Tuesday, 14th December

--- 9h20 shuttle from Gif-sur-Yvette RER station (to confirm)
--- 9h45 shuttle from Le Guichet RER station

Welcome:

[ 10h30 breakfast ]

10h30-11h00 welcome
Denis RAOUX, director, synchrotron SOLEIL

11h00-11h30 short introduction and practical information
Loïc BERTRAND°, synchrotron SOLEIL

11h30-12h15 what is the synchrotron radiation (part 1)?
Andrea SOMOGYI, synchrotron SOLEIL

[ 12h30-13h30 lunch at CEA ]

Introduction:

14h00-15h00 what is the synchrotron radiation (part 2)?
Andrea SOMOGYI, synchrotron SOLEIL

15h00-16h00 a few words on synchrotron optics
Mourad IDIR, synchrotron SOLEIL and COST P7

[ 16h00-16h30 coffee ]

16h30-17h30 synchrotron radiation for cultural heritage
Loïc BERTRAND°, synchrotron SOLEIL

--- shuttle to Le Guichet RER station

Wednesday, 15th December

--- 8h30 shuttle from Le Guichet RER station

Ancient metal analysis / synchrotron elemental analysis

9h00-10h00 current challenges regarding ancient metal analysis
Alessandra GIUMLIA-MAIR*, AGM Archeoanalisi (Merano, Italy)

[ 10h00-10h30 coffee ]

10h30-11h30 synchrotron X-ray fluorescence and absorption
Andy SMITH, SRS synchrotron (Daresbury, UK)

11h30-12h30 synchrotron elemental imaging of cultural heritage artefacts
Koen JANSSENS°, University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)

[ 12h30-13h30 lunch at CEA ]

14h00-15h00 long term corrosion and conservation of metal artefacts
Régis BERTHOLON°, senior lecturer at the University Paris I (Paris, France)

[ 15h00-15h30 coffee ]

15h30-17h30 case study on ancient metal analysis using synchrotron radiation
Philippe DILLMANN°, head of the archeomaterial analysis group at Laboratoire Pierre Süe (Saclay, France)
Régis BERTHOLON°, senior lecturer at the University Paris I (Paris, France)

--- 18h00 shuttle to Le Guichet RER station

Thursday, 16th December

--- 8h30 shuttle from Le Guichet RER station

Ancient pigment analysis / synchrotron structural analysis

9h00-10h00 current challenges regarding ancient pigment analysis
Marika SPRING, senior researcher at the National Gallery (London, UK)

[ 10h00-10h30 coffee ]

10h30-11h30 synchrotron X-ray diffraction
Sylvain RAVY, synchrotron SOLEIL

11h30-12h30 pigments' analysis using synchrotron radiation
Trinitat PRADELL°, senior researcher at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)

[ 12h30-13h30 lunch at CEA ]

Visits to synchrotron facilities:

14h00-15h30 visit to the former superACO synchrotron
Marie-Pauline GACOIN, Pierre DHEZ, Synchrotron SOLEIL

16h00-17h30 extensive visit to the synchrotron SOLEIL building site (canceled)

--- 18h00 shuttle to Le Guichet RER station

Friday, 17th December

--- 8h30 shuttle from Le Guichet RER station

Synchrotron molecular analysis / synchrotron structural analysis:

9h00-10h15 synchrotron infrared microscopy
Paul DUMAS, synchrotron SOLEIL

[ 10h15-10h45 coffee ]

10h45-12h30 case study on the structural analysis of museum objects
Jean-Louis HODEAU and Éric DOORYHÉE, Laboratoire de cristallographie (Grenoble, France)

[ 12h30-13h30 lunch at CEA ]

--- 13h30 shuttle to Champs-sur-Marne

Visit to a museum or conservation laboratory:

15h00-17h00 Visit
Laboratoire de recherche des monuments historiques (LRMH, Champs-sur-Marne, France)
Welcome by Isabelle PALLOT-FROSSARD, director of the LRMH

--- 17h30 shuttle to Paris

Visit of the Palais de Tokyo museum
20h00 training school official dinner

Saturday, 18th December

--- 9h00 shuttle from Le Guichet RER station

Synchrotron molecular analysis / ancient organic material analysis:

9h30-10h30 current challenges regarding museum objects analysis using infrared spectroscopies
Marine COTTE°, ESRF (Grenoble, France)

[ 10h30-11h00 coffee ]

11h00-12h00 case study on molecular chemistry
Marine COTTE°, ESRF (Grenoble, France)

[ 12h30-13h30 lunch at SOLEIL ]

Conclusions:

14h00-14h45 the future of synchrotron radiation applied to cultural heritage research
Manolis PANTOS*, SRS synchrotron (Daresbury, UK)

[ 14h45-15h15 coffee ]

15h15-16h00 coupling of synchrotron imaging techniques
Jean DOUCET, synchrotron SOLEIL

16h00-17h00 conclusions
Piotr SWIATEK, scientific secretary, COST programmes, European Science foundation
Denis RAOUX, Roger FOURME, Loïc BERTRAND°, synchrotron SOLEIL

[ end of the training school ]

--- 18h00 shuttle to Le Guichet RER station

--- the morning shuttles will wait until the arrival of the RER, if it is delayed

* tutor from the COST G8 management committee
° tutor from the COST G8 special interest group

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