Conferences, schools, workshops, tutorials, webinars and data clinics across the African Light Source community — past, present and upcoming. Browse the calendar, then open an event to see details and register.
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Upcoming events
14
Sep
AfLS Detector & Instrumentation School 2026
A training school on detectors and beamline instrumentation for early-career African scientists. Registration is open.
08
Oct
Metrics, Policy & Diplomacy for Research Infrastructures Webinar
An online session on metrics, policy and science diplomacy for research infrastructures in the Global South.
16
Nov
African Light Source Conference 2026
The next biennial AfLS conference — synchrotron science across Africa and the region. Registration is open.
Past events
13
May
African Light Source Data Clinic
A hands-on data clinic for African researchers working with synchrotron and large-scale datasets.
18
Mar
2025 African Light Source Detectors Tutorial
An online tutorial series on detectors for synchrotron science.
21
Nov
AfLS 2022 — BIUST, Botswana
The 2022 AfLS conference at the Botswana International University of Science & Technology.
19
Oct
African Light Source @ ICRI 2022
The African Light Source presented at the International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI 2022), Brno.
22
Nov
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Jun
Biophysics in Africa 2021
A pan-African online school on biophysics and structural biology.
21
Nov
SAIP Webinar — The African Light Source: Towards a Brighter Future
A South African Institute of Physics webinar on the African Light Source vision. Held online.
16
Nov
25
Nov
SA–ESRF 2019 Conference
South Africa–ESRF collaboration conference on synchrotron science.
28
Jan
AfLS2 — 2nd African Light Source Conference
The second AfLS conference, hosted at the University of Ghana, Accra.
21
Jan
Biophysics & Structural Biology at Synchrotrons
Hands-on training school in biophysics and structural biology at synchrotrons.
16
Nov
African Light Source Conference & Workshop 2015
The inaugural AfLS conference at the ESRF in Grenoble — where the African Light Source Foundation was born.