Peter Blanchard and Miranda Vu led a hands-on sample preparation portion during CLS's XAS workshop. Attendees were able to learn about soft x-ray sample preparation, and hard x-ray sample preparation for both transmission and fluorescence experiments, while having the opportunity to interact with staff and ask questions as needed. Peter also gave a presentation highlighting the applications of XAS experiments.

Joel Reid gave two presentations at  CLS's 2023 XRD and Scattering Summer School. The presentations included An Introduction to Powder Diffraction, and Structute Solution with Powder Diffractions. Joel also gave a beamline demonstration and helped with software tutorials.

Joel Reid presented at the 16th Canadian Powder Diffraction Workshop. Joel presented an introduction to powder diffraction, powder diffractions structure solutions, and finding experimental solutions using synchrotron techniques at the CLS. Joel also provided software tutorials during the workshop.

Peter Blanchard attended Goldschmidt 2023 in Lyon, France. He presented a poster showing the applications of synchrotron-based techniques in the management of mine waste and tailings.

Joel Reid participated in the Rietveld Refinement & Indexing Clinic hosted by the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) as an instructor.

Peter Blanchard attended the IDEATE 2023 workshop that was organized by the International Minerals Innovation Institute (IMII). This workshop focuses on finding solutions to problems that arrise when studying minerals.

Toby Bond attended the 40th Annual International Battery Seminar and Exhibit. The conference was attended by representatives from industry as well as battery researchers. Everything from battery research and development, applications, and manufacturing was discussed.

Peter Blanchard, Burke Barlowe, and Erika Bergen attended the 2023 Saskatchewan Geological Society (SGS) open house. If you also attended this event, you may have seen them at the purple CLS Industry Services booth.