EuPRAXIA_PP General Meeting 2025
Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
ELI Beamlines Facility
PRE-REGISTRATION IS OPEN
EuPRAXIA (European Plasma Research Accelerator with eXcellence In Applications) is a pan-European research initiative developing the world’s first user-ready plasma-based accelerator facility. It brings together over 40 leading institutes and universities from more than 15 countries, combining world-class expertise in:
· Plasma wakefield acceleration (laser- and beam-driven)
· High-gradient accelerator technologies
· Free Electron Lasers (FELs) and secondary photon sources
· Beam diagnostics, control systems, and digital infrastructure
· Applications for materials science, medicine, and industry
EuPRAXIA’s mission is to deliver compact, cost-effective accelerator infrastructure that supports scientific excellence and innovation throughout Europe.
The EuPRAXIA_PP General Meeting 2025, hosted by ELI ERIC at ELI Beamlines Facility in Dolní Břežany, is the consortium’s central annual gathering to review progress of the EuPRAXIA_PP project with a special focus on the development of the Technical Design Reports (TDR) for both EuPRAXIA Pillars, and their implementation status.
The meeting will serve as a technical forum and strategic coordination platform, aligning scientific, engineering, and facility planning efforts across Europe. Special attention will be given to establishing collaboration between the EuPRAXIA National Nodes, technological clusters and EuPRAXIA pillars, as well as exploring various funding opportunities that support the implementation of the Project across both pillars.
The TDR effort spans a comprehensive system design, leveraging the diverse and complementary strengths of the EuPRAXIA collaboration. The General Meeting will ensure that these domains are technically aligned, interoperable, and collectively geared toward system-level validation at ELI Beamlines.
The meeting will also serve as a platform to coordinate responses to upcoming Horizon Europe, national, and bilateral funding calls, supporting the transition from design to demonstration. It is an opportunity to align strategic planning with funding frameworks and form the core of future proposals. Additionally, the collaboration will review plans towards the establishment of a succession of the current collaboration framework.
This project has received funding from the European Commission Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement no. 101079773