IPAC26
17-05-2026 - 22-05-2026
BigScience.NL hosted five Dutch high-tech companies in the BigScience.NL booth at the IPAC26 in Deauville, France with over 1500 delegates participating from countries all over the world. This conference with also an industrial fair with about 100 booths, focuses on the use of accelerators in many domains and applications. The attending Dutch companies used the conference and fair to strengthen and expand their international networks in both the scientific and the industrial domain supported by Meike Arnold and Jan Visser.
The booth and the event were also used to promoted the BSBF2026 among the companies attending the industrial fair. The event once again highlighted how important personal contact is for building successful collaborations, especially within the Big Science ecosystem.
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