Microkelvin Events

QFS2010: International Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids

CNRS

Time: 1.-7.8.2010
Place: CNRS, Grenoble, France

Symposium website

Vortices, superfluid dynamics, and quantum turbulence

Aalto University

Time: 11.-16.4.2010
Place: Lammi Biological Station, Finland

Symposium program

Physics and Metrology at Very Low Temperatures

PTB

Time: 10.12.2009
Place: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Campus Berlin
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Building

Workshop flyer
Workshop program

Lancaster-Workshop on management of FP7 projects

University of Lancaster

Time: 30.11.2009
Place: Department of Physics, University of Lancaster
Participants:
Ian Bradley, Barbara Colman, Richard Haley, Shawn Fisher, George Pickett, and Viktor Tsepelin (University of Lancaster)
Mikko Paalanen (TKK)

AGENDA

Sunday, 29.11. 2009
17:00 Arrival at Manchester Airport
19:00 Arrival at Lancaster

Monday, 30.11. 2009
9:30-11:30 Lecture about MICROKELVIN organization (by Mikko Paalanen)
11:30-12:30 Guided tour through the infrastructure and its transnational access services(by Richard Haley and Viktor Tsepelin)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Financial aspects of MICROKELVIN (Ian Bradley, Barbara Coleman and Mikko Paalanen)
18:00- Dinner

Tuesday, 1.12. 2009
6:30 Departure for Manchester Airport


EU-Workshop on management of FP7 projects

seminar

A picture gallery of the meeting is available here.

Time: 14.-15.5. 2009
Place: Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology
Puumiehenkuja 2B, Otaniemi, Espoo
Participants:
Yvonne Fox and Barbara Colman (University of Lancaster)
Assya Achour and Caroline Bartoli (CNRS Grenoble)
Leena Meilahti, Pirjo Muukkonen, Mikko Paalanen and Alexander Savin (TKK/LTL)
Krisztina Cziner and Elise Kovanen (TKK/OIC)
Tiina Raivio (TKK/Financial Office)

AGENDA

Thursday, 14.5. 2009
15:15 Arrival at Helsinki Vantaa Airport
16:30 Arrival at Low Temperature Laboratory, Puumiehenkuja 2B, Otaniemi, Espoo (by taxi)
16:30 - 18:00 Guided tour through the infrastructure and its transnational access services (Alexander Savin and Mikko Paalanen)
19:00 - Dinner at Tapiola Garden Hotel

Friday, 15.5. 2009
8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast at your hotel
8:45 - 9:00 Transfer from hotel to Puumiehenkuja 2B (Mikko Paalanen)
9:00 - 10:00 TKK's administration, TKK in FP 7 projects and Innovation Center support services by Krisztina Cziner
10:00 - 11:00 Financial administration in FP 7 projects in TKK, accounting system, time recording and financial reporting by Elise Kovanen
11:00 - 12:00 Full cost model in FP7 and special equipment by Tiina Raivio
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 The management of MICROKELVIN infrastructures: discussions with Mikko, Alexander, Pirjo and Leena)
14:00 Departure from Puumiehenkuja 2B to airport by taxi


Kick-off meeting

seminar

The Microkelvin kick-off meeting was held on Friday, April 3, 2009, at the Helsinki University of Technology. The program included both organizational and scientific talks.

A picture gallery of the meeting is available here.

Some of the presentations are available below:

Agenda of the meeting
Greetings from Brussels by Maria Douka, European Commisssion
Introduction to Microkelvin
Microkelvin management
Microkelvin Joint Research Activities
Microkelvin Networking Activities
George Pickett - JRA1
Jukka Pekola - JRA2
Henri Godfrin - JRA3
Taking Force Microscopy into the third dimension

Objectives

The primary objective of the present project is the opening up of existing European microkelvin facilities, developed for quantum fluids experiments, to allow experimental nanoscience to progress to this new temperature regime.

Read More