Meeting Reports: A Passion for Synchrotron Science and its Future

The speakers at the main session of the 2005 National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) Annual Users' Meeting, held on Tuesday, May 24, at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), spoke on many different topics. But they all conveyed excitement for the science performed at the NSLS, and expressed enthusiasm for its proposed successor, the world-leading NSLS-II. The incoming NSLS Users' Executive Committee Chair, Peter Stephens, welcomed the audience to the main meeting, setting a positive and enthusiastic tone for the day's events. He then opened the stage to BNL Director Praveen Chaudhari. Chaudhari commended many attendees for their work to advance NSLS-II.