April 2, 2008

NSLS, NSLS-II Strategic Planning Workshops Draw User Input from Hundreds

About 330 current and prospective users from around the world attended a series of Scientific Strategic Planning Workshops sponsored by NSLS and NSLS-II in January and February meant to help guide the future of light sources at Brookhaven. Divided into six fields – life sciences, materials science and engineering, earth and environmental sciences, chemical and energy sciences, hard condensed matter and materials physics, and soft and biomolecular materials – the workshops were coordinated with a related string of seven NSLS-II workshops based on experimental techniques. Together, input gathered during the sessions will be used to steer the scientific strategic plans and beamline development for both facilities.

The goal of the individual scientific strategic planning workshops was to generate a detailed white paper that identifies the key scientific drivers for the coming years for that particular area; to provide input for the strategic plans for the science programs at NSLS and NSLS-II; and to identify the capabilities required by that community at the two facilities.

For more information on the workshops and to read the white papers, visit: http://www.bnl.gov/ls/workshops.asp

Life Sciences	Soft and Biomolecular Materials	Chemical and Energy Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences	Materials Science and Engineering	Hard Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1)
Hard Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2)

ARTICLE BY: Kendra Snyder