- The 12th Annual Meeting of the European Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser User Organisation (ESUO), which was hold on March 20th-21st, 2019, was kindly hosted by FELIX Laboratory and Radboud University. ESUO user representatives from 23 ESUO countries as well as CALIPSOplus participants from the project management and the Networking Activities took part to the meeting. Several guests were also present including the vice-chair of the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) Dr. Lambert van Eijck, Dr. Özgul Öztürk as chair of the SESAME user committee and Prof. Frank de Groot (Utrecht, NL) as an observer. ESUO welcomed Dr. Allen Orville (Diamond Light Source, UK) representing the FELs, who emphasized the importance for XFELs to work in a global rather than just a European context. Sari Granroth, chair of the Finnish Synchrotron Radiation User Organisation (FSRUO), was also welcomed as new ESUO representative from Finland.
- The status of the CALIPSOplus project as well ESUO related activities within CALIPSOplus, e.g. the first results of the CALIPSOplus Twinning Programme and the new developments of the wayforlight portal, were presented and discussed. As part of CALIPSOplus, first plans towards the 1st ESUO regional workshop, on August 28th, 2019, as a satellite event of the Photonica 2019 conference (Belgrade, Serbia) were discussed. More information about the topics addressed during the meeting are available from the meeting minutes.