12th CERN Baltic Group General Meeting

11 Oct 2023, 18:00 → 12 Oct 2023, 19:10 Europe/Riga

Conference Hall (Riga Stradins University, Latvia)

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.

Wednesday 11 October

19:00 → 21:30 Informal Dinner, Riga. Hosted by CERN National Contact Point of Latvia.

Restaurant FERMA (address: Valkas iela 7, Riga)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9QLXMBN5hzhiqV7g9

Thursday 12 October

09:45 → 10:00 Registration of Delegates

Riga Stradins University
Medical Education Technology Centre
Conference Hall
26a Anniņmuižas bulvāris, Rīga
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UPGAMdK1cA1m3HNH7

10:00 → 10:10 Welcome

Dr. Jevgenijs Eugene Proskurins, Department of Physics of Riga Stradins University, Latvia
Evita Grigoroviča, Medical Education Technology Centre, Riga Stradins University, Latvia

10:10 → 10:15 Opening

Speaker: Prof. Ants Koel

10:15 → 10:20 Adoption of the agenda / adoption of the minutes of the 11th CBG meeting

Speaker: All Representatives

10:20 → 10:30 CERN - collaboration with the Baltic States

Speaker: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

10:30 → 10:50 Report on activities since last the last CBG GM, incl. report from the CERN Council Meetings

The three major CERN-related events that have taken place since the last meeting have been:
• CBG summer school, Palanga 2023 (report and discussion as separate contribution)
• CERN School of Computing 2023, Tartu (report and discussion as separate contribution)
• CBC2023 Riga (report and discussion as separate contribution, maybe even next GM)

CERN Council meetings:

June:
19-20 Scientific Policy Committee
20-21 Finance Committee
22 Restricted and Cloced Council
23 Open Council
Updated strategy and framework applicable to knowledge transfer by CERN for the benefit of medical applications.
https://cds.cern.ch/record/2864317/files/English.pdf
October:
2-3 Scientific Policy Committee
4 Finance Committee
6 Closed Council

On the International Cooperation Agreements (ICA) with the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.
General Meeting expressed, by consensus, an opinion that the continuation of existing or renewal of the ICAs could be detrimental to the CERN Baltic Group community participation in the CERN programmes

CBG_GM12_AntsKoel_CBG.pdf

CBG_GM12_AntsKoel_CBG.pptx

10:50 → 11:10 Report on Baltic ILO activities and industrial engagement

over Zoom

Speaker: Robert Aare (Estonian Business and Innovation Agency)

CBG 11.10.2023 ILO status.pptx

11:10 → 11:40 Tour in Medical Education Technology Center

11:40 → 12:10 Lithuania - CERN: state-of-play

Speaker: Aurelijus Rinkevicius (Vilnius University (LT))

12:10 → 12:40 Latvia - CERN: state-of-play

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

Implementation Plan of Latvia CERN Stategy.pdf

Latvia CERN Strategy 2023-2027.pdf

state of play for CBG.pdf

12:40 → 13:10 Estonia - CERN: state-of-play

Speaker: Prof. Veronika Zadin (University of Tartu (EE))

13:10 → 14:10 Lunch

14:10 → 14:30 Report of Convener: CBG Study Programme Working Group

Speaker: Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV))

20231012_CBG_SP.pdf

14:30 → 14:50 Report of Convener: CBG Scientific and Technology Working Group

14:50 → 15:15 New member applications, National Cancer Institute of Lithuania

Presentation of NVI
Voting

Speakers: Dr Ants Koel (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (EE)), Dr Jonas Venius (National Cancer Institute of Lithuania)

15:15 → 15:45 Work programme and objectives 2023+

CBG_GM12_AntsKoel_Objectives23+.pdf

CBG_GM12_AntsKoel_Objectives23+.pptx

15:45 → 16:30 Coffee break

in reality shorter but artificially extended for adjusting the chedule

16:30 → 17:00 Report from Working Group "Advanced Particle Therapy Center for the Baltic States"

• brief update on the Group activities and results achieved so far;
• Approval of the Report from workshop “Particle therapy - future for the Baltic States? State-of-play, synergies and challenges”;
• presentation of the proposal for the Feasibility Study within the framework of NIMMS Collaboration.

Speakers: Kristaps Palskis (Riga Technical University (LV)), Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

CBG_12_10_2023_Particle_therapy_initiative.pdf

CBG_12_10_2023_Particle_therapy_initiative.pptx

REPORT_25_05_2023.pdf

17:00 → 17:20 Reports of the 3th CERN Baltic School (Lithuania) and 3th CBG Baltic Conference (Latvia)

Speakers: Dr Brigita Abakeviciene (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania), Dr Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University, Latvia)

20231012_CBG_Report_on_CBC23.pdf

CBG_School_2023_Palanga.pdf

17:20 → 17:35 Organisational aspects of the 4th CERN Baltic School of High-Energy Physics and Accelerator Technologies in LATVIA

Speakers: Dr Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University, Latvia), Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University, Latvia)

20231012_BSHEPAT24.pdf

17:35 → 17:40 Organisational aspects of the 4th CERN Baltic Group Conference in ESTONIA

Tallinn or Tartu, decision in process
Oct 1-3 or Oct 15-17

17:40 → 17:55 Conclusions and closing remarks

Next CBG GM CERN?

Speaker: Prof. Ants Koel