SESAME 19th Users' Meeting

13 Sept 2026, 09:00 → 15 Sept 2026, 20:00 Asia/Amman

SESAME

The 19th SESAME Users' Meeting will take place at SESAME, Allan (Jordan), from 13 to 15 September 2026.

The Users' Meeting will bring together users, beamline scientists, facility staff and international experts to present the latest scientific results obtained at SESAME and to discuss future opportunities for research and collaboration.

The meeting will provide updates on the scientific and strategic development of the facility, including recent advances at the SESAME beamlines, new user capabilities, international collaborations and future initiatives.

The programme will feature invited keynote lectures, strategic updates, beamline developments, presentations by SESAME users covering a broad range of disciplines - including materials science, chemistry, life sciences, archaeology and cultural heritage - and discussions on future scientific opportunities. It will also include sessions on data analysis and management, cybersecurity, proposal writing, research funding, scientific publishing, and career development, together with a visit to the facility.

The meeting offers an excellent opportunity to strengthen collaborations within the SESAME community, establish new partnerships with leading international research institutions, and shape the future scientific programme of the facility.

Participants will also have the opportunity to present a scientific poster. During registration, those wishing to do so may indicate their interest and provide the research field of their contribution, allowing the programme committee to organise the poster session accordingly.

We look forward to welcoming you to SESAME in September 2026.

SESAME makes available a limited number of grants for participation in the 19th Users Meeting.

Sunday 13 September

09:30 → 10:00 Registration

10:00 → 11:15 Opening

Conveners: Dr Khaled Toukan (SESAME), Dr Atef Elkadime (SESAME), Dr Maher Attal (SESAME), Dr Andrea Lausi (SESAME)

11:15 → 11:45 Coffee break and group photo

11:45 → 12:15 SUNSTONE

Convener: Mrs Mirjam Van Daalen (SUNSTONE)

12:15 → 12:45 IAEA project: Online

Convener: Mrs Giuliana Aquilanti (IAEA project)

12:45 → 13:15 .: European-Palestinian laboratory

13:15 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 15:00 Session 2: Beamline updates: IR beamline

Convener: Dr Gihan KAMEL (SESAME)

15:00 → 15:30 XAFS/XRF Beamline

Convener: Dr Latif Ullah Khan (SESAME)

15:30 → 16:00 MS/XPD Beamline

Convener: Dr Santanu Pathak (SESAME)

16:00 → 16:30 Afternoon Tea

16:30 → 17:00 HESEB Beamline

Convener: Dr Mustafa GENISEL (SESAME)

17:00 → 17:30 TXPES Beamline

Convener: Dr Zeynep OZTURK (SESAME)

17:30 → 18:00 BEATS Beamline

Convener: Dr Fareeha HAMEED (SESAME)

18:00 → 19:30 Dinner

Monday 14 September

09:00 → 09:25 Session 3: Groundbreaking applications of synchrotron facilities - 1

Convener: Dr Messaoud HARFOUCHE (SESAME)

09:25 → 09:50 TBA

Speaker: Dr Maarten Nachtegaal (PSI)

09:50 → 10:15 Tomography

Speaker: Dr Christoph RAU (Diamond)

10:15 → 10:40 Carbon ink on papyri – BEATS beamtine

Speaker: Dr Heinz-Eberhard Mahnke (Freie Universitat Berlin)

10:40 → 11:00 TBA Online

Speaker: Dr Raffaella Lamuraglia (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 12:00 Soft X-ray absorption and XMCD

Speaker: Dr Javier Herrero Martin (CELL)

12:00 → 12:30 (HESEB) Ferdi Maybe ???

Speaker: Dr Ferdi Karadas (Bilkent University)

12:30 → 13:00 IR experiments

Speaker: Dr Adem YAVUZ (Izmir Institute of Technology)

13:00 → 13:30 IR -- ONLINE

Speaker: Dr Faleh Tamimi (Qatar University)

13:30 → 15:15 Lunch and poster session

15:15 → 16:00 Sunstone panel discusion (Mariangela + Mirjam + Annick + Ed + Alijandro)

Conveners: Dr Alejandro Gruseo (SUNSTONE), Dr Annick Froideval (SUNSTONE), Dr Edward MITCHELL (ESRF), Dr Mariangela Cestelli Guidi (INFN), Dr Mirjam Van Daalen (SUNSTONE)

16:00 → 17:40 Archaeology

Speakers: Dr Gonca Dardeniz (Istanbul University), Dr Keyron Hickman-Lewis (The Natural History Museum), Dr Manijeh HADIAN DEHKORDI (Research for Conservation of Cultural Relics (RCCCR) in Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism), Dr Samah Khasawneh (Sela for Training and Protection Heritage), Dr Yuko Miyauchi (SESAME)

16:00 → 17:40 Chemical Sciences

Speakers: Dr Berkan Atman (Middle East Technical University), Dr Huseyin Orhun TUNCER (Bilkent University), Dr Inderjeet Singh (New York University Abu Dhabi), Dr Omer Suat Taskin (Istanbul University), Dr Sara GHAZAL (The University of Jordan)

16:00 → 17:40 Life Sciences test

Speakers: Dr Hassan Hoda (online) (Iranian research institute of plant protection), Dr Majed Al Holi (The University of Jordan), Dr Murat Kazanci (Istanbul Medeniyet University), Dr Wei Li (Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin), Dr Zeynep DELEN NIRCAN (Sabanci University)

16:00 → 17:40 Materials and Physical Sciences

Speakers: Dr Ali Karatutlu (Sivas University of Science and Technology), Dr Itai Mutadza (Harare Institute of Technology), Dr Sajjad Hussain (The Begum Nusrat Bhutto Women University), Dr Ahlam Farhan (SESAME), Dr Fawad Ehsan (Lyallpur Oil Tool)

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner

Tuesday 15 September

09:00 → 09:30 Session 6: Cutting edge data analysis and data handling: Enhancing Experimental Data Visibility

Convener: Mr Mustafa Al Zubi (SESAME)

09:30 → 10:00 Cybersecurity Awareness

Speaker: Mr Stefan Lueders (CERN)

10:00 → 10:30 User and Data Access

Speaker: Mr Salman Matalgah (SESAME)

10:30 → 11:00 Haider Shah

Speaker: Mr Haider SHAH (SESAME)

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:00 Session 7: Parallel career development sessions: How to write a successful proposal

Convener: Dr Gihan KAMEL (SESAME)

12:00 → 12:30 Funding your research

Speaker: Dr Lubna Tahtamouni (Hashemite University)

12:30 → 13:00 Positioning for publication

Speaker: Dr Elizabeth NEW (SESAME)

13:00 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 16:00 SESAME tour

16:00 → 17:00 Session 8: Panel discussion of the SESAME trainees

17:00 → 18:00 Meeting Close

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner