LhARA Executive Board 17Sep25; 16:00 BST

ZOOM: ​https://cern.zoom.us/j/69273575605?pwd=K1cwVVo3UmJwL0pkVDZFSXRJcitvQT09

KL, CW, PP, CJ, JP, RA, WS, RB

Notes

1. Notes and actions: All
   
   • KL: Date for PPD seminar
     • Done:. Will be 14Jan26.
   • KL: Check on NLRC presentation
     • Done. 21Oct25
   • KL: Liaise with TG re Liverpool dates
     • Ongoing.

2. CDR update: KL
   
   • Status.
   • Author list refresh.
   • Arizona State University interested to join. Have high-power pulsed laser facility. Interested to make short focal length activity.

3. Brm collaboration meeting debrief: JPar, All
   
   • Successful meeting; follow up in t3erms of money, engagement etc.

4. Business plan, intro and discussion: KL, All
   
   • Headings

5. Redrawing the logo: PP
   
   • Darien; will do.

4. Peer-group meetings update: KL
   “Particle therapy international meeting”
   
   • Marco Durante: confirmed 13Feb
   • Meet next week to refocus. “Cylindrically-symmetric strong focusing of ion beams”
     
   • Gang to help “Novel time-resolved and high-resolution imaging”
     “Biology, measurement, simulation and interpretation of radiation biology”
     Slide sent to LhARA comms as definition of activity

4. Articles: RB, KL
   
   • Frontiers in Physics
   • Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
   • Ion-acoustic
   • Accelerator papers (WS)

No update this week.

6. Collaboration meeting dates: All
   • Spring 2026
     • Agreed to go to RAL. Try to propose dates on Friday.

7. DONM
   
   • Date of next meeting: 15Oct25 -- 16:00 BST

8. AoB
   
   • Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2026 proposal: present draft
   • Spark scheme; WS will re-apply

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