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EuPRAXIA has placed itself at the forefront of efforts to make major scientific facilities, advanced technologies and research careers more sustainable. Prof Carsten P. Welsch welcoming the participants at the Innovations for a Sustainable Tomorrow Symposium. The Innovations for a Sustainable Tomorrow symposium, held at The Spine on 10 July 2026, brought together leading scientists, policy experts, technology companies and early-career researchers to consider how sustainabil

Professor Carsten P. Welsch, EuPRAXIA-DN coordinator and EuPRAXIA-PP WP2 leader, joined senior European research leaders in Brussels last week for a high-level discussion on the future of doctoral education and the added value of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks. The event, More Than a PhD: The Added Value of MSCA Doctorates, was hosted by the European Research Executive Agency on 24 - 25 June and brought together policy makers, university leaders, doctoral ed

EuPRAXIA has recently been presented at the International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’26) in Deauville, France. The 2026 edition was hosted by the GANIL laboratory in collaboration with CEA, CNRS, Synchrotron SOLEIL, and ESRF. The event attracted over 1,500 delegates from 41 countries and included a large industry showcase with over 100 exhibitors. The comprehensive scientific programme highlighted global advances in accelerator research and development, offered in

Leading representatives from European institutions - from the European Commission to the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) - together with stakeholders from research, industry, and funding agencies gathered on 23 April in Brussels, at the Foundation University, for the EuPRAXIA Showcase Event 2026. This high-level meeting, organized by INFN-LNF and the University of Liverpool, aimed to strengthen collaboration, promote innovation in accelerator techn

The Innovations for a sustainable tomorrow symposium will be held in Liverpool on Friday 10th July 2026, bringing together the LIV.INNO Centre for Doctoral Training and the EuPRAXIA community with UK and international industry partners to explore how innovation and sustainability are reshaping fundamental research, medicine, electronics, the environment, and energy. Scientists from across Europe will present highlights and advances in advanced technologies such as plasma acc

The next seminar in the series will take place on Friday 17th April at 11am UK time. Dr Paul Crump, Head of Photonics Lab, High-Power Diode Lasers at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, will present his seminar, diode lasers for the next generation of ultra-high energy laser applications, from direct material processing to inertial fusion energy. Dr Paul Crump About the talk High power GaAs-based diode lasers underly the worlds’ largest

With the publication of the Technical Design Report (TDR), EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB takes a decisive step toward the realization of the world’s first user facility based on plasma acceleration. The project, led by the INFN National Laboratories of Frascati, defines in detail the construction of a compact 1 GeV accelerator that integrates X-band RF technology and beam-driven Plasma WakeField Acceleration ( PWFA ), with the goal of realizing a Free Electron Laser operating in the wa

Prof Carsten P Welsch, EuPRAXIA-DN coordinator and EuPRAXIA-PP WP2 leader, was presented with a 2026 MeetEngland Impact Network Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements in bringing major scientific events to England. In addition to dozens of scientific workshops, schools and symposia, Professor Welsch had a key role in bringing the flagship Linear Accelerator Conference ( LINAC 2022 ), the International Beam Instrumentation Conference ( IBIC 2025 ), and the Intern