Event agenda
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
10:30 - 12:00
Study visit to ESS, European Spallation Source
ESS, currently under construction and will be a multi-disciplinary research facility using the world’s most powerful neutron source, based on particle accelerators and spallation technology.
Sign-ups available from 1 Jan 2026, 00:00 to 6 Mar 2026, 12:00
11:00 - 12:00
Study visit to MAX IV
MAX IV Laboratory is a Swedish national laboratory providing scientists with the most brilliant X-rays for research with Lund University as the host university.
Sign-ups available from 1 Jan 2026, 00:00 to 6 Mar 2026, 12:00
12:00 - 13:00
Registration, lunch and exhibition
13:00 - 13:20
Opening Ceremony
Kick off the forum and get energised for two full days of networking and collaboration.
2 speakers
13:20 - 14:00
13:20 - 18:00
Big Science Technology Exhibition
Swedish companies, universities, and institutes stand side by side with Europe’s major Big Science facilities and projects to meet and discover new opportunities.
13:20 - 18:00
One-to-one meetings
- Meeting point by the registration desk
Meeting duration:15 minute time slots
14:00 - 14:30
Session A • MAX 4U: an upgrade of the MAX IV 3 GeV ring
This session introduces the MAX 4U upgrade at MAX IV, boosting performance through lower emittance using a targeted, cost- and time-efficient approach with minimal disruption to users.
1 speaker
Session B • Big Science Procurement Guide (BiSS Lathund)
Join a seminar introducing the Big Science Procurement Guide (BiSS Lathund), a simple and effective tool to help you navigate and keep track of procurement processes from 15 different Big Science facilities.
1 speaker
14:30 - 14:40
Short break
14:40 - 15:10
Session A • Construction of the SHiP experiment at CERN
Make sure you are on board when CERN and the SHiP project actively starts looking for new industrial and academic partners to develop and construct the facility and the detector.
1 speaker
14:40 - 15:20
Session B • HiBEAM and SAGA: Swedish contributions to development of instruments for ESS
HiBEAM and SAGA are two different instrument developed for ESS with Swedish contributions. These instrument have a potential to be build at ESS in the future upgrade of the facility.
3 speakers
15:15 - 16:00
Company pitches & Swedish fika
Short pitches from our exhibiting companies.
9 speakers
16:00 - 16:30
Session A • Critical materials technology gaps and challenges in constructing fusion power plants
This session by Fusion for Energy (F4E) explores key needs in critical areas, highlights where new projects are needed, and outlines paths forward through collaboration between industry, universities and research laboratories.
1 speaker
Session B • Einstein Telescope
Einstein Telescope is a proposed underground observatory with 10 km arms, using cryogenic and quantum technologies to enable unprecedented gravitational-wave studies of black holes and cosmology.
1 speaker
16:30 - 16:40
Short break
16:40 - 17:10
Session A • European XFEL Key Requirements: From Operation to Upgrades and Development
The European XFEL is a 3.4 km long facility in Hamburg, that generates ultrashort X-ray flashes (27 000 times per second) with a brilliance that is a billion times higher than that of the best conventional X-ray radiation sources.
1 speaker
Session B • CERN LHC Run4 computing infrastructure procurement
As CERN prepares for the High‑Luminosity LHC era (Run 4), the computing infrastructure behind the experiments must scale in performance and capacity while staying within tight constraints on cost, power, and operability.
1 speaker
17:15 - 17:45
17:45 - 18:00
Explore Collaboration Opportunities with ESO and ALMA
Join representatives from European Southern Observatory to learn about upcoming technological needs and opportunities for collaboration with industry.
3 speakers
18:00 - 18:30
Short break with mingling and drinks
Thursday, 12 March 2026
08:30 - 09:00
Coffee
08:30 - 13:30
Big Science Technology Exhibition
Swedish companies, universities, and institutes stand side by side with Europe’s major Big Science facilities and projects to meet and discover new opportunities.
08:30 - 13:00
One-to-one meetings
- Meeting point by the registration desk
Meeting duration:15 minute time slots
09:00 - 09:30
Session A • The Future Circular Collider programme: Near- and medium-term opportunities for industry and academia engagement
The Future Circular Collider (FCC) is a proposed next-generation research infrastructure for two sequential particle colliders in a shared underground complex. It is located at CERN in Geneva and the programme is now entering a preparatory phase.
1 speaker
09:00 - 09:40
Session B • Latest updates from EISCAT and ELI
Latest developments, technical capabilities and future plans from EISCAT and ELI, highlighting new research infrastructure, advanced instrumentation and collaboration opportunities.
2 speakers
09:30 - 10:10
Introductions from Big Science facilities & Swedish fika
Short introductions from Big Science facilities.
5 speakers
10:10 - 10:40
Session A • EST - European Solar Telescope. Status and future tenders
The European Solar Telescope (EST) is a next generation large-aperture solar telescope. With a 4.2-metre primary mirror, it will be optimised for studies of the magnetic coupling of the solar atmosphere.
1 speaker
Session B • Data centre development at GSI/FAIR to meet future compute demand
Growing data volumes push facilities to rethink cooling and power. At GSI/FAIR, a new Cooling Distribution Unit supports high-density GPU clusters in an N+1 configuration.
1 speaker
10:40 - 10:50
Short break
10:50 - 11:20
Session A • DONES – Demo Oriented Neutron Source: from construction start to procurement needs
IFMIF-DONES in Granada (ES) is a major international scientific infrastructure project aimed at supporting the development of fusion energy by testing and qualifying materials that will be used in future fusion reactors, particularly the DEMO reactor.
1 speaker
Session B • Development of ECHIR beamline at ESS
The proposed project aims to develop an irradiation beamline at ESS, ECHIR, by preparing a business case, technical design, and radiation dose simulations, thus positioning Sweden as a global leader in electronics irradiation.
1 speaker
11:20 - 12:00
Introductions from Big Science facilities and institutes
Short introductions from Big Science facilities and institutes.
5 speakers
12:00 - 12:30
Session A • TomoWISE project at MAX IV
The TomoWISE project, funded by WISE, was started in the summer of 2025 and will become the 17th beamline at MAX IV. This session presents the project plan for the installation phase and outlines the types of equipment that will be required.
1 speaker
Session B • Novatron Fusion Group - paving the way in the Nordics for fusion energy to the grid
Novatron Fusion Group is the only private fusion enterprise in the Nordic countries. Based in Stockholm, Novatron is developing its own fusion reactor concept and the Novatron 1 is operational at KTH since 2024.
1 speaker
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
Mini AIMday Big Science Technology • Challenge 1 – IFMIF-DONES
By invitation only. How can a system be developed for continuous monitoring of position and rotation of solenoids and SRF cavities inside a 4.5 K cryomodule over a 30-year lifetime?
1 speaker
Mini AIMday Big Science Technology • Challenge 2 – MAX IV
By invitation only. How can a next-generation high-resolution, high-frame-rate CMOS imaging system with FPGA-based readout be developed to achieve ≥20 Gpix/s continuous streaming for real-time tomographic acquisition?
1 speaker
14:50 - 15:50
Mini AIMday Big Science Technology • Challenge 3 – IFMIF-DONES
By invitation only. Which ceramic materials can replace hexagonal boron nitride in an ECR deuterium ion source to enable stable 140 mA D⁺ beam production during continuous operation for at least six months?
1 speaker