JAI Advisory Board

16 Apr 2026, 09:30 → 17 Apr 2026, 19:30 Europe/London

Dennis Sciama lecture theatre (Denys Wilkinson Building)

Philip Nicholas Burrows (University of Oxford (GB)), Stephen Gibson (Royal Holloway, University of London), Zulfikar Najmudin

The John Adams Institute Advisory Board will be held at the University of Oxford on the 16th & 17th of April 2026.

The open sessions on 16th April will be located in the Dennis Sciama lecture theatre on level 5 of the Denys Wilkinson Building, with refreshments served in the foyer.  Zoom link:

https://cern.zoom.us/j/67850273169?pwd=T37mbcplqTisgqEbXkPtn7YkO2kvlD.1

 

The closed sessions on the 17th April will be located in Conference Room on level 5 of the Denys Wilkinson Building. All are welcome to join the closeout on 17^th at 1200  at the above Zoom link.

 

The Governing Board meeting (closed) on 17th March will also be located in Conference Room on level 5 of the Denys Wilkinson Building.

Thursday 16 April

09:30 Tea, coffee available for all: level 5 foyer

1 Director's Introduction

Speaker: Philip Nicholas Burrows (University of Oxford (GB))

JAI_AB_Apr2026.pdf

JAI_AB_Apr2026.ppt

Open session I

2 Particle physics colliders and beamlines

Speakers: Adrian Oeftiger (University of Oxford), Stephen Gibson (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Colliders_JAI_AB_Oeftiger_Gibson.pdf

Colliders_JAI_AB_Oeftiger_Gibson.pptx

3 Intense hadron beams

Speaker: David Kelliher (STFC)

JAI_ab_2026_kelliher_v5.pdf

JAI_ab_2026_kelliher_v5.pptx

4 Diamond Light Source

Speaker: Ian Peter Stephen Martin

JAI_AB_LightSources_Martin.pptx

5 STELLA and FLASH therapy

Speaker: Manjit Dosanjh (University of Oxford (GB))

Dosanjh-JAI Advisory Board-16-17 April 2026 .pdf

Dosanjh-JAI Advisory Board-16-17 April 2026 .pptx

12:30 Lunch

Open session II

6 LHARA

Speaker: William Shields

WShields_JAIAB_260416.pdf

WShields_JAIAB_260416.pptx

7 Advanced acceleration – beam driven

Speaker: Richard D'Arcy (University of Oxford)

260416_JAI-AB.pdf

8 Advanced acceleration – laser driven

Speaker: Simon Hooker

Hooker - Advanced accelerators 2026-04-16b.pdf

9 Accelerator facility sustainability

Speaker: Dr Hannah Wakeling (John Adams Institute, University of Oxford)

Facility_Sustainability_HMW.pdf

10 Commercialisation and impact

Speaker: Phillip Tait

JAI - TAIT - Commercilisation- April 2026.pdf

JAI - TAIT - Commercilisation- April 2026.pptx

11 Training and public engagement

Speaker: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

Tsesmelis_JAI_AB_April2026pptx.pdf

Tsesmelis_JAI_AB_April2026pptx.pptx

15:30 Tea/coffee break: level 5 foyer

Student Presentation followed by AB Closed Session

12 Graduate Student Design Study (1st year students)

Speakers: Ayham Yousif (Imperial College London), Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN), Francesco Straniero (University of Oxford), George Weis (Imperial College London), Lucy Bishop (UCL), Meg Savage (University of Oxford), Theodore Madden (University of Oxford), Mr Tiago Fernandes de Nobrega (John Adams Institute (JAI) at Royal Holloway, University of London)

20260302_JAIProject_v6.pdf

20260302_JAIProject_v6.pptx

13 AB closed session with graduate students

14 AB closed - Seminar Room 501

18:45 Drinks and dinner at Jesus College (by invitation)

Enter at Turl Street and ask for directions to the Peter North Room

Friday 17 April

Advisory Board (closed session)

Advisory Board close out with JAI members

12:30 Lunch for Advisory Board and Governing Board members

Governing Board (closed session)