EPITA project to spur innovative new accelerator technologies launches at CERN

A new multi-year accelerator technology projects gets underway

By Thomas Brent

The EU-funded EPITA project officially launched this week with a two-day kick-off event hosted at CERN, the coordinating institution. 

Funded through Horizon Europe’s Research Infrastructures programme, the project will develop innovative technologies to improve the performance and sustainability of particle accelerators and facilities in close cooperation with industry partners. 

The launch event, which took place on May 12 and 13, brought together representatives of the 42 project beneficiaries to set out their goals and plans for the next four years.