Scientific Policy Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Forty-Eighth Meeting

22 Sept 2025, 14:00 → 23 Sept 2025, 13:20 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

Monday, 22 September at 14:00

14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

Zoom link - Normal Session

1 Adoption of the Agenda

English

2 Approval of the draft minutes of the three-hundred-and-forty-sixth meeting

English

3 Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)

Report

4 Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral)

Slides

5 Matters arising from the previous meetings

6 Scientific Committee Reports: INTC-SPSC-LHCC-CMAC-FCC-SAC

INTC Slides

LHCC Slides

SPSC Slides

7 Report by the Director-General (Oral)

Slides

15:55 Coffee break

8 Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (M. Lamont - Oral)

SPC-Complex-Upgrades-Sep25.pptx

9 Status report on non-LHC experiments and computing (J. Mnich - Oral)

Slides

10 Proposal to host the Open Research Europe initiative at CERN as a five-year pilot project (J. Mnich)

English

Slides

11 Report from the National Academies study EPP2024 (M. Spiropulu and M. Turner - Oral)

Slides

18:05 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -

Closed session - Zoom link

19:30 Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1)

Tuesday, 23 September at 08:30

8:30 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

12 Reports on the Four Major LHC Experiments

10:10 Coffee break

13 Report on ESPP status (K. Jakobs - Oral)

Slides

14 Proposed decision-making milestones for the Future Circular Collider and the alternative option (Director-General)

English

French

Slides

15 CERN’s Fourth Environment Report (S. Kleiner)

English

Slides

11:30 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -

12:15 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - -

Attendance: Chair and Vice-Chair, Members, President of Council, Chair of FC, Director-General, Director-General Designate, Legal Counsel, CERN Services

16 Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral)

17 CERN Management Team for the Years 2026-2030

English

Slides

18 SPC Vice-Chair discussion

19 SPC Membership Selection Committee – preliminary discussions

13:05 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

20 Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions

21 Other business