Welcome
LEAPS - the League of European Accelerator-based Photon Sources - is a strategic consortium initiated by the Directors of the Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Laser (FEL) user facilities in Europe. Its primary goal is to actively and constructively ensure and promote the quality and impact of the fundamental, applied and industrial research carried out at their respective facility to the greater benefit of European science and society.
News
Presentation of LEAPS Strategy 2030
22 March 2018
Dr. Caterina Biscari, Director of the ALBA Synchrotron in Spain and Vice Chair of LEAPS, League of European Accelerator-based Photon Sources, presented the LEAPS Strategy 2030 to Jean-David Malo, Director, Directorate General Research and Innovation, European Commission.
LEAPS Launch Event
13 November 2017
At the LEAPS launch event in Brussels on November 13, 2017 16 organisations representing 19 light sources facilities across Europe signed an agreement to strengthen their collaboration. The event was attended by Robert-Jan Smits, Director General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, and Giorgio Rossi, Chair of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI).
LEAPS Brochure
13 November 2017
The present LEAPS brochure “Light Sources for Europe – Strengthening Europe’s leading role in science and innovation” was published at the LEAPS Launch event in Brussels on November 13.