IPAC'23 - Conference guide

IPAC’23 / CONFERENCE GUIDE 7 Peter McIntosh STFC Daresbury Laboratory Scientific Programme Committee Chair The scientific programme for any International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC) is the pivotal heart for its delivery success. It provides excitement, stimulates discussion, promotes collaboration and fundamentally connects the accelerator communities. For IPAC’23 this year, it is my tremendous pleasure that we have produced a truly impressive spectrum of impactful developments, which encapsulates a broad array of accelerator projects, scientific achievements and technology advances. Our predominant remit has been to ensure that the accelerator community is effectively represented in terms of its diversity and inclusion, and so we have contributions from 22 countries (including Ukraine), comprising 60 organisations, with 25% from female presenters. The conference programme kicks-off on the Sunday afternoon with the student poster session from 14:00 – 18:00, before the main scientific programme begins on the Monday. The oral programme comprises introductory and closing plenary talks, with intervening parallel sessions, with presentations from each of the eight Main Classification (MC) topic areas. On Tuesday afternoon, we bring together leading industry and accelerator representatives, to discuss important aspects for effective engagement with our respective communities. Then on the Thursday afternoon, there will be a plenary Awards and Entertainment session. The delegate poster presentation sessions, which is in fact the heart of any IPAC conference, will take place at 16:30 – 18:30 each day (except Friday). The Scientific Programme Committee (SPC), along with the close support of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and Organising Committee (OC) fromall three-regions, has been the lifeblood of our preparations and deserve considerable credit and gratitude, for their determined efforts to formulate such an outstanding programme. I must also thank the Scientific Secretariat (Giulia Vinicola and Ivan Andrian) for their excellent process organisation, which has been incredibly valuable. Finally, I’d like to convey my deepest thanks and appreciation to Ralph Assmann (IPAC’23 Conference Chair), for the truly exceptional support he has provided me personally and the entire SPC team. It just leaves me to express to all IPAC’23 participants, that I sincerely hope you enjoy the scientific programme we have prepared and I look forward to meeting you all in Venice, for what we expect will be a truly fantastic IPAC conference. Welcome from SPC Chair Greetings