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Dear Big Science Sweden members and friends
The year is coming to an end, and we can look back on a year of stimulating conferences, seminars, study visits, and other events. We were at last able to travel, and really enjoyed meeting people face-to-face again after two years of digital interaction.
We’re now looking ahead to 2023, when we will continue to develop our activities and support Swedish companies looking to gain a foothold in the Big Science market. Finding the right contacts and getting involved in interesting projects at an early stage are crucial – and this is where we come in.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!
Catarina Sahlberg, Programme Director
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Highlights in this newsletter:- Construction of SKA Observatory starts
- Habia Cable wins CERN order
- Exciting new project in Norrbotten
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| Big Science for Norrbotten project Today, relatively few companies in Norrbotten are active in the Big Science market. The regional authority, Region Norrbotten, Luleå Municipality and Luleå University of Technology want to change this, and are now jointly funding an exciting new project managed by LTU Business and Luleå University of Technology. |
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| CERN Atlas Tracker Through market surveys and tenders, our member company Habia Cable has won an order from CERN to supply a sample batch of cable for testing in the pixel detector in the Atlas Tracker. |
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| Australia and South Africa At the start of December, the SKA Observatory celebrated the start of construction for the enormous radio telescope, one part in South Africa and the other in Australia. Chalmers University of Technology is leading Sweden’s participation in the project. |
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| Productive discussions were held on the role of Sweden’s world-leading Big Science research facilities and how to maximise the benefit they generate for industry and society. |
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| Our congratulations to the winners! This year, Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the Nobel Prize in Physics, for their work on entangled quantum states. |
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| Industry must also be given access In the journal Curie (22 November 2022), several big names in Swedish research circles raise an important issue concerning ESS and MAX IV – that the facilities should be opened up to a wider range of users. |
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| Meeting in person is so valuable, says Julia Hellström of Big Science Sweden. She was in Germany, where XFEL updated its member countries’ ILOs about the latest developments and needs. |
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| Glogg and pepparkakor Ahead of the Christmas break, some members of the Big Science Sweden team were at CERN to host a glögg party for the Swedes working at or visiting the facility. The informal event brought people together in a relaxed way, and many new contacts were made. |
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| Don't forget to register! A proven success factor when a company is trying to break into the Big Science market is to first register in the research organisations' databases. |
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Technical Seminar Patrik Andersson from ESS and Simon Barrière and Rui Franqueira Ximenes from CERN gave us interesting updates from the facilities on needs and upcoming procurements. |
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| Wednesday, 1 – 2 February 2023 |
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| Thursday, 9 February 2023, 09 – 16 |
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| If you require any further information, feel free to contact me. |
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