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Public Lectures

Humans Navigating Complexity with AI Helpers

Modern particle accelerator control rooms are like busy air traffic control centers, where skilled operators juggle hundreds of interconnected and time-sensitive tasks to generate...
Date Thursday, January 22, 2026
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Poster art for January 2026 public lecture
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SLAC on Tap

Attoseconds, X-Ray Lasers, and Tracking Sub-Atomic Sheepdogs

Electrons are tiny, charged particles with huge jobs: They hold all matter together, they drive the chemical reactions that power life, and they transport...
Date Thursday, August 21, 2025
5:30 p.m.  –  7:30 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
A headshot of Taran Driver next to the SLAC on Tap logo with the words "Home brewed science" surrounding the logo
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Seminars and conferences

Mastering Materials Durability for Next-Generation Energy Technologies

Please join us for a workshop being hosted as part of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s X-ray and Ultrafast Strategic Initiative. The workshop is focused...
Date Wednesday, June 25, 2025  –  Thursday, June 26, 2025
Mastering Materials Durability for Next-Generation Energy Technologies

Science Bowl

SLAC will be hosting two  annual Regional Science Bowls for teams of Bay Area high school and middle school students in 2026.

SLAC Regional Science Bowl 2020-competition photo
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Community Day

STEM Community Day 2025

Join us for science fun at STEM Community Day on October 25 at SLAC!

Date Saturday, October 25, 2025
1:00 p.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Science and User Support Building, Kavli …
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Leading lab mission and vision

Our leadership

Find information on SLAC leaders, lab organization and mission.

Science and User Support Building to the left and Arrillaga Science Center building to the right from above the Main Quad at SLAC's campus.
Public tours

Educational tours

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory offers free educational tours (transportation not included). Tours last approximately 90 minutes, and tour locations may vary according to site availability and group interests.

Public tour group at LCLS Far Experimental Hall
Research

New technologies

Modern technology creates new opportunities for society: Just think about how artificial intelligence has changed our cars and cell phone apps.

Neural Nets and Gravitational Lenses
Our Story

About SLAC

As one of 17 Department of Energy national labs, SLAC pushes the frontiers of human knowledge and drives discoveries that benefit humankind. We invent...
SLAC main quad, with the Science and User Support Building and the Arrillaga Science Center
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Special Events

Mysteries of the Universe & Time Machines

This week 200 members of the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage-4 (CMB-S4) collaboration are meeting at SLAC to focus on the continuing development of...
Date Tuesday, August 1, 2023
6:30 p.m.  –  7:30 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Trinity Room
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Public Lectures

How scientists are building the AI-powered laboratory

Register here to join us in-person, or watch online.  How do we find the next super material? How do we discover the next breakthrough...
Date Thursday, June 4, 2026
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
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Rubin Observatory

The  NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in the Chilean Andes brings the cosmos to life like never before. During the first 10 years of operation, Rubin Observatory will conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), creating the widest...

Vera C. Rubin Observatory at sunset on Cerro Pachón in Chile