PANalytical OpenLabs: Past, present and future

PANalytical believes that a crystallographic education is essential towards developing novel materials, finding innovative solutions for dealing with the scarcity of natural resources, managing global population growth and addressing climate change. PANalytical therefore strongly supports IYCr2014 organizing `OpenLabs': crystallographic education in countries around the world. We will present the past OpenLabs which already took place, emphasizing the educational aspect of it. We aim to organize each OpenLab with a theme such as mining (Ghana), culture heritage (Turkey) or non-ambient crystallography (Brazil). Furthermore and updated information can be found at: http://www.panalytical.com/en/Events-overview/IYCr2014.htm