= Cylindrically Symmetric focusing w/s: planning meeting =

= ** 10:00(BST) 09Jul26 ** =

Zoom Meeting Link: https://imperial-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93655348521?pwd=ACE2uQHl4nRj8BpuqMG2LBCYcWSu8v.1


== Notes ==

Planning Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A7ZZGT5FUjZzqGo0nePZiE2RSJk0yqBqgOHQY3qz0SU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.sehqb9m35z5a

1. Date
 - Confirmed: Friday 11th September at IOP
 - Indico: https://indico.stfc.ac.uk/event/1956/
  - Ken to put in the agenda
  - Need to add coffee breaks, but they can potentially be coffee breaks too
  - Small table discussions will also have coffee breaks
  - And make it live so that people can register

2. Programme and Speakers
 - Responses from invited speakers:
  - Jorge Vieira (Simulations of sub-relativistic ion beam-plasma interactions)
   -  Heard nothing
   - Will try other speakers
   - Struggling a little bit here
   - Martin, works with Paul
  - Gudrid Moortgat-Pick (Plasma optics)
   - Cancelled
   - Send to Carl Lindstrom instead
   - But also ask Gudrid about who could replace her
  - Satyabrata Kar (Hybrid focussing)
   - He is keen but can only do it remotely from India
  - Jorg Schreiber (Review of conventional focusing and definition of plasma)
   - Confirmed. Need input from other people to reference other people's work in their own words.
   - Suggested people are:
    - Florian Kroll from HZDR
    - Francesco Schillaci from ELIMED
    - Lotti Obst-Huebl from LBNL
    - Dehmer Marius <dehmer@iap.uni-frankfurt.de>
    - Gustav Schmidt <Gus.Schmidt@iap.uni-frankfurt.de>
    - China? 
     - Jianhui Bin <jianhui.bin@siom.ac.cn>
 - Confirmation that table discussion is possible
  - Confirmed

3. Support
 - Catering not covered by IoP
 - LSW Application sent by Mike Charlton
  - Expected response by End of July
 - Updates on other funding
  - Ken: HEPP, Medical Physics, Particle and Beams
   - Ken believes £500 each but hasn't asked
   - Might be a limit and might not be able to get £500 
  - Charlotte: IoP Plasma 
   - Indicated £200 
  - This funding could be for catering or travel but probably would not cover the travel costs

5. AoB
 - Need to advertise
  - IoP groups will have mailing lists for all their members 
  - CLF mailing list
  - LhARA mailing list
  - That is mainly UK based advertising
   - Specifically reach out to outside-the-UK people
   - LaserLab mailing list
    - Might have to align with their special interest group
     - https://laserlab-europe.eu/expert-groups/
    - Daniela Stozno <laserlab-aisbl-ga@listserv.dfn.de> is the person to email 
    - Fabrizio Consoli <fabrizio.consoli@enea.it> also
   - LaserNet
    - Chandra the person to contact?
  - Send the flyer with the link to the Indico meeting
  - Share on LhARA's LinkedIn account as well
 - Ken to add the agenda to the Indico from the Google doc and send the update to Claire from IoP

6. DoNM
 - Mon, Tues, Weds 20th week
 - Poll: https://lettucemeet.com/l/8eA9j




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