= Cylindrically Symmetric focusing w/s: planning meeting =

= ** 16:00(BST) 12May26 ** =

Zoom Meeting Link: https://imperial-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97718808160?pwd=uZZ6hULtV58guRFFPhXMbKU92DAgvX.1

Attended: CP, KL, DC, CD, ND, PMcK, AI, PR, CW

== Notes ==

Planning Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A7ZZGT5FUjZzqGo0nePZiE2RSJk0yqBqgOHQY3qz0SU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.sehqb9m35z5a

1. Goals
 - Goals (Decided)
  - Review state of the art
  - Avenues for collaboration
  - Relevance to LhARA/radiobiological applications
  - Write a white paper/review
 - Overall Goal: Estabilishing connections and future research projects rather than selecting a particular technology for LhARA. It should NOT be a competition between the tools but rather a search for overlap in research. 
 - Flier update
  - **Ken to post the blurb from the previous meeting on the planning document**
  - **Have the flier ready for the next meeting**

2. Programme and Speakers
 - Morning:
  - Session 1 is conventional focussing, plasma definitions and discussion (15mins each)
  - Session 2 is laser optics (30mins talk and 15 min discussion)
  - Session 3 is hybrid focussing (30mins talk and 15 min discussion)
  - Discussion does not necessarily need to be always after the talk and could use a tool like Mentimeter to allow comments and questions throughout the presentation.
   - Mentimeter: https://www.mentimeter.com
 - Afternoon session is less fixed down
  - Idea is to have multiple tables laid out, with each table representing a different potential challenge
  - Requires a way to summarise each table
  - Hopefully no more than 6-8 on a table, so need a clear idea of numbers, and which tables/challenges will be the most populated.
  - Challenges include:
   - Beam alignment
   - High-rep rate use (damage)
   - Shot-to-shot variability in the lsrdrvn source
   - Angular acceptance for the highly divergent beam 
   - ** If you have more challenges, please add them to the planning doc by EOW **
  - Other suggestions: Multiple rooms, lightning talks (1 slide)
 - Speakers
  - ** Anymore speakers to be invited must be added by EOW **
  - Suggestions for who to deliver the morning sessions have been made and are in the planning doc
  - Questions to pose the speakers to help prompt discussion and get everyone on a similar page are also on the doc
  - ** If you have more suggestions in either case, please fill in the doc by EOW **

3. Fix the Date
 - Confirm the date (Either 7th or 11th (Mon or Fri) September)
  - Contact primary speakers to confirm the date
 - ** Encourage Ken to talk to IoP **

4. Support
 - LSW funding
  - Mike Charlton has confirmed he will put in an application
  - Applications open in a few weeks and should know soon after
  - The flier would be very useful for this
 - IoP Plasma £200?
  - No update
  - ** Charlotte to ask Kate, (Old?) Chair, and if no response will ask David to find the new people on the committee. **
   - One is Francis Lockwood 
   - (Post-meeting note: Charlotte has emailed Kate)

5. DoNM
 - Week of the 25th 
 - Preferably Tuesday/Wednesday
 - ** Please fill out the LettuceMeet: https://lettucemeet.com/l/5RWlr **

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