LhARA Executive Board 13May26; 16:00 BST

Present: WS, CW, RA, HO, PP, KL, WS

Notes

1. Notes and actions: All
   

2. Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2026 PJ/All
   
   • Progress on Soiree invites, not complete yet. Need now to make 'home team' list. P. Hobson has agreed to provide independent advice.

• Technical preparations going "ok"; cost of backdrop large, working on simplifications to reduce cost.

3. ​Glasgow Science Festival 2026 CW
   04-14 June is the full exhibition; LhARA part will be 08--11Jun26.

• Preparations well advanced. Safety case done (understanding issues to do with laser in balloon popper), 3D printing starts tomorrow, enough personnel (10). Discussion of treatment-planning demonstration. Agreed need to stay generic.

4. Update on business case CW
   
   • Meeting with C. Townsley, CW and KL last week. Structure agreed and needing to find time to work on developing detail. JPar and T.Underwood agreed to contribute.

5. RAL Lecture and discussion 21May26 RB
   ​Indico

• Reviewed arraignments and advertising. Agreed PP would provide 2-sentence intro, KL would provide phot.

16. DONM
    
    • Date of next meeting: 27May26 -- 16:00 BST

7. AoB
   
   • Propose Strathclyde in September as next CM.

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