BESSY@HZB User Meeting
With the series of annual user meetings, we bring together our user community to intensify scientific exchange and stimulating new collaborations. The meetings will provide an overview of the many exciting and inspiring research results obtained at our facility in the past year and will emphasize on future developments in particular on BESSY III. Plenary talks, discussions, a public lecture, the market place of innovation and a poster session will provide vast possibilities of information and discussion. The bestowals of the 'Prizes for Young Scientists' donated by the Freundeskreis Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin e.V. (FHZB) are traditional highlights of the user meetings.
December 3 and December 4 - BESSY@HZB User Meeting 2025
December 5 - One-off event "Energy Day"
Both events take place at the WISTA Event Center in Berlin-Adlershof.
Programme
The 17th BESSY@HZB User Meeting includes the following highlights:
- The Synchrotron Session, the Public Lecture and the Bestowal of Prizes will take place on Wednesday, December 3
- Science Highlights will be presented on Wednesday, December 3 and Thursday, December 4
- The dedicated Young Scientist Session will be held on Thursday, December 4
- The user meeting will be concluded with a Market Place of Innovations and a Poster Session on Thursday afternoon
- Finally, all registered participants are invited to join the "green" buffet on Thursday evening
- One-off event - a dedicated "Energy Day" on Friday, December 5
A detailed programme will be coming soon.
Country of Honour 2025 - Niger
To make international integration and cooperation more visible, each BESSY@HZB User Meeting will be accompanied by a country of honour. This year’s country of honour is Niger and we are pleased to invite scientists from Niger who will participate in the user meeting.
This invitation is directed to scientists at the early stage of their scientific career. We will organise an interesting programme with laboratory tours and scientific lectures. HZB will reimburse travel expenses and provides accommodation in our guesthouse from November 30 (Sunday) to December 06 (Saturday) free of charge.
Please click HERE for application.
Poster Session
The poster session is an excellent opportunity to present and discuss your latest research results. All posters will be on display in the BESSY II experimental hall until next year's user meeting.
| Please note that all posters have to be in DIN A0 landscape format: 120 cm (width) x 84 cm (height) |
In case you need to print your poster on site, please go HERE.
Vendor Exhibition
An important part of our user meeting is the vendor exhibition, which is running alongside the meeting. We provide your organisation with the great opportunity to present your products to a large number of high impact customers. Each year we expect some 300 participants; surely a significant number for presenting your company, and a good chance to get in contact with new customers using synchrotron radiation and performing experiments at BESSY II. For more detailed information on how to join the vendor exhibtion please go to the vendor exhibition webpage.
Travel Information
The BESSY@HZB User Meeting will be held at the WISTA Event Center and at BESSY II at Science Park Adlershof.
| WISTA Event Center Rudower Chaussee 17 12489 Berlin |
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin/BESSY II Albert-Enstein-Straße 15 12489 Berlin |
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