ATS Seminar - Current status of the ILC Technology Network (ITN)

Tuesday 8 Sept 2026, 14:15 → 16:00 Europe/Zurich

30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium (CERN)

Speaker:

Professor Hiroshi SAKAI

Director of the Innovation Center for Applied Superconducting Accelerators (iCASA), Accelerator Laboratory, KEK, Japan

 

Abstract:

The ILC Technology Network (ITN)*1 was proposed by the ILC  International Development Team (IDT)*2 to address the technical  challenges of the ILC, an electron-positron collider. It consists of 15 work packages related to the superconducting rf  (SRF), the electron and positron sources, and nanobeams.

It has been advancing through international collaboration since 2023. In July 2023, CERN and KEK concluded an agreement on “Support for the European International Linear Collider (ILC) Technology Network"*3. The agreement stipulates that CERN will lead the ITN and act as the

 European hub.

At KEK, we are working on many of the work packages using grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). In Europe, activities include the fabrication and evaluation of superconducting cavities, the development of an undulator-type positron source, and participation in nanobeam experiments at KEK-ATF. A midterm report*4 summarizing the ITN’s achievements to date was released in February 2026.

 

In this seminar, we will introduce the ITN work packages and discuss their progress:

 *1 ITN work packages

 *2 IDT

 *3 CERN-KEK agreement

 *4 ITN midterm report

 

ATS Seminar Organisers:
A. Dallocchio (EN), E. Metral (BE),  T. Stora (SY), A. Sublet (TE)

 

14:15 → 15:15 Current status of the ILC Technology Network (ITN)

Speaker: Hiroshi Sakai (KEK)

ATS Seminars-KEK-ILC-ITN_0926-sakai-rev.pdf

current_status_ITN_talk_CERN_seminar_final.pdf

current_status_ITN_talk_CERN_seminar_final.pptx