7th CERN Baltic Group General Meeting

Monday 23 Aug 2021, 08:45 → 17:30 Europe/Riga

University of Latvia, House of Science

Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

The General Meeting is a formal body on information exchange, decision and policy making to reach aims and goals of the CBG stated below:

The mission of the CBG is to coordinate policy and actions related to high energy particle physics and accelerator technologies (inter alia big data and computing technologies) within the scientific institutions and universities of the Baltic States and vis a vis CERN.

The main objectives of the CERN Baltic Group are:

1. Coordination of the Baltic research institutions activities towards CERN and related Collaborations/Experiments;
2. Strengthening and development of Baltic High Energy Physics community;
3. Foster cooperation between CERN and local industry in the Baltic States and generate new opportunities via joint research projects and contacts;
4. Development of the Baltic international multidisciplinary masters/doctoral level study programme in High Energy Physics and Accelerator Technologies, and related areas.

The main principles of the CERN Baltic Group are: transparency, honesty, sharing and collaboration.

CBGSummary6th_meeting_final.pdf

CBGSummary7th_meeting_.pdf

08:50 → 09:00 Registration of Delegates

09:00 → 09:05 Adoption of the agenda

Speaker: All Representatives

09:05 → 09:15 Welcome to University of Latvia / opening

Speaker: Prof. Mārcis Auziņš (LU)

09:15 → 09:35 Report on CBG - activities since last General Meeting

Introduction and brief report on CBG - activities since last General Meeting
- actions taken and state-of-play
- Status of Baltic States vis-a-vis CERN
- Brief general information on CBG Working Groups
- I.FAST: https://ifast-project.eu/home
- HITRIplus: https://www.hitriplus.eu/
- NIMMS: https://kt.cern/kt-fund/projects/nimms-next-ion-medical-machine-study
- PRISMAP: https://www.prismap.eu/
- HERTIS

Speaker: Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

Report on CBG - activities since last General Meeting.pdf

Report on CBG - activities since last General Meeting.pptx

09:35 → 09:50 Estonia - CERN: state-of-play

Speaker: Dr Mario Kadastik (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (EE))

09:50 → 10:05 Lithuania - CERN: state-of-play

Speakers: Dr Aurelijus Rinkevicius (Vilnius University (LT)), Brigita Abakeviciene (Kaunas University of Technology)

CBG-KTU_2021-08-23.pdf

CBG-KTU_2021-08-23.pptx

10:05 → 10:20 Latvia - CERN: state-of-play

Speaker: Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

CERN Latvia Group meeting

10:20 → 10:35 Baltic ILO activities and industrial engagement

Speakers: Dr Adomas Jelinskas (ILO Lithuania), Dr Lauma Muizniece (ILO Latvia), Dr Mario Kadastik (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (EE)), Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

10:35 → 10:55 Coffee break

10:55 → 11:10 Report - CBG Study Programme Working Group

Speakers: Dr Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV)), Prof. Mārcis Auziņš (LU), Silva Vitola (RTU)

CBG_20210823_sp.pdf

11:10 → 11:15 Vote - appointment of the new Report of Convener CBG Study Programme Working Group

• Prof. Auziņš is stepping down
• new candidate Convener is Dr. Dreimanis
• formal vote is needed to confirm

Speaker: Institutional Representatives with voting rights

11:15 → 11:35 Report on the inaugural CERN Baltic Conference (CBC 2021)

https://indico.cern.ch/event/970609/

Speakers: Dr Vahur Zadin (University of Tartu), Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

11:35 → 11:40 Setting the date and place for the CBC 2022

Speaker: All Representatives

11:40 → 12:00 Report on the inaugural CERN Baltic School of High-Energy Physics and Accelerator Technologies

https://indico.cern.ch/event/1029085/

Speakers: Dr Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV)), Aija Ruse (Riga Technical University)

CBG_20210823_bs.pdf

12:00 → 12:05 Setting the date and place for 2022 CBG Conference

Speaker: All Representatives

12:05 → 12:15 Reporton CBG CMS Working Group

Speakers: Dr Aurelijus Rinkevicius (Vilnius University (LT)), Dr Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV))

12:15 → 12:25 Report from the 19th Meeting of the TIARA Collaboration Council on 29th June 2021

https://indico.cern.ch/event/1046243/

Speaker: Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:30 Discussion on CGB joint proposal for "Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area" within Horizon Europe Call

https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe/widening-participation-and-spreading-excellence_en

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2021-2022/wp-11-widening-participation-and-strengthening-the-european-research-area_horizon-2021-2022_en.pdf

Speakers: All Representatives, Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

14:30 → 15:00 Development of joint CBG Mission statement

Speakers: Dr Aurelijus Rinkevicius (Vilnius University (LT)), All representatives

15:00 → 15:20 Development of curricula for the Master level study programme: High Energy Physics and Accelerator Technologies

Speaker: All Representatives

15:20 → 15:35 Discussion on joint CBG communication activities and outreach

Speaker: All representatives

15:40 → 16:00 Cofee break

16:00 → 16:15 Discussion on CBG engagement in the CERN Science Gateway (CSG) project

Speaker: All Representatives

16:15 → 16:35 Discussion on joint FCC activities and projects

Speaker: All Representatives

16:40 → 17:00 Review of CBG Work Programme and objectives for 2021 - 2022

Speakers: All Representatives, Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

17:00 → 17:10 AOB

17:10 → 17:20 Conclusions and closing remarks

Speaker: Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))