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The HZB X-ray Corelab kindly offers the 3rd X-ray school for Master and PhD students at Lise-Meitner-Campus.

The aim of the course is to train participants in various X-ray diffraction methods that they can apply them in their current scientific project. The school will focus on phase analysis applying crystallographic databases, crystal structure analysis at ambient and non-ambient conditions. Thin film analysis like depth profiling, reflectivity, and texture will be introduced as well. For further details please have a look to the preliminary programme.

As an outcome from the first X-ray school we expanded the 3rd school to have more time for general introduction and hands-on experiments as well as for detailed evaluation and discussions. For effectiveness, the school will be offered in the way of modules. It will start with a mandatory general module. Afterwards the school will be split into a powder diffraction and a thin film analysis module which separately or both can be attended.

IW-CISTech has been an important annual international workshop focusing on CIGS solar cell technology since 2010, combining scientific and technological aspects with their industrial applications. The program is made of invited talks, discussions, poster presentations and lab tours and lots of discussion and networking opportunities. It will take place on 22^nd and 23^rd June 2020 at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Berlin-Adlershof.

Dear Chalcogenide Experts,

We hope that you are in good health. Due to travelling restrictions, almost all Chalcogenide PV related meetings planned in spring and summer had to be cancelled.

To keep scientific discussions and knowledge exchange in our community alive we have decided to organize the first

Virtual Chalcogenide PV Conference (vCPVC 2020) from 25^th to 29^th May 2020. The sessions will take place at CET business times.

We would like to cover various topics within the conference such as:
 • Progress in research and manufacturing of CIGS and related compounds • CdTe • Kesterite • New chalcogenide materials such as for example Sb2S(e)3 • Wide bandgap chalcogenide materials • Tandem devices  • Buffer layers

In addition, the program will cover important advancements in characterization, modelling and theory.
We also look forward to contributions from industry in the field.

The program will be posted shortly on the conference website.

The conference will be free of charge, however pre-registration is mandatory as the number of participants is limited. Registration will be available soon. We will keep you updated.

Please save the date and feel free to spread the word in the chalcogenide community.

Best regards,

The vCPVC 2020 Organizing Committee

Welcome to the HZB Photon School 2020, to be held in the Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Campus (Berlin-Adlershof) from 9^th to 20^th March, 2020.

This school is primarily aimed at master students and early stage researchers in physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, life or environmental sciences. Students will be introduced to synchrotron and laboratory-based methods that probe the molecular structure, function and dynamics of complex material systems.

The two-week program consists of basic and specialized lectures including exercises, given by experienced teachers , who are HZB scientists or BESSY II super-users from our partner universities and research centers. The second week is dedicated to hands-on training at several BESSY II experimental stations and X-ray laboratories . Participants will get a vivid experience by joining up to two experiments to work in small groups. The second week's activities will teach participants how to collect, analyze, interpret and present own data amongst peers and specialists.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Berlin!

Exchange and information event in the field of "New Materials

Adlershof start-ups, companies and research institutions from the industry as well as interested students, specialists and scientists are invited to exchange suggestions and ideas and to develop interest in new fields of knowledge and products. Potential cooperation or recruitment of specialists among the start-ups, students, young scientists and young experts can also develop from this.

The Campus Club is an initiative of WISTA Management GmbH, Humboldt Innovation, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences of HU (IRIS) and Oreltech.
The following start-ups have confirmed their participation: Oreltech, INURU, Nano-Join, Tiwari, Solaga, PSC.

This year's Young and Senior Investigators Exchange Workshop takes place from March 22-27, 2020, at Brauhaus Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Germany.  The 2020  workshop focuses on both experimental and theoretical complexities: Adding the dimension of time to the selectivity of X-rays is bringing new impetus to many longstanding scientific questions. We encourage especially PhD student and postdoctoral investigators to apply for the Wittenberg workshop. Successful applicants will present and discuss their research results in an informal atmosphere. Each participant is requested to give a talk.