BESSY User Meeting in Adlershof

Despite a cyber attack on the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, the meeting will take place as scheduled

On 15.06.2023, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) became the target of a cyber attack. All IT systems were shut down for protection. The research centre cannot be reached via the website, email or telephone at the moment, and all user experiments at the X-ray source BESSY II have been suspended.

Despite this, the 15th BESSY User Meeting will take place, which will be held in Adlershof from 22-23 June. On 22 June from 9 am the doors of the WISTA Event Centre at Volmerstraße 2 will open for registration, with the programme starting at 10 am.

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin also invites you to a public panel discussion as part of the User Meeting. This will take place on 22 June from 5 pm. Registration is not necessary:

Panel Discussion: Science Diplomacy, International Collaboration and the Contribution of Light Sources to Cooperative Solutions

• Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer (former General Director of CERN)
• Prof. Dr. Sekazi K. Mtingwa (Co-Founder and Chair, LAAAMP Executive Committee)
• Dr. Gihan Kamel (SESAME)
• Dr. Lucy Ombaka (Technical University of Kenya)
• Dr. Yazmin Lucero Cobos Becerra (Strategy Dept. Energy and Information, HZB)
• Moderation: Prof. Dr. Rutger Schlatmann (PVcomB, HZB)

The Public Panel Discussion will be opened with a Welcoming Address by Ina Czyborra, the Berlin Senator for Higher Education and Research, Health, and Long-Term Care.

Time: Thursday, 22 June 2023, 5-6.30 p.m.
Place: Bunsen-Saal, Volmerstraße 2, 12489 Berlin