AOFSRR School 2025

19 Oct 2025, 09:00 → 25 Oct 2025, 12:00 Asia/Tokyo

Photon Factory, KEK

※ THIS EVENT IS BY INVITATION ONLY.
The 6th Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research (AOFSRR) School will be hosted by the Photon Factory, KEK, Japan from October 19 - 25th 2025. It is aimed at science and engineering graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and early career researchers from across the Asia-Oceania region who are interested in pursuing a career in synchrotron radiation related fields. This school will present a range of lectures and practical sessions relating to the theory and applications of synchrotron radiation to a wide range of science and technology research.

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Sunday, 19 October

15:30 → 18:00 Registration

18:00 → 20:00 Welcome Party (Lounge)

Monday, 20 October

08:00 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 09:15 Opening Remarks

09:15 → 10:15 Welcome and Introduction to IMSS

10:15 → 10:30 Group Photo

10:30 → 10:45 Break

10:45 → 11:15 Guidance

11:15 → 12:15 Participant Self-Introductions

12:15 → 13:15 Lunch

13:15 → 14:15 Lecture: Basics of Storage Ring Light Source

14:15 → 14:30 Break

14:30 → 15:30 Lecture: Beamline and Optical Systems for Synchrotron Radiation Light Sources

15:30 → 15:45 Transfer

15:45 → 17:45 PF/SPF Facility Tour

17:45 → 18:05 Transfer

18:05 → 20:05 Welcome Dinner

Tuesday, 21 October

08:00 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:00 Lecture: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

10:00 → 10:05 Break

10:05 → 10:50 Lecture: Soft X-ray Microscopy

10:50 → 11:05 Break

11:05 → 12:05 Lecture: X-ray Imaging

12:05 → 13:05 Lunch

13:05 → 14:05 Lecture: X-ray Diffraction and Scattering

14:05 → 14:10 Break

14:10 → 14:55 Lecture: Structural Biology

14:55 → 15:00 Break

15:00 → 15:45 Lecture: High Pressure Science

15:45 → 16:00 Break

16:00 → 17:00 Lecture: Photoelectron Spectroscopy

17:00 → 17:05 Break

17:05 → 18:05 Lecture: X-ray Free Electron Laser

18:05 → 19:05 Dinner

Wednesday, 22 October

08:00 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 12:15 Practical Session

12:15 → 13:15 Lunch

13:15 → 18:15 Practical Session

18:15 → 19:15 Dinner

Thursday, 23 October

08:00 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:30 Preparation for presentation: Data Analysis, Presentation write up

10:30 → 10:45 Break

10:45 → 12:15 Preparation for presentation: Presentation write up

12:15 → 13:15 Lunch

13:15 → 14:45 Preparation for presentation: Practice for Presentations

14:45 → 15:00 Break

15:00 → 17:30 Student Presentations

17:30 → 17:45 Break

17:45 → 18:15 Graduation Ceremony

18:15 → 19:15 Dinner

Friday, 24 October

07:00 → 08:00 Breakfast

08:00 → 09:30 Transfer

09:30 → 11:30 Visit to MLF

11:30 → 12:00 Transfer

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 16:45 Excursion

16:45 → 18:30 Transfer

18:30 → 20:30 Banquet

20:30 → 21:00 Transfer

Saturday, 25 October

07:00 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:00 Departure