COST Action CA24146 - MLQC4FC - Kick-off Meeting (MC1)

Tuesday 30 Sept 2025, 08:30 → 23:00 Europe/Zurich

COST Association, Avenue du Boulevard - Bolwerklaan 21, 1210 Brussels – Belgium

Aránzazu Sánchez (COST Association), Ralph Stübner (COST Association), Riccardo Torre (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

First Management Committee Meeting of the COST Action CA24146 - MLQC4FC

https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA24146/

08:30 → 09:00 Registration

Registration, Welcome coffee
Check room set up

09:00 → 10:20 Session I: Introduction

Conveners: Aránzazu Sánchez (COST Association), Ralph Stübner (COST Association)

09:00 Welcome, purpose, agenda

Speakers: Aránzazu Sánchez (COST Association), Ralph Stübner (COST Association), Riccardo Torre (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

09:05 Evacuation + lunch instructions

Speaker: Office Services

09:10 Tour de table - Ice breaker

Speakers: Aránzazu Sánchez (COST Association), Ralph Stübner (COST Association)

09:30 About COST and COST Actions + Q&A

Speaker: Ralph Stübner (COST Association)

10:00 Reimbursement modalities and rules + Q&A

Speaker: Aránzazu Sánchez (COST Association)

10:20 → 10:40 Coffee Break

10:40 → 12:30 Session II: Chair Candidate Presentation - Elections of mandatory positions - Parallel and plenary discussions

Conveners: Aránzazu Sánchez (COST Association), Ralph Stübner (COST Association), Riccardo Torre (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

10:40 Action Chair candidate presentation + Q&A

Speaker: Riccardo Torre (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

11:05 Elections of the Action Chair, Vice-Chair and GH (incl. GH SR)

Speakers: Aránzazu Sánchez (COST Association), Ralph Stübner (COST Association)

11:15 Parallel Discussion: WG1 - Machine Learning Applications for Collider Physics

Speakers: Prof. Pietro Vischia (Universidad de Oviedo and Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA)), Valentina 🐧 Vecchio (University of Manchester)

11:15 Parallel Discussion: WG2 - Quantum Computing for Collider Physics

Speakers: Simon Jonathan Williams (Institute of Particle Physics Phenomenology, University of Durham), Dr Theodota Lagouri (Yale University (US))

11:15 Parallel Discussion: WG3 - Theory-Experiment Interface

Speakers: Andrea Coccaro (INFN Genova (IT)), Dr Humberto Reyes-González (RWTH Aachen)

11:15 Parallel Discussion: WG4 - Computational Infrastructure and Resource Optimization

Speakers: Prof. Louis-Francois Pau (Universitatea Transilvania Din Brasov), Olivier Mattelaer (UCLouvain)

11:15 Parallel Discussion: WG5 - Training, Outreach, and Public Engagement

Speakers: Dr German Sborlini (Universidad de Salamanca e IUFFyM), Jelena Jovicevic (Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade (RS))

11:55 Plenary discussion

• Fair criteria for Awarding Grants and Reimbursements
• Criteria for Awarding WG Membership
• Science Communication Strategy

Speakers: Ralph Stübner (COST Association), Riccardo Torre (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

12:30 → 13:30 Group photo and Lunch break

13:30 → 14:45 Session III: Working groups debriefing - Further discussions

13:30 Parallel Debriefing: WG1 - Machine Learning Applications for Collider Physics

Speakers: Prof. Pietro Vischia (Universidad de Oviedo and Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA)), Valentina 🐧 Vecchio (University of Manchester)

13:30 Parallel Debriefing: WG2 - Quantum Computing for Collider Physics

Speakers: Simon Jonathan Williams (Institute of Particle Physics Phenomenology, University of Durham), Dr Theodota Lagouri (Yale University (US))

13:30 Parallel Debriefing: WG3 - Theory-Experiment Interface

Speakers: Andrea Coccaro (INFN Genova (IT)), Dr Humberto Reyes-González (RWTH Aachen)

13:30 Parallel Debriefing: WG4 - Computational Infrastructure and Resource Optimization

Speakers: Louis-Francois Pau (Universitatea Transilvania Din Brasov), Olivier Mattelaer (UCLouvain)

13:30 Parallel Debriefing: WG5 - Training, Outreach, and Public Engagement

Speakers: Dr German Sborlini (Universidad de Salamanca e IUFFyM), Jelena Jovicevic (Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade (RS))

14:10 Plenary discussion and decisions

• Fair criteria for Awarding Grants and Reimbursements
• Criteria for Awarding WG Membership
• Science Communication Strategy

Speakers: Ralph Stübner (COST Association), Riccardo Torre (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

14:45 → 15:05 Coffee Break

15:05 → 17:05 Session IV: Action Structure and Leadership Positions

15:05 Action Structure and Leadership Positions

Speaker: Riccardo Torre (INFN e Universita Genova (IT))

17:05 → 18:35 Session V: Action planning

17:05 Proposal of Activities for Grant Period 1 Work and Budget Plan

18:00 Working Group Applications review

18:20 Next meeting

18:25 AOB and Closure

20:30 → 23:00 Social dinner