Meeting Reports: SSRL 31st Annual Users' Meeting and Workshops

On October 20–26, 2004, more than 350 people participated in the 31st Annual Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) Users' Meeting, workshops, and social events. The presentation by SSRL Director Keith Hodgson in the opening session focused on the success in 2004 in getting SPEAR3 and the SSRL beam lines operating and productive. Looking towards the future, he discussed the exciting new opportunities at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), an X-ray free electron laser. Hodgson emphasized the importance of safety when conducting experiments at SSRL, a point strongly reiterated by SLAC Director Jonathan Dorfan.