Industry as a supplier Workshop

Instrumentation - A challenge for European markets

Location: ICNS, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date: July 9, 2013
Organiser:
Presentations: here (access to NMI3 members only).

Agenda and Outcome
Participants at NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS Participants at NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Participants at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Description

The industry as a supplier workshop took place as part of ICNS on Tuesday afternoon, July 9, 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The meeting brought together suppliers of key equipment for neutron and muon instruments with people from the facilities who are responsible for purchasing and procurement and the clients who are the facility engineers and scientists.

For the suppliers, the meeting focused on the collective, European need for specific equipment considering the opportunities of a bigger, European market but also the difficulties that this may engender, like national regulations on procurement that differ between countries. Speakers presented successes and difficulties, covering the provision of a range of components for detectors, choppers, cryogenics, guides, etc.

For facilities, the value of a collective approach to the provision of equipment is in guaranteeing a long-term, stable supply and in ensuring that technology continues to be developed, both in industry and the facilities, through co-innovation and/or technology transfer. Scientists and engineers from the facilities projected from existing interaction with industry to future needs while, from several facilities, purchasing officers, at the interface between the facility clients and the suppliers, highlighted how procurement varies within Europe.

The European Commission was represented and informed participants on how industry and facilities will be encouraged to work together in Horizon 2020.

This short meeting therefore brought together an audience of 30-40 people from industry, the facilities and the European Commission around a dozen short presentations on different aspects of 'industry supplying facilities'. The meeting concluded with a round -table discussion involving all participants.

Pictures

Ed Mitchell at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Ed Mitchell at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Ed Mitchell, Business development officer at ESRF, was discussion moderator

Bernhard Fabianek at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Bernhard Fabianek at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Bernhard Fabianek from the European Commission DG Research & Innovation gave a talk on “Research infrastructures in Horizon 2020 – Industry and Innovation”

Juan Tomás Hernani at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Juan Tomás Hernani at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Juan Tomás Hernani, General Secretary for Innovation and Industry at ESS, gave a talk on “Innovative Procurement at ESS

Oxford instruments talk at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Oxford instruments talk at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Talk on “Sample Environment: possibilities of co-innovation – Cryostat”

Xavier Philippe at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Xavier Philippe at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Xavier Philippe, procurement officer at ILL, gave a talk on “Procurement officers view (RIs) – identification of strategic suppliers””

Christian Schanzer at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Christian Schanzer at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Christian Schanzer from Swissneutronics gave a talk on “Neutron delivery systems: Company”

Helmut Schober workshop introductory speech at ICNS
Helmut Schober workshop introductory speech at ICNS
Peter Link at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Peter Link at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Peter Link, Head of Optics group at FRM II, gave a talk on “Neutron delivery systems: View of RIs”

Oleg Kirichek at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Oleg Kirichek at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Oleg Kirichek from ISIS gave a talk on “Sample Environment: ISIS co-innovation with Oxford Instruments and Hiden Isochema”

Robert McKeag at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Robert McKeag at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Robert McKeag from Centronic, gave a talk on “Detectors: success story of co-innovation”

Bruno Guerard at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Bruno Guerard at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS

Bruno Guerard from ILL gave a talk on “Detectors: View of Research infrastructures”

Audience at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Audience at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Post-NMI3 Industry Workshop discussions
Post-NMI3 Industry Workshop discussions
Audience at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Audience at the NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Participants at NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS
Participants at NMI3 Industry Workshop at ICNS