MOCRAF Meeting

from Wednesday, 23 September 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 25 September 2026 (19:30)
CERN (774/R-013)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
23 Sept 2026
24 Sept 2026
25 Sept 2026
AM
09:00 Arrival Formalities and CCC Visit (Group 1)  
09:50 Coffee Break  
10:10 Arrival Formalities and CCC Visit (Group 2)  
11:00 Networking and Lunch (Restaurant 3 in Prevessin)  
09:00 Motion Control - Theory - Brian Nutter  
09:30 Motion Control - PLC-based Motion Control - Mr Ken Jones (Diamond Light source)  
09:45 Motion control - Use of Long Cables - Enrico Bravin (CERN)  
10:00 Motion Control - Hands-on  
11:00 Coffee Break  
11:30 Robotics - Theory - Dr Mario Di Castro (CERN)  
11:50 Robotics - Quadrupeds - Chris Mcgreavy (CERN)  
09:00 Visits - Accelerators and Experiments  
11:30 Lunch (Restaurant 1 in Meyrin)  
PM
12:30 Experience and Suggestions from previous MOCRAF Workshops - Nicola Coppola  
12:45 Experience and Suggestions from previous MOCRAF Workshops - Roundtable  
13:00 Mechatronics - Introduction - Dr Jon Kelly (Diamond Light source)  
13:30 Maglev  
13:45 Mechatronics - High-performance motion control - Ruan Felicioni (Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM))  
14:00 Mechatronics - roundtable  
15:00 Coffee Break  
15:30 System Reliability and Maintenance - Introduction  
16:00 System Reliability and Maintenance - At EuXFEL - Leandro Zannellato (European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH)  
16:15 System Reliability and Maintenance - Automatic generation of Axis - Maxim Brendike (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin)  
16:30 System Reliability and Maintenance - Roundtable  
12:00 Robotics - Hands-on  
13:00 Lunch (Restaurant 3 in Prevessin)  
14:00 Feedback Systems - Theory - Christer ENGBLOM (Synchrotron Soleil)  
14:30 Feedback Systems - Comparison of Interferometers - Thomas Dehaeze (ESRF)  
14:45 Feedback systems - Temperature and Renishaw Encoder - Mr Brian Nutter (Diamond Light source)  
15:00 Feedback Systems - Hands-on  
16:00 Coffee Break  
16:20 Closed-loop Control - Theory - Thomas Dehaeze (ESRF)  
16:40 Closed-loop Control - Piezo-goniometers - Enrica Soria (CERN)  
16:50 Closed-loop Control - Trajectory Filtering - Lequeux Alexandre (Synchrotron Soleil)  
17:00 Closed-loop Control - Hands-on  
19:00 Social Dinner  
13:00 Wrap-up - Roundtable  
15:00 Wrap-up - Summary Presentation  
16:00 Wrap-up - Final Words