Strategic Plan for Mexico

II.  For Mexico, we propose the following summary Roadmap:

A. Short-Term Goals (within 3 years)

1. Train large numbers of Mexican scientists, engineers, students and technicians in the design and utilisation of advanced light sources (AdLSs).

• Create a database of researchers having a Mexican background, or with special inclination to support Mexico, who have been involved in the strategy, design, construction, operation, maintenace or usage of  AdLSs.
• Identify AdLS research projects in progress or completed, such as those directed at mitigating the Zika virus, that are relevant to the health, economic, social and industrial reality of Mexico.
• Develop case economic and social studies by discipline and by industry related to the health, economic, social and industrial reality of Mexico.

2. Enhance the existing community of AdLS users.

• Secure funding to expand LAAAMP’s FAculty-STudent (FAST) Team AdLS training programme, which began increasing the utilisation of AdLSs in 2017. 
• Increase enrollment in the NSLS-II and INCREASE (increaseonline.org) online course on beamline techniques, which is available to the LAAAMP Community.
• Seek increased funding to support the travel of users to AdLSs to perform their measurements.
• Provide training in the writing of proposals for beamtime at AdLSs.
• Offer twinning programmes for new users to collaborate with experienced users from different countries.

3. Establish formal partnerships with existing international AdLSs.

• Form Consortia with other countries in Latin America to become Collaborative Members at existing AdLSs.
• Study the feasibility of establishing consortia to construct Latin American multinational beamlines at existing AdLSs, perhaps with partners from other regions of the world.

4. Promote the involvement of industry.

• Identify an industrial leader.
• Identify industries and private organisations that already have invested in AdLSs around the world (mainly by building experimental beamlines) to promote partnerships with Mexico.
• Approach similar industries in Mexico to explore the possibility of obtaining the same level of support/funding locally.

5. Obtain the support of international high-profile persons (VIPs), such as Nobel Prize winners, Heads of high-ranking universities, writers, ecologists, and filmmakers, to support the advancement of AdLS science and technology in Mexico.

6. Build an AdLS public and media profile.

• Identify a group of researchers willing to promote the utilisation of AdLSs in social media by publicising information on the impact that the Mexican Light Source would have in the country.
• Produce two AdLS videos of 3 minutes in length, with the first one targeting decision makers and the second one targeting the public at large.
• Collaborate with Science programmes around the world to promote the utilisation of AdLSs.
• Promote the utilisation of AdLSs among high-profile media representatives in Mexico.

7. Promote outreach and communication around AdLS-based science and technology.

• Send representatives to advocate for enhanced utilisation of AdLSs to top governmental officials.
• Publish and widely disseminate videos, brochures, other materials, and whenever appropriate, visits to AdLS facilities to educate government officials and the public about the impact that AdLSs could have on their socioeconomic and health well being.

8. Establish and enhance the Mexico’s critical feeder infrastructures that empower AdLS science.

• Micro Level
  Collaborate with various entities to develop researchers’ sample preparation and screening facilities.

• Macro Level
  Establish Regional Research and Training Centers:
• • Northern
  • Central
  • Southern

9. Advocate for the Mexican Strategic Plan to top governmental officials.

10. Develop a dynamic (always current) professional quality Mexican Light Source Website.

11. Spread fluency in English throughout Mexico, since English is the international language of science, technology and business.