User Meetings
ZEUS First Annual User Meeting
July 8-10, 2025 | Phoenix, AZ
Conference Website
Abstract Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2025
Registration Deadline: June 20, 2025
The first NSF ZEUS user meeting will take place in partnership with the 2025 LaserNetUS annual meeting. ZEUS is sponsoring a dedicated session at the meeting to showcase the recent ZEUS experiments. ZEUS users are encouraged to attend and present their work. The deadline to submit an abstract as well as the deadline for to apply for travel support have been extended to Friday, April 4, 2025. The registration deadline is June 20, 2025.
While the NSF ZEUS facility is separate from LaserNetUS program, we recognize that meeting fatigue and the associated time and costs are significant challenges in our community, often forcing people to choose between user facility meetings. Therefore, we are taking this step to minimize duplication and strengthen the ecosystem of researchers using mid-scale high-power laser facilities across the U.S. Due to ongoing uncertainties and budget challenges, we will confirm your attendance before announcing the technical program. This allows you to submit your abstract now and finalize your plans closer to the meeting.

2024 ZEUS Town Hall Webinar- November 18, 2024
2023 ZEUS Town Hall Webinar– Facility Capabilities & Call for Proposals: November 2023
2022 ZEUS Town Hall Webinar- Call for Proposals & Facility Update: November 2022
2nd ZEUS User group webinar: Fall 2021
Thank you for participating in the webinar on 22nd November 2021 at 11am ET. If you missed the webinar, you may view the slides here, or a recording of the webinar is available below.
1st ZEUS User group webinar: Summer 2020
Thank you to all who participated in the two webinars took place on June 18, 2020 that were to introduce the ZEUS project to the community. A recording of the second of the webinars can be viewed below and the slides are available here. The ZEUS 3-PW laser is intended to operate as an NSF sponsored user facility, accepting external experiments from late 2023. A brief introduction to the project, including the preliminary design of the laser and target areas was presented.
We had many great question during the 1st webinars. Here is a compilation of the Q&As, arranged into general facility questions, target area questions and diagnostic questions.