Present: François Briard, Louise Carvalho, Ana Godinho, Pascale Goy, Claudia Marcelloni, Loraine Massarotti, Manuella Cirilli and Tim Smith.
Excused: Frederick Bordry
Membership of Committee
- Agreement on inviting a member of ECO’s Scientific Advisory Board. Action: Ana will reach out to Michael Doser with an invitation
- MC: how can the committee better liaise with other seminars at CERN
- FB: bringing in members of other seminar committees can blur the lines - for public events, there is a need for good communicators.
- On raising awareness of the public events, with a view to potentially gathering more suggestions:
- poster with email address where CERNois could send suggestions?
- ask Alumni team to make call for events?
- For above - if there is a need for more suggestions. If we do this, would need mechanism for follow-up.
- CM: suggestion to bring in someone with links to cultural organisations external to CERN. Monica Bello would be a good person to add.
Terms of Reference
- CM: suggests making explicit that the committee will look at reputational aspects and will call on external experts as needed
- Action: Ana will work on initial draft prepared by Lila and circulate for feedback and comments.
Public Events Strategy
- AG: idea of a survey of SGW visitors, to ask "What sort of event would you come to CERN to see"?
- Several pointed out risk of raising expectations.
Event proposals
- Gian Giudice’s event - had been approved, with a suggestion to increase diversity. Gian has addressed this concern (see slides)
- Proposed date is 19 June 2024, either 19h30.20h
- Action: Ana to confirm date with Gian
- Temps en Temps - had been approved some time ago, pending cost
- Cost considered reasonable for such and artistic event. So OK
- Date - 19 Nov 2024…or Feb 2025.
- Action: Ana to confirm date with proponents
- Dance avec l’evolution
- The committee's view is that if evolution is not featured in the joint exhibition with the Geneva NHM, then difficult to have this event as a stand-alone since the topic is far removed from CERN's research
- Action: Ana to get back to proponents with this caveat and that more will be known in early 2024. Also, follow up with Emma for evolution in the exhibition
- Magic and Science Academy
- The committee keeps decision to accept.
- Action: Ana and Loraine to find a date. Also, look into the option of it being featured as a science show
- Quantum Lovers
- Wait for proposal from GAOS, which Ana has requested
- Creation (new proposal)
- clear yes! from the Committee
- no immediate logistic obstacle
- Action: Ana to follow up with the proponent. Also ask about possibility of collaboration with the CERN choir
- The universe in a grain of sand
- CM: film and debate/conversation
- CM and PG: could fill in gap of no Sparks! next year. Recommend taking place in 2024
- Action: Ana (and Tim) to liaise with MArk Levinson for a Sparks!-related event in 2024.
Next meeting - in around 3 months time
- Send Newdle to find a date.