The Director of SESAME, Professor. Khaled Toukan, was one of the numerous foreign speakers at the Global Forum for Higher Education and Scientific Research (GFHS) held in Cairo on 4-6 April.
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Yesterday and the day before this (31 March and 1 April), An-Najah National University in Nablus (Palestine) was host to the 2nd International Workshop on Synchrotron Radiation and Applications.
On March 24, thirty-six students and four teachers from the Lycée Français International de Dubaï visited SESAME for the 2nd time during the last 2 years. The visit began with an introduction to SESAME’s activities given by the Coordinator, Microtron & Machine Diagnostics Beamline.
On March 24 and 28, SESAME welcomed experts from more than 40 countries worldwide. They visited SESAME as part of their participation in the 2019 European Research Reactor conference.
On March 10th and 11th SESAME hosted the first face-to-face Panel Review Committee meeting.
Today (29/3/2019), the Diamond-SESAME Fellowship Programme enhancing the relationship between SESAME and Diamond Light Source marks its last day.
Today, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced its 2019 Award for Science Diplomacy.
On 15 December, the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, paid an official visit to SESAME. Among the 7 delegates accompanying him were the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Ekaterina Zakharieva, and Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Jordan, Venelin Lazarov.
At its first Plenary Meeting that is being held at DESY on 12-14 November, the Members of LEAPS (League of European Accelerator-Based Photon Sources) unanimously decided to grant SESAME Associate status. SESAME thus becomes the first Associate of LEAPS.
On 25 October, SESAME was host to a delegation from the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres consisting of 43 persons. It was headed by Professor Otmar Wiestler, President of the Association.