International Technical Safety Forum ITSF 2025

Sep 22. till Sep 26.

International Technical Safety Forum ITSF 2025

International Technical Safety Forum ITSF 2025

Date
22/09/20252025-09-22 - 26/09/20252025-09-26
Location
Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, Oxfordshire, UK
Link
Submit your expression of interest!

About the event

Diamond Light Source, STFC (RAL) and UKAEA Culham Centre for Fusion Energy are pleased to host the 2025 International Technical Safety Forum (ITSF) which will take place from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th September 2025 at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories (RAL), Oxfordshire, UK.

The ITSF is an informal practitioner led forum to exchange lessons learned and state of the art ideas, processes, procedures, and technologies in personnel, environmental, and equipment safety. The ITSF community ranges from large-scale high energy physics facilities through to spallation neutron sources, synchrotron radiation and cyclotron laboratories from across the world.

ITSF 2025 is an event targeted to safety, health, environmental and sustainability functions for major science facilities and their operating teams.

The event will include a series of invited talks, and will welcome submissions for both oral and posters presentations.

Although on-site participation is strongly encouraged, on-line participation will also be possible.

Topics

Oral sessions are planned for the following topics:

  • Lessons learned from incidents, injuries or near misses
  • New and novel health and safety challenges offered by new science projects and facilities
  • Environmental protection and sustainability in high energy physics facilities
  • Risks related to Safety, Health or Environmental matters
  • Examples of continuous improvement in Safety, Health and Environmental matters
  • Development of Health and Safety culture and behaviour
  • Safety, Health and Environmental training
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Chemical safety management
  • Experimental safety
  • Contractor and sub-contractor safety management
  • Fire safety management

Participants are welcome to propose additional topics by contacting the organisers at [email protected].

Key dates

  • Expressions of interest: January - February 2025
  • Call for abstracts: March - April 2025
  • Registrations Open: 1st March 2025
  • Registrations Close: 30th May 2025
  • ITSF 2025: 22nd - 26th September 2025

Submit your expression of interest

If you are thiking to attend the event, in person or online, please submit your expression of interest here by the end of Friday 28th February 2025.

Spread the word!

Download here a printable PDF copy of the event poster and share it with anyone who may be interested in joining.

poster

Travel to the event

The ITFS 2025 will take place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, UK.

  • Access to the UK: find here the general UK Government Guidance for travelling to the United Kingdom.
  • Travelling to the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories: find here further information on how to get to RAL.
  • Travelling to Oxford from the closest airports
    • Fly to London Heathrow Airport or Gatwick Airport and trake the train or the Airline Bus to Oxford city centre.
    • Fly to Birmingham Airport and take the train or the National Express bus to Oxford city centre.
  • Travelling between Oxford and RAL: the ITSF 2025 will provide a bus transfer between Central Oxford and RAL. If you wish to make your way to/from the event separately, you can use
    • Use the local train. More info at GWR.
    • Use the local bus More info at Oxfordbus.

Accommodation

Organising Committees

Local Organising Committee

  • Julie Black (STFC)
  • Sam Jackson (UKAEA Culham)
  • Guy Thomas (Diamond Light Source)

International Organising Committee 

  • Helen Boyer (ESS)
  • Kanenobu Tanaka (RIKEN)
  • Kotaro Bessho (J-PARC)
  • Saverio La Mendola (CERN)
  • Sven Mohr (DESY)
  • Marcin Bielawski (MAX IV)

Contact the organiser

If you have any queries relating to this workshop, please email the organisers at [email protected].

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