The SESAME Council met at CERN on 14-15 May 2012. During the meeting a protocol was signed by the Director of SESAME and the Director-General of CERN which provides for CERN to take the lead.
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“PILATUS3 300K is the first detector to arrive to SESAME. And DECTRIS is the first commercial company to make a donation.
SESAME Infrared laboratory is recognized as an Affiliated Centre of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, ICTP, in Trieste, Italy (Agreement OEA-AC-69).
IAEA/SESAME is announcing new call For applications for training fellowships.
Pre-announcement of Call for Proposals. SESAME expects to put out a call for proposals to carry out experiments at the first two SESAME beamlines.
During a visit he paid to SESAME on 11 April, the Ambassador of Iran to Jordan, Mojtaba Ferdosipour, indicated his country’s intention to intensify further its cooperation with SESAME, a position very much welcomed by SESAME.
On 27 October 2015, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Jordan, Alice G. Wells, toured SESAME in a 45-minute visit tailor-made for her. She was accompanied by the US Embassy Regional Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer for the Middle East and North Africa, Elizabeth Hattingh, and by Yara Abu Laban from the Regional Environment, Science, Technology & Health Office at the Embassy.
In September 2015, 27 physics students and teachers from Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority and Turkey took part in the 1st student and teacher school for SESAME held at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva (Switzerland).
On 6 August 2015, the Minister of Science, Technology and Space (MOST) of Israel, Danny Ben Yosef Dannon, visited SESAME together with other high-ranking members of his Ministry, including Mr Ido Sharir, Director General of the Ministry. Eliezer Rabinovici, one of Israel’s delegates to the SESAME Council and its co-Vice President, was also a member of the delegation.
On 20 July 2015, the Royal Society announced that Professor Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith FRS, President of the SESAME Council, was one of the recipients of the 2015 very prestigious Royal Medal. He was being awarded this Medal for his major contributions to the development of the standard model of particle physics, particularly his success in making the case for building the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN.