Name: MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
Start: 2016-09-15T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2016-09-16T13:00:00+01:00
Location: Other Institutes

MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop

from Thursday, September 15, 2016 (8:00 AM) to Friday, September 16, 2016 (1:00 PM)

Monday, September 12, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Thursday, September 15, 2016

9:00 AM Opening session: Opening session
Opening session
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
9:20 AM Workshop I: MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
9:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Contributions

9:20 AM First results of a combined fast-neutron & gamma-ray LXe imaging detector with gaseous photomultiplier readout - Artur Cardoso Coimbra (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

9:40 AM CERN developments of optical readout for MPGDs - Filippo Resnati (CERN)

10:10 AM Optically Read Out Planispherical GEM Detector for Minimizing Parallax Error - Fabio Sauli (TERA Foundation (IT))

10:30 AM MPGD-based muon telescopes for archeology: the ScanPyramids project - Sebastien Procureur (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
10:50 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM Workshop II: MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
11:20 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:20 AM MPGDs face2face with art and industry: EDXRF imaging systems - Ana Luisa Silva (University of Aveiro)

11:40 AM GEMPix-based system for the determination of Fe-55 in radioactive waste - Fabrizio Murtas (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))

12:00 PM A robust large area x-ray imaging system based on 100 µm thick Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) - Xavier Carvalho (LIBPhys-Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Portugal)

12:20 PM (WITHDRAW) Tomographic 2-D X-ray imaging of toroidal fusion plasma using a tangential pinhole camera with gas electron multiplier detector - Danilo Pacella
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Workshop III: MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM X-ray detection in medical imaging - Keynote - Steffen Kapler (Siemens)

3:20 PM Energy Resolving X-ray Imaging Systems using MPGDs - Lara Filipa Das Neves Dias Carramate (University of Aveiro (PT))

3:40 PM Towards the application of patterned RPCs to very high resolution RPC-PET for small animals - Paulo Fonte
4:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM Workshop IV: MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions

4:30 PM The Innovation Path: From Science to Market - Keynote - Gonçalo Amorim (ISCTE)

5:20 PM Applications of MPGD detectors for hadron therapy and investigation of their potential use for environmental gamma rays monitoring. - Palma Rita Altieri (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))

5:40 PM The GEMPix detector for energy deposition measurements in Hadrontherapy - Fabrizio Murtas (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))
6:30 PM Boat trip in Ria de Aveiro in "Moliceiro" boat
Boat trip in Ria de Aveiro in "Moliceiro" boat
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Friday, September 16, 2016

9:00 AM Workshop V: MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM Workshop VI: MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

12:30 PM Closing Session: Closing Session
Closing Session
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM