EP/TH Faculty Meeting - European Strategy for Particle Physics Update

Thursday 15 May 2025, 09:00 → 13:00 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

This EP/TH faculty meeting will allow for an exchange of views on the European Strategy for Particle Physics, in advance of the Open Symposium in Venice on June 23-27. While we assume the FCC to be the first priority, we will also discuss the alternative options that become relevant if the FCC-ee project is not found to be feasible. There will be presentations on the various major projects, and time for discussion.

Faculty meetings are intended for members of EP and TH departments to discuss topical issues, in particular related to strategic questions for CERN. For these strategy-related meetings, all physicists (staff, fellows and DOCT students) in the two departments are welcome.

09:00 → 09:10 Welcome and introduction

Speaker: Manfred Krammer (CERN)

09:10 → 09:30 Status of the FCC feasibility study

Speaker: Frank Zimmermann (CERN)

09:40 → 10:00 Linear colliders - LCF facility at CERN

Speaker: Patrick Koppenburg (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

10:10 → 10:35 Theory perspective - challenges in precision calculations

Speaker: Luca Buonocore (CERN)

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 11:15 Alternative uses of the LHC tunnel - LEP3

Speaker: Maurizio Pierini (CERN)

11:20 → 11:35 Alternative uses of the LHC tunnel - LHeC

Speaker: Oliver Bruning (CERN)

11:40 → 12:00 Scientific diversity programme beyond colliders

Speaker: Joerg Jaeckel (Institut fuer theoretische Physik, Heidelberg University)

12:10 → 12:40 Discussion