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  • DESY Photon Science Users‘ Meeting 2024, 25 - 26 January 2024, Hamburg, Germany.
  • 40th Annual ISSP UL Scientific Conference, 5-7 March, 2024, Riga, Latvia.
  • EuMINe 1st General Meeting and Workshop, 10-12 April 2024, Bologna, Italy.
  • E-MRS 2024 Spring Meeting, May 27-31, 2024, Strasbourg, France/
  • International Workshop on Recent Advances and Future Trends in EXAFS Spectroscopy, June 13-14, 2024, Riga, Latvia.
  • FMNT-2024, October 6–9, 2024, Tartu, Estonia.
  • 22nd online USPEX workshop, November 26-27, 2024.

  • 39th Annual ISSP UL Scientific Conference, 28.02-03.03, 2023, Riga, Latvia.
  • 19th International Young Scientist conference “Developments in Optics and Communications”, April 13 - 14, 2023, Riga, Latvia.
  • E-MRS 2023 Spring Meeting, May 29-June 2, 2023, Strasbourg, France.
  • The 5th World Congress of Latvian Scientists “Research Latvia”, June 27-29, 2023, Riga, Latvia.
  • RÅC International Summer School, August 20-27, 2023, Lüneburg, Germany.
  • E-MRS 2023 Fall Meeting, September 18-21, 2023, Warsaw, Poland.
  • RMC-8(+1) Conference, September 21–23, 2023 Budapest, Hungary
  • EXAFS-50 Symposium, October 30–31, 2023, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
  • XAFS 2023, November 1–3, 2023, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

  • DESY Photon Science Users' Meeting 2022, 27-28 January 2022, Online.
  • The 4th FRIMS International Symposium on Frontier Materials, 8-9 March 2022, Nagoya, Japan.
  • FM&NT-NIBS-2022, July 4-6, 2022, Riga, Latvia.
  • XAFS2022, 10-15 July 2022, Sydney, Australia.
  • 34th MAX IV User Meeting: “Collaboration in Focus”, 3-5 October 2022, Lund, Sweden.

  • HSC: Specialized Courses, 31.05-09.06.2021, Online.
  • YOUNG MULTIS - Multiscale Phenomena in Condensed Matter, 5-7 July 2021, Online.
  • XAFS-18, 11-16 July 2021, Sydney, Australia.
  • 25th IUCr Congress, 14-22 August 2021, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • PETRA IV Beamline Portfolio User's Workshop, 29-30 September 2021, Online
  • IX International Scientific Conference «ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS» (APSSP-2021), 22-26 November 2021, Online
  • IX international physics conference in honor of F. Pianca, December 21-22, 2021, Online.

  • DESY Photon Science Users' Meeting 2021, 25-29 January 2021, Online.
  • ALBA II - Workshop on 2D materials and synchrotron radiation, 12 April 2021, Online.

  • LU CFI 36. zinātniskā konference, Riga, 11-13.02.2020.
  • The 54th School on Condensed State Physics, Saint Petersburg, March 16-21, 2020.
  • 1st PanPacific RMC, February 20-21, 2020, Kumamoto, Japan.
  • FM&NT-2020, May 5-8, 2020, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • "XXV General Assembly and Congress of the International Union of Crystallography - IUCr 2020", August 22-30, 2020, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 4th International Summer School and Workshop “Complex and Magnetic Soft Matter Systems: Physico-Mechanical Properties and Structure”, September 7-11, 2020, Timisoara, Romania.
  • PETRA IV Workshop - Materials and Processes for Energy and Transport Technology, 19-21 October 2020, Online.
  • International online Symposium „Photon and Neutron Science in the Baltic Sea Region“, 26-29 October 2020, Online.
  • PETRA IV Workshop - Earth, Environment, and Materials for Nanoscience and Information Technology, 2-4 November 2020, Online.
  • Advanced XAS Data Analysis and Modeling Virtual Workshop 2020, November 10, 13, 20 and 24, 2020, Online.

  • LU CFI 35.zinātniskā konference, Riga, 20.02-22.02.2019.
  • The 53rd School on Condensed State Physics, Saint Petersburg, March 11-16, 2019.
  • MATRAC 2 School - Application of Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation in Engineering Materials Science, Herrsching am Ammersee, 31.03.-05.04.2019.
  • 15th International Young Scientist Conference “Developments in Optics and Communications 2019”, 11-12 April, Riga, Latvia
  • 6th International School and Conference "Saint-Petersburg OPEN 2019", Saint Petersburg, April 22-25, 2019.
  • 4th International Conference on Matter and Radiation at Extremes (ICMRE2019), Hefei, China, May 29-June 2, 2019.
  • School on High Pressure Techniques, Grenoble, June 17-21, 2019.
  • International Baltic School 2019 “4-th Generation X-ray Sources: coherent optics and techniques”, 26-29 August, 2019, Kaliningrad, Russia.
  • E-MRS 2019 Fall Meeting, September 16-19, 2019, Warsaw, Poland.

  • LU CFI 34.zinātniskā konference, Riga, 20.02-22.02.2018.
  • COST TO-BE Spring Meeting 2018, March 12-14, 2018, Sant Feliu, Spain.
  • XAFS-17, July 22-27, 2018, Kraków, Poland.
  • Joint European Magnetic Symposia (JEMS), 03-07 September, 2018, Mainz, Germany.
  • RMC7, 20-22 September, 2018, Budapest, Hungary.
  • FM&NT-2018, October 2-5, 2018, Riga, Latvia.

  • LU CFI 33.zinātniskā konference, Riga, 21.02-23.02.2017.
  • The 16th DESY Research Course - Nanoscience at modern X-ray sources, 1-3 March 2017, DESY Hamburg, Germany.
  • FKS-2017, Sant-Petersburg, Russia, 11.03-16.03.2017.
  • DOC-2017, April 6-7, 2017, Riga, Latvia.
  • FM&NT-2017, April 24-27, 2017, Tartu, Estonia.
  • 16th International Conference on Plasma-Facing Materials and Components for Fusion Applications, May 16-19, 2017, Neuss/Düsseldorf, Germany.
  • E-MRS 2017 Spring Meeting, May 22-26, 2017, Strasbourg, France.
  • International Conference on Oxide Materials for Electronic Engineering – fabrication, properties and application (OMEE-2017), May 29–June 2, 2017, Lviv, Ukraine
  • RACIRI SUMMER SCHOOL "Grand Challenges and Opportunities with the Best X-ray and Neutron Sources", 19-26 August 2017, Ronneby, Sweden.
  • COST TO-BE FALL MEETING 2017, Towards oxide-based Electronics, September 11-13, 2017, Riga, Latvia.
  • Data Analysis and Modeling of XANES and EXAFS Spectra: Applications to Nanomaterials, November 1–3, 2017, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA.
  • Quantum-chemistry methods for materials science, CECAM-HQ-EPFL, November 8-10, 2017, Lausanne, Switzerland.

  • LU CFI 32.zinātniskā konference, Riga, 17.02-19.02.2016.
  • DOC-2016, March 21-23, Riga, Latvia.
  • 20th International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements (SCTE-2016), April 11-15, Zaragoza, Spain.
  • 3rd ODISSEUS Workshop & 3rd International Workshop on ODS Materials, April 19-22, Dresden, Germany.
  • E-MRS 2016 Spring Meeting, May 2-6, Lille, France.
  • 13th Russia/CIS/Baltic/Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity and International Workshop on Relaxor Ferroelectrics (RCBJSF-IWRF), Matsue, June 19-23, 2016, Japan.
  • SUPERSTRIPES 2016, Ischia (Naples), June 23-29, 2016, Italy.
  • VII International Scientific Conference “ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS” (SSP-2016), Minsk, October 25-28, 2016, Belarus.

  • 11th International Young Scientist conference Developments in Optics and Communications, Riga, Latvia, April 8-10, 2015.
  • 588. WE-Heraeus Seminar "Element Specific Structure Determination in Materials on Nanometer and Sub-Nanometer Scales using modern X-Ray and Neutron Techniques", Bad Honnef, Germany, April 26-30, 2015.
  • ICM-12, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 10-14, 2015.
  • E-MRS 2015 Spring Meeting, May 11-15, Lille, France.
  • EuroNanoForum 2015, June 10-12, Riga, Latvia.
  • XAFS-16, 23-28 August 2015, Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • RMC6, Budapest, Hungary 17-19 September, 2015.
  • FM&NT-2015, October 5-8, Vilnus, Lithuania.

  • E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting
  • ICL'14 - The 17th International Conference on Luminescence and Optical Spectroscopy of Condensed Matter, 13-18 July 2014, Wroclaw, Poland
  • FMNT-2014, Riga, Latvia, 2014.
  • E-MRS 2014 Fall Meeting
  • Twenty-Third Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, 5-12 August 2014, Montreal, Canada.

  • LU CFI 29.zinātniskā konference (LU 71.konferences ietvaros), Riga, 20.02-22.02.2013.
  • HERCULES-2013, Grenoble, France, February 24 - March 27, 2013.
  • FMNT-2013, Tartu, Estonia, April 21-24, 2013.
  • E-MRS 2013 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, May 27-31, 2013.
  • NCM 12, Riva del Garda, Italy, July 7-12, 2013.
  • E-MRS 2013 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, September 16-20, 2013.
  • XV International Feofilov Symposium, Kazan, Russia, September 16-20, 2013.
  • FTT-2013, Minsk, Belorussia, October 15-18, 2013.

  • 5th European School on Multiferroics, Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verita, Switzerland, January 29 to February 3, 2012.
  • LU CFI 28.zinātniskā konference (LU 70.konferences ietvaros), Riga, 08.02-10.02.2012.
  • 32nd Berlin School on Neutron Scattering, Berlin, Germany, March 08-16, 2012.
  • FMNT-2012, Riga, Latvia, April 17-20, 2012.
  • 15th International Conference on X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, Beijing (China) July 22-28, 2012.
  • E-MRS Fall Meeting, Warshaw, Poland, September 17-21, 2012.
  • First Baltic School on Application of Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation in Solid State Physics and Material Science (BSANS-2012), Riga, Latvia, October 1-4, 2012.

  • FMNT-2011, Riga, Latvia, April 5-8, 2011.
  • HERCULES 21, Grenoble, France, February 27 - March 30, 2011.
  • Ultrafast X-Ray Science with X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers, Hamburg, Germany, March 30 - April 1, 2011.
  • Update2011, Helsingborg, Sweden, May 23-24, 2011.
  • 10th Summer School on Condensed Matter Research, Villigen, Switzerland, August 13-22, 2011.

  • FMNT-2010, Riga, Latvia, March 16-19, 2010.
  • HERCULES XX, Grenoble, France, March 25-26, 2010.
  • 9th International Symposium "Systems with Fast Ionic Transport", Riga, Latvia, June 1-5, 2010.
  • E-MRS 2010 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, June 7-11, 2010.
  • NCM 11, Paris, France, June 27-July 2, 2010.
  • EASTMAG2010, June 28-July 2, 2010, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
  • SCTE-2010, September, 5-10, 2010, Annecy, France.
  • Solid State Chemistry 2010 (SSC2010), September 10-15, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010.
  • XIV International Feofilov Symposium on Spectroscopy of Crystals Doped with Rare Earth and Transition Metal Ions, October 18-21, 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia

  • FMNT-2009, Riga, Latvia, March 31 - April 3, 2009.
  • First International Conference on Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites (ICNM-2009), Kerala, India, April 6-8, 2009.
  • E-MRS 2009 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, June 8-12, 2009.
  • XAFS-14, Camerino, Italy, July, 2009.
  • FTT-2009, Minsk, Belorussia, October 20-23, 2009.

  • FMNT-2008, Riga, Latvia, April 1-4, 2008
  • 21st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON X-RAY AND INNER-SHELL PROCESSES, Paris, France, June 22-27, 2008
  • NANO-2008, Minsk, Belorussia, April 22-25, 2008
  • Workshop "Synchrotron Radiation Day", Riga, Latvia, May 16, 2008.
  • Nordic and European Summer School, Lund and Rostanga, May 26 - June 2, 2008.
  • CCP5 Methods in Molecular Simulation Summer School, Sheffield, England, July 6 - July 15, 2008.
  • 16th International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements (SCTE-2008), Dresden, Germany, July 26 - 31, 2008.
  • 6th International Conference on Advanced Optical Materials and Devices (AOMD-6), Riga, Latvia, August 24-27, 2008
  • Workshop "XAFS for beginners", September 1-10, 2008, MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden

  • SMEC-2007, Miami Beach, USA, April 15-20, 2007
  • FMNT-2007, Riga, Latvia, April 2-4, 2007
  • E-MRS Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, September 17-21, 2007
  • XIII Feofilov symposium on spectroscopy of crystals doped by rare earth and transition metal ions, Irkutsk, Russia, July 9-13, 2007
  • The 21st Century COE Program Atomistic Fabrication Technology", Icho-Kaikan, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, October 19-20, 2007

  • 2. Latvijas konference "Funkcionālie materiāli un nanotehnoloģijas", 27. un 28. marts, 2006, Rīga, Latvija
  • The 4th International Conference Information Technologies and Management, April 11-12, 2006, ISMA, Riga, Latvia
  • The 10th Europhysical Conference on Defects in Insulating Materials (EURODIM 2006), July 10-14, 2006, Milano, Italy
  • XAFS13, Stanford, USA, July 9-14, 2006
  • 15 Int.Conf. on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements, July 15-20, 2006
  • NCM10, Praga, Czech Republic, September 18-22, 2006
  • IME-7, Istanbul, Turkey, September 3-7, 2006

  • NENAMAT-2005, Riga, Latvia, March 30-31, 2005
  • DOP-2005, Riga, Latvia, 30 April - 1 May, 2005
  • E-MRS, Strasbourg, France, May 31-June 3, 2005
  • SSI-15, Baden Baden, Germany, July 17-22, 2005
  • ICSC-2005, Portoroz, Slovenia, August 21-25, 2005
  • E-MRS 2005 fall meeting, Warsaw, Poland, September 5-9, 2005
  • ICXOM-2005, Frascati, Italy, September 25-30, 2005
  • PSS-2005, Minsk, Belorussia, October 26-28,2005
  • Workshop on the Coupling of Synchrotron Radiation IR and X-rays with Tip based Scanning Probe Microscopies, Grenoble, France, November 16-18, 2005

  • 2nd International Conference Information Technologies & Management, April 15-16,2004, Riga, Latvia
  • 4th International Conference on Advanced Optical Materials and Devices (AOMD-4), July 6-9, 2004, Tartu, Estonia
  • 15th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEFECTS IN INSULATING MATERIALS (ICDIM-2004), July 11-16, 2004, Riga, Latvia
  • 6th International Meeting on Electrochromism, August 29th to September 2nd, 2004, Brno, Czech Republic
  • XII-th Feofilov symposium on spectroscopy of crystals activated by rare earth and transition metal ions, Ekaterinburg, Russia, September 22-25, 2004

  • XAFS-12, Malmo (Sweden) from Monday, 23 June, to Friday, 27 June 2003.
  • ICFE-5 Geneva, August 24-29, 2003
  • Fifth International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors "IWORID 2003". September 7-11, 2003, Riga, Latvia.



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