LhARA Executive Board 21Jan26; 16:00 GMT

Present: AG, ..

Agenda

1. Notes and actions: All
   
   • KL: Liaise with TG re Liverpool dates
     • Drop; item OK/
   • CW: Need to pursue STFC year-end money.
     • Any of drafted.

2. CDR update: KL
   
   • STFC library @ Library.

5. Peer-group meetings update:
   
   • “Particle therapy international meeting”
     Advertising actions:
     • RA/KL: Update flier to include idea of writing a document as outcome of meeting.
       • Done.
     • RA: EFOMP, ASTRO, ESTRO, RSNA, PTCOG, IPEM, HiPhi, APM
     • RA: LinkedIn, Neil Burnett, Adrian Crellin, ...
     • KL: Matt Williams
       • Done
     • JPar: Anthony Chalmers and other bio folk
     • CW: M.Boyd and Strathclyde folk.
       • KL for CW: CW has flagged meeting with M.Boyd.

HiPhi;

Notes:

• Email lists inside Imperial and in CNRS have been "hit" with the flier.
• A handful of people have registered (7, no speakers). Need to push on advertising more energetically.

• “Cylindrically-symmetric strong focusing of ion beams”
  

perhaps as comms people. UKRI too. Matt; discuss reach out more ...

Notes:

• No update; status remains: need to progress to find next meeting of organisers.
• However, pressure now as ideally date would be set by 27Feb26; action KL
  

• “Novel time-resolved and high-resolution imaging”
  
  • To be returned to later.
    
• “Biology, measurement, simulation and interpretation of radiation biology”
  
  • To be returned to later.
    

6. Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2026
   Progress in organisation; fixed points: get Paul ...
   • 26Feb26:
     • Public engagement training at Imperial;
     • Deadline for specification of exhibit
   • Accommodation is an issue; booking it now. Some guesswork required!

IoP; word file ... invite nominations ... comm ... what do we want to get out of this.

7. ​Glasgow Science Festival 2026 CW 5--15Jun26; CW has proposed LhARA as an exhibit. CW and KL have meeting with organisers on Friday 29Jan26. Hope they will accept our proposal.

8. EUMateria WWW site: ​https://eumateria.eu
   
   • No update. Updates to their document must be made by the end of the month. KL to draft.

9. ELIMED proposal No update this week.

10. Articles: RB, KL
    
    • Frontiers in Physics
      • Solicited again by the journal.
    • Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
    • Ion-acoustic
    • Accelerator papers (WS)
      

KL: to work with RB and KP and SB to work out a plan.

• Stands.

11. Collaboration meeting dates: All
    • Spring 2026
      • 29/30 April; RAL: Wednesday 29Apr and Thursday 30Apr morning LhARA CM. Rutherford Lecture on 30Apr26.
        • ​Block diagram agenda

Tour of CLF, dinner, sandwiches,

• John Anderson; can-do consulting limited; panel session;
• Autumn 2026:

Posters; world cancer day in two weeks. Invite Iain Chapman to mtg; collaboration meeting

Glover; respond to UKRI current funding model.

• Iain Chapman; button hole; invite to RAL lecture and RS Summer exhibition
• Roger
• Glover; letter; 04th meeting;
• MRC ...
• Broad document
• New Scientist article ...

Header paras in two weeks; disseminate.

12. DONM
    
    • Date of next meeting: 04Feb26 -- 16:00 GMT

13. AoB
    

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