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Past Event · Special Events

Bay Area Research SLAM

The Bay Area Research SLAM is a collaboration between the Bay Area's National Labs:  Berkeley, Livermore, Sandia, and SLAC. The SLAM is a competition where contestants give a three-minute presentation, with only one slide, describing their research to a live...
Date Thursday, October 5, 2023  · 3:00 p.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Bay Area Research SLAM flyer
Past Event · Seminars and conferences

2023 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting

This annual meeting is a unique opportunity to gather together the light source community in a single scientific event that includes numerous presentations in the plenary, poster, and parallel sessions.

Date Sunday, September 24, 2023  –  Friday, September 29, 2023
UED transition state
Past Event · Public Lecture

Clocking Electrons: an Attosecond Stopwatch

Presented by Siqi Li

Date Thursday, September 21, 2023  · 7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture Siqi Li Poster
Past Event · KIPAC public lecture

The next decade of discovery with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Date Wednesday, September 13, 2023  · 7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Milky Way above Rubin Observatory
Past Event · Special Events

Mysteries of the Universe & Time Machines

This week 200 members of the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage-4 (CMB-S4) collaboration are meeting at SLAC to focus on the continuing development of this science research project.  CMB-S4 and the next generation telescopes will provide measurements of the cosmic...
Date Tuesday, August 1, 2023  · 6:30 p.m.  –  7:30 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Trinity Room
Mysteries of the Universe & Time Machines Image
Past Event · Public Lecture

Cosmic Shadow Theater: Casting Light on Galaxies

Presented by Emmanuel Schaan

Date Thursday, July 27, 2023  · 7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture Poster - Cosmic Shadow Theater: Casting Light on Galaxies
Past Event · KIPAC public lecture

Dark Matter Searches with Astrophysical Objects

In this lecture, Dr. Rebecca Leane will review a range of dark matter searches using celestial objects, including exoplanets, solar-system planets, the Sun, and the Earth.

Date Tuesday, July 18, 2023  · 7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
A galaxy in space
Past Event · Seminars and conferences

SLAC Workshop on the Future of Nano/Microelectronics

Invited speakers from national labs, academia, and industry, will describe their thoughts on the future of nano/microelectronics.

Date Thursday, May 25, 2023  –  Friday, May 26, 2023
SLAC Workshop on the Future of Nano/Microelectronics May 25-26, 2023
Past Event · Special Events

SSRL 50th anniversary celebration

Join us for a full day of talks and panel discussions looking at the past, present and future of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).

Date Thursday, April 20, 2023  · 8:00 a.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025
Panofsky auditorium with SSRL 50th graphic
Past Event · Special Events

KIPAC 20th anniversary community day

This event is free, open to all, and family-friendly hosted by Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) at Stanford University, Science & Engineering Quad. 
Date Saturday, April 15, 2023  · 6:00 a.m.  –  10:00 a.m.  PT
Location Stanford University, Science & Engineering Quad
Dwarf Galaxy 3.