom registration links)
- Tuesday, September 12 — plenary session, poster session, and awards reception (agenda below) | Zoom registration for hybrid sessions
- Wednesday–Friday, September 13–15 — ALS 2033 Science Visioning workshops (descriptions and Zoom registration links)
| Monday, September 11 (tutorials only) | ||
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| 8:00 am | Registration, Continental Breakfast—Integrative Genomics Building (IGB, Building 91, 1st floor) | |
| 8:30 am | Tutorials | |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch–IGB, Building 91, 3rd floor | |
| 1:30 pm | Tutorials | |
| 5:00 pm | Conclusion Day 1 | |
| Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 12 (plenary session) | ||
| 7:45 am | Registration, Continental Breakfast—Building 50 Auditorium | |
| Session Chair: Inna Vishik Zoom registration link for hybrid sessions on Tuesday, September 12 |
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| 8:15 am | UEC Welcome, Meeting Logistics | Inna Vishik, UEC Chair, UC Davis |
| 8:20 am | Energy Sciences Area Welcome | Jeff Neaton, Energy Sciences Associate Laboratory Director, LBNL |
| 8:30 am | ALS and ALS-U: Progress and Prospects | Dimitri Argyriou, ALS Director, LBNL Andreas Scholl, ALS Science Deputy, LBNL Dave Robin, ALS-U Project Director, LBNL Mike Martin, ALS Photon Science Operations Group Lead, LBNL |
| 9:45 am | DOE Update | Dava Keavney, Basic Energy Sciences, US Dept. of Energy |
| 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:35 am | Shirley Award Winner Talk: Dynamic Electrochemical Phenomena at the Mesoscale |
Will Chueh, Stanford University |
| 11:20 am | Poster Slam | |
| 11:50 am | Lunch—Integrative Genomics Building (IGB, Building 91, 3rd floor) | |
| 12:45 pm | Poster Session and Exhibitor Fair—Integrative Genomics Building (IGB, Building 91, 3rd floor and patio) – view the list of posters | |
| Return to Building 50 Auditorium Session Chair: Yu He Zoom registration link for hybrid sessions on Tuesday, September 12 |
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| 2:00 pm | Developing the Long-Term ALS Vision | Ashley White, ALS Interim Strategy Deputy, LBNL |
| 2:15 pm | Post ALS-U Science Perspective Keynote Speaker in Biosciences
Uncovering the Tiny Microbial Engines That Drive Earth’s Ecosystems |
Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh, DOE Joint Genome Institute |
| 2:50 pm | Post ALS-U Science Perspective Keynote Speaker in Energy Sciences
Synchrotron Studies of Nanostructured Batteries for High-Rate and High-Capacity Energy Storage |
Sarah Tolbert, UCLA |
| 3:25 pm | Break | |
| Session Chair: Wendy Gu Zoom registration link for hybrid sessions on Tuesday, September 12 |
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| 3:45 pm | Post ALS-U Science Perspective Keynote Speaker in Earth & Environmental Sciences
Multimodal Chemical Imaging of Atmospheric Particles and Environmental Impacts |
Swarup China, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| 4:20 pm | Post ALS-U Science Perspective Keynote Speaker in Condensed Matter & Quantum Materials
Axion Optical Control of Antiferromagnetic Order |
Su-Yang Xu, Harvard University |
| 4:55 pm | UEC Overview, Award Ceremony, and Reception—Integrative Genomics Building (IGB, Building 91, 3rd floor)
4:55 pm UEC Overview 5:10 pm Award Ceremony 5:30 pm Reception |
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| 7:00 pm | Conclusion Day 2 | |
| WEDNESDAY, September 13 (WORKSHOPS only) | ||
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| 8:00 am | Registration, Continental Breakfast—Building 50 Auditorium | |
| 8:30 am | Workshop plenary session—Building 50 Auditorium Zoom registration link for virtual attendance |
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| 10:00 am | Break | |
| 10:20 am | Workshops continue—in separate meeting rooms | |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch—Integrative Genomics Building (IGB, Building 91, 3rd floor); Condensed Matter will remain in 59-3101 for lunch | |
| 1:30 pm | Workshops | |
| 5:30 pm | Conclusion Day 3 | |
| THURSDAY, September 14 (WORKSHOPS only) | ||
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| 8:30 am | Workshop Day 1 Recaps—in separate meeting rooms Zoom registration link for virtual attendance |
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| 9:00 am | Workshops | |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch—Integrative Genomics Building (IGB, Building 91, 3rd floor) | |
| 1:30 pm | Workshops | |
| 5:30 pm | Conclusion Day 4 | |
| FRIDAY, September 15 (WORKSHOP REPORT-OUTS) | ||
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| 8:30 am | Synthesis and report-out prep–in separate meeting rooms | |
| 10:45 am | Transit to Building 50 Auditorium | |
| 11:00 am | Workshop report-outs Zoom registration link for virtual attendance |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch—Building 50 Auditorium | |
| 1:00 pm | Conclusion Day 5 | |