NEPTUNE Workshop 2024
Welcome to the NEPTUNE Workshop 2024!
Join us on Wednesday, March 6th, and Thursday, March 7th, 2024, at the Cosener’s House in Abingdon for an insightful and collaborative event.
Please be aware that there will be no site visit to Culham Campus during this workshop.
Evening meal
On Wednesday, March 6th, an evening meal will be hosted at Cosener’s House. If you haven’t registered yet and would like to do so, kindly inform us by February 16th to secure your spot.
Parking
To facilitate smooth logistics, we recommend using public transport to reach the venue. While private cars can be parked at a nearby public car park (subject to availability and at the owner’s risk), please note that Cosener’s House has limited parking that cannot be reserved.
Accommodation
We have a number of rooms held at Cosener’s house for those wishing to stay over.
Please quote the reference # 64264 when booking with Cosener’s.
Other information
- Upon arrival to the site, you will need to check-in at the registration desk in the Garden room to obtain your conference badge.
- We’ll be taking photographs on each day. If you don’t wish to have your photo taken, please make yourself known.
- If your plans have since changed and you are no longer able to attend the conference in person please do let us know.
Agenda
Day 1
| Speaker | Title | Start | Finish | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badge pickup, coffee | 09:00 | 09:20 | 00:20 | |
| Wayne Arter | Welcome, safety, outline of workshop, brief outline of NEPTUNE | 09:20 | 09:50 | 00:30 |
| David Moxey | Grantee technical presentation: King’s College London | 09:50 | 10:20 | 00:30 |
| Chris Cantwell | Grantee technical presentation: Imperial College London | 10:20 | 10:50 | 00:30 |
| Discussion | 10:50 | 11:05 | 00:15 | |
| —Break— | 11:05 | 11:15 | 00:10 | |
| Ed Threlfall, Owen Parry | UKAEA technical presentation: FEM | 11:15 | 11:45 | 00:30 |
| Discussion | 11:45 | 12:00 | 00:15 | |
| —Lunch Break— | 12:00 | 13:00 | 01:00 | |
| Steven Wright, Gihan Mudalige, Zaman Lantra | Grantee technical presentation: York | 13:00 | 13:30 | 00:30 |
| Discussion | 13:30 | 13:45 | 00:15 | |
| Will Saunders | UKAEA technical presentation: particles | 13:45 | 14:15 | 00:30 |
| Discussion | 14:15 | 14:30 | 00:15 | |
| Hussam Al Daas, Niall Bootland and Josh Williams | Grantee technical presentation: STFC | 14:30 | 15:00 | 00:30 |
| Discussion | 15:00 | 15:15 | 00:15 | |
| —Break— | 15:15 | 15:45 | 00:30 | |
| Peter Coveney, Serge Guillas, Matt Graham, Xuanye Gu | Grantee technical presentation: University College London | 15:45 | 16:15 | 00:30 |
| Discussion | 16:15 | 16:30 | 00:15 | |
| Ed Threlfall, Wayne Arter | UKAEA technical presentation: VVUQ / DA | 16:30 | 17:00 | 00:30 |
| Discussion | 17:00 | 17:15 | 00:15 | |
| Wayne Arter or Ed Threlfall | Closing remarks day 1 | 17:15 | 17:30 | 00:15 |
| Close | 17:30 | 17:30 | 00:00 | |
| All | Dinner | 19:00 | 21:00 | 02:00 |
Day 2
| Speaker | Title | Start | Finish | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Barnes | Grantee technical presentation: Oxford Physics | 09:30 | 10:00 | 00:30 |
| Discussion | 10:00 | 10:15 | 00:15 | |
| Patrick Farrell | Grantee technical presentation: Oxford Maths | 10:15 | 10:45 | 00:30 |
| Discussion | 10:45 | 11:00 | 00:15 | |
| —Break— | 11:00 | 11:30 | 00:30 | |
| James Cook | Demonstration of NESO software / main achievements of NEPTUNE | 11:30 | 12:00 | 00:30 |
| —Lunch Break— | 12:00 | 13:00 | 01:00 | |
| All | Break-out sessions: future ideas re FEM, particles, VVUQ/DA | 13:00 | 14:00 | 01:00 |
| —Break— | 14:00 | 14:30 | 00:30 | |
| Discussion re future of NEPTUNE, future funding opportunities and collaborations, any other discussion | 14:30 | 15:30 | 01:00 | |
| Ed Threlfall, Wayne Arter, Rob Akers | Plenary / closing address | 15:30 | 16:00 | 00:30 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 00:00 |