Press Invitation - ESS Foundation Stone Ceremony and Science Symposium

On Thursday, October 9, the European Spallation Source (ESS) will welcome several hundred members of the European science community to mark the successful collaboration that has brought the project to construction. Media is cordially invited to join the event.

ESS is a consortium of European nations cooperating in the design and construction of one of Europe’s largest active infrastructure projects. The October 9 event follows the ESS groundbreaking held in early September, when the host countries, Sweden and Denmark, recognised their successful establishment of the pan-European political and economic partnership for ESS.

Following on two decades of increasingly sophisticated technical design work, scientists, engineers, project managers and builders have now embarked on the construction of the most powerful neutron source in the world. ESS will provide the tools for analysis that will enable the next important discoveries in nanotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, materials engineering and experimental physics.

Please join us to mark this extraordinary moment in European science history.

When:  
Thursday, October 9
13.00  Programme begins.
14.00  Laying of foundation stone, statement to the press, photo opportunities, one-to-one interviews.

Where: 
On the ESS construction site.
Address: Odarslövsvägen 113
SE-225 92 Brunnshög, Lund, Sweden

We kindly ask all media to register your participation by Thursday, October 2, at the following website:

http://indico.esss.lu.se/indico/event/ESSFoundationStoneCeremonyMEDIA.

For official programme and details, please follow the registration link.

For further information, please contact:
Ulrika Prytz Rugfelt, Media Relations, ulrika.prytz@aspekta.se
Phone: +46 40 665 55 85
Mobile: +46 702 52 00 98

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