ELI – the international dimension

Wolfgang SandnerDirector General and CEOELI Delivery Consortium International Association

Prague, 24 May 2013

Project supported by:

ELI in brief

ELI will be the world’s first international laser research infrastructure, pursuing unique science and research applications for international users

ELI will be implemented as a distributed research infrastructure based initially on 3 specialised and complementary facilities located in CZ, HU and RO

ELI is the first ESFRI project to be fully implemented in the newer EU Member States

ELI is pioneering a novel funding model combining the use of structural funds (ERDF) for the implementation and contributions to an ERIC for the operation

ELI – borne by the international scientific laser community

Integrated initiativeLaserlab-Europe

30 national laser facilities from 16 European

countries Ultra-high intensity laser systems worldwide in 2010 (ICUIL)

National high-power laser facilities world-wide

Roadmap & Governance

ELI-PPESFRI

ELI-NP

ELI-Beamlines

ELI-ALPS

joint operationinitiation

20172011 2013

ELI-DC International Association

parallel implementation

2008

PP MoU

ELI

ELI- ERIC

ELI

initiationinitiationparallel

implementationinitiationjoint

operationinitiationjoint

operationinitiationjoint

operationinitiation

Financialstructure

20172011 2013

ELI-DC International Association

2008

PP MoU ELI- ERIC

joint operation

parallel implementationinitiation

~ 6 M€Prep. Phase

~ 850 M€ totalEU Structural Funds

(CZ, RO approved / HU applied for)

60-80 M€ /aELI-ERIC(pending)

ERIC negotiations

ELI‘s international scientific partners

ELI as a pan-European ESFRI project Building the international ELI-DC

Association

Standing invitation to interested countries to join the ELI-DC AISBL

A world-class research facility for international access

After the implementation phase (2017 ff):

Joint operation under the European ERIC legal model

• Financially sustainable operation, based on consortium contributions

•One legal entity, ELI-ERIC, governing the operation of all three research centres

•Common policies for operation, access, data management, dissemination, quality control etc.

•Operation of ELI as an unified user facility, open for international access with world-class research opportunities