Towards Efficiency and Long-Term Sustainability

Saturday 20 Sept 2025, 08:00 → 17:00 US/Central

Monroe (Palmer House Hilton Chicago)

Lukasz Burdzanowski (CERN)

Workshop Description

The continuing evolution of large-scale control systems in operating facilities presents a wide range of challenges, from day-to-day operational management to long-term strategic planning. This workshop seeks to identify key inefficiencies and explore actionable strategies for improvements. Participants will engage in discussions on operational and technical management, state assessment, strategic planning, standardization, automation, maintainability, workflows, and more - all with an emphasis on increasing efficiency and ensuring long-term sustainability. We will examine case studies from accelerator and experimental physics facilities, showcasing practical solutions within existing infrastructures.

Building on the success of the first edition, "Efficiency through Automation" at ICALEPCS 2023, this highly interactive workshop continues the conversation with fresh insights and tangible tools. Join us to explore strategies, share challenges, exchange experiences, and gain valuable ideas for driving efficiency and sustainability improvements in your facility.

Intended audience

Controls systems software engineers, operations coordinators, system analysts.

Organizational Details

The detailed agenda will be announced in due time

 

If you have ideas for specific aspects that you would like to see covered, or if you would like to contribute a presentation, please contact icalepcs-efficiency-workshop@cern.ch

 

Registration

Introduction and Strategic Planning

Workshop Kickoff and Strategic Planning Session

1 Opening & Welcome note

Introduction to the workshop, plan for the day, topics & speakers for today.

Speaker: Lukasz Burdzanowski (CERN)

2 Strategic Planning – Session Introduction

Introduction to the first session of today - Strategic Planning

Speaker: Lukasz Burdzanowski (CERN)

3 Ongoing Improvements to the Instrumentation and Controls System at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE)

Speaker: Martin Pieck (LANL)

4 Strategic Planning for Control Software (and more) at the European XFEL

Speaker: Steffen Hauf

10:30 Coffee

Use-case study: Selected use-cases of projects and initiatives

5 Use-case study - Session Introduction

Speaker: Lukasz Burdzanowski (CERN)

6 TBC - ASM

Speaker: Bartek Urbaniec (CERN)

7 Managing the obsolescence of PLCs in critical LMJ facility infrastructure

Speaker: Mr Jean-Philippe Airiau (LMJ/CEA)

8 CERN NA Energy Efficiency

Speaker: Lukasz Burdzanowski (CERN)

9 Accelerator Fault Tracking and Efficiency

The CERN Accelerators consist of multiple complex systems, where faults can cause downtime and impact availability. To effectively maintain and improve such an environment, it is essential to identify and measure the root causes of reduced availability, with a strong focus on efficiency. This presentation shares 10 years of experience with Fault Tracking, providing concrete examples of how this data can be leveraged by different users to work toward a more efficient future.

Speaker: Anti Asko (CERN)

Accelerator Fault Tracking and Efficiency

Accelerator Fault Tracking and Efficiency

12:30 Lunch

Sustainability: Human aspects, energy efficiency, impact of AI

10 Sustainability - Session introduction

Speaker: Lukasz Burdzanowski (CERN)

11 Strategic projects and Sustainment

Look at 3 strategic projects from CERN, with sustainability & sustainment perspective.

Speaker: Lukasz Burdzanowski (CERN)

12 Working towards Sustainable Software Development - Challenges, solutions, and thoughts on AI

Speaker: Steffen Hauf

15:30 Coffee

Summary: Workshop summary, open discussion