5th and Final I.FAST Annual Meeting

21 Oct 2025, 12:00 → 22 Oct 2025, 16:00 Europe/Zurich

80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor (CERN)

Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)

The I.FAST (Innovation Fostering in Accelerator Science and Technology) Innovation Pilot project for the Particle Accelerator community will hold its 5th and Final Project Meeting in the Globe at CERN on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 October 2025.

The final results of the active Work Packages will be presented, and the overall outcome and impact of the project will be reviewed.

Tuesday 21 October

1 Registration

Plenary Session 1

Convener: Dr Toms Torims (CERN)

2 Welcome Adress

Speaker: Mike Lamont (CERN)

3 Introduction by the Project Coordinator

Speaker: Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)

IFAST_Final_Meeting_10_25.pdf

IFAST_Final_Meeting_10_25.pptx

4 Deliverables and Milestones status

Speaker: Luigi Giuseppe Celona (Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (IT))

IFAST_10_25.pdf

IFAST_10_25.pptx

5 Training initiatives: outcome and perspectives, impact on Accelerator Communication and Outreach

Speaker: Philip Nicholas Burrows (University of Oxford (GB))

I.FAST_annualmeeting_Oct2025.pdf

I.FAST_annualmeeting_Oct2025.pptx

6 Industry Collaboration: the I.FAST legacy

Speaker: Mauro Morandin (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))

IFAST_AM_industry_MM.pdf

7 Novel particle accelerators - progress in the last 4 years

Speaker: Dr Riccardo Pompili

IFAST_CERN_Oct25.pdf

8 Lasers for Plasma Accelerators - outcomes and results (ZOOM)

Speaker: Dr Leonida Antonio (Leo) Gizzi (CNR, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Pisa, Italy)

IFAST_5th_annual_Gizzi.pdf

IFAST_5th_annual_Gizzi.pptx

15:45 Coffee Break

Plenary Session 2

Convener: Jens Stadlmann

9 Progress of the International Muon Collider Collaboration

Speaker: Nadia Pastrone (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

I.FAST_MUST_WP5_21oct25.pdf

10 Progress at the Accelerator frontier (ZOOM)

Speakers: Giuliano Franchetti, Frank Zimmermann (CERN)

iFAST_Final_meeting_v2FZ_GF.pdf

iFAST_Final_meeting_v2FZ_GF.pptx

11 The I.FAST superconduting magnet prototypes

Speaker: Ernesto De Matteis (INFN Milano - LASA)

20251021_IFAST_annual_meeting_WP8.pdf

20251021_IFAST_annual_meeting_WP8.pptx

12 Superconducting thin films: impact and legacy of I.FAST

Speaker: Dr Oleg Malyshev (UKRI/STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

I.FAST_WP9 21-10-2025.pdf

I.FAST_WP9 21-10-2025.pptx

13 Additive manufacturing in the accelerator community: where are we

Speaker: Andris Ratkus (Riga Technical University (LV))

AM_Acc_10.2025.pdf

14 Progress on sustainability

Speaker: Denise Voelker

251021_IFAST_WP11_Report_and_summary_final meeting.pdf

251021_IFAST_WP11_Report_and_summary_final meeting.pptx

19:30 Dinner at Café Papon

Wednesday 22 October

15 Doors opening

Plenary Session 3

Convener: Jose Manuel Perez-Morales (CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas)

16 European Strategy: large collider proposals

Speaker: Philip Nicholas Burrows (University of Oxford (GB))

IFAST_colliders_Oct2025.pdf

IFAST_colliders_Oct2025.ppt

17 Outlook of the Innovation Fund projects

Speaker: Dr Luca Garolfi (TERA Foundation / CERN)

Outlook_iFAST_IIF_Projects_October_2025_22102025.pdf

Outlook_iFAST_IIF_Projects_October_2025_22102025.pptx

18 Final Results of the Longitudinally Variable Dipole

Speaker: Fernando Toral (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))

IFAST_final_meeting_2025_WP73.pdf

IFAST_final_meeting_2025_WP73.pptx

19 The Additive manufactured RFQ prototype: results and perspectives

Speaker: Tobia Romano (Politecnico di Milano, Riga Technical University)

I.FAST_5_Annual_meeting_Romano.pdf

10:30 Coffee Break

Plenary Session 4

Convener: Thomas Shea

20 Results and experience with the CompactLight Prototype structures

Speaker: Gerardo D'Auria (Elettra Trieste)

GdA_IFAST 5th Annual Meeting CERN_20-10-25.pdf

GdA_IFAST 5th Annual Meeting CERN_20-10-25.pptx

21 The CBI legacy

Speaker: Dr Nicolas Delerue (CNRS & Université Paris-Saclay)

202510_CBI_legacy_IFAST_final_Meeting(2).pdf

202510_CBI_legacy_IFAST_final_Meeting(2).pptx

22 The HEPTO prototype: final results and outlook

Speaker: Mr Ben Shepherd

2025-10-22 BJAS - HEPTO report - I.FAST final meeting.pdf

2025-10-22 BJAS - HEPTO report - I.FAST final meeting.pptx

23 Ongoing upgrades and outlook on ultra-low emittance rings

Speaker: Riccardo Bartolini (DESY)

IFAST_5th_annual_meeting_RB.pdf

IFAST_5th_annual_meeting_RB.pptx

24 The I.FAST progress in beam windows and materials (ZOOM)

Speaker: Marilena Tatiana Tomut (GSI Helmholtzzentrum Darmstadt, WWU Münster)

WP4_5thAnnualMeeting_final.pdf

WP4_5thAnnualMeeting_final.pptx

12:30 Lunch Break

Closing Session

Convener: Mike Seidel

25 CERN Programmes

Speaker: Giovanna Vandoni (CERN)

iFAST-OBruning-GV-V1.pdf

iFAST-OBruning-GV-V1.pptx

26 The EPITA proposal, a new instrument for the accelerator community

Speaker: Dr Toms Torims (CERN)

EPITA project proposal 22.10.2025.pdf

EPITA project proposal 22.10.2025.pptx

27 TIARA and future EC Calls for accelerators

Speakers: Jose Manuel Perez-Morales (CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas), Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)

2025_10_23 TIARA IFAST 5th annual meting v2.pdf

2025_10_23 TIARA IFAST 5th annual meting v2.pptx

28 I.FAST Financial outlook

Speaker: Cloe Levointurier-Vajda (CERN)

I.FAST Financial outlook.pdf

29 Presentation by the SAC: impact of I.FAST on accelerator technologies

Speakers: Akira Yamamoto (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP)), Prof. Akira Yamamoto (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))

SAC-Report for 5th.final I.Fast-Meeting-251022-F2.pdf

SAC-Report for 5th.final I.Fast-Meeting-251022-F2.pptx

30 Concluding remarks

Speaker: Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)