Scientific Policy Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Thirty-Eighth Meeting

18 Mar 2024, 14:00 → 19 Mar 2024, 14:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

Monday 18 March

14:00 → 18:30 14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

Normal session-Zoom link

14:00 Adoption of the Agenda

English

14:05 Approval of the draft minutes of

14:10 Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)

SPC Chair Report March 2024

14:20 Matters arising from the previous meetings

14:25 Scientific Committee Reports: INTC-SPSC-LHCC-CMAC- FCC-SAC (Oral)

INTC Summary Slide

LHCC Slides

SPSC Slide

14:45 Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral)

Document for information Key considerations on the governance of future flagship projects at CERN (CERN/3786)

14:55 Report by the Director-General (Oral)

Document-Next update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics (CERN/SPC/1232/RA-CERN/3802/RA)

Slides

15:40 Coffee break

16:00 Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (M. Lamont - Oral)

Slides

16:30 Status report on experiments and computing (J. Mnich - Oral)

Slides

17:00 FCC Feasibility Study: the next steps (M. Benedikt - Oral)

Slides

17:30 CERN Annual Progress Report for 2023 (R. Bello - Oral)

English

Slides

18:00 Policy for fundraising from private donors for scientific activities at CERN (C. Warakaulle - Oral)

English

Slides

18:30 → 19:00 18:30 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -

Closed session-Zoom link

19:30 → 21:30 Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1)

Tuesday 19 March

08:30 → 09:15 8:30 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -

09:15 → 10:45 9:15 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - -

Attendance: Chair and Vice-Chair, Members, President of Council, Chair of FC, Director-General, Legal Counsel, CERN Services

09:15 Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral)

09:25 Election of SPC Members of DG Selection Committee (Oral)

10:45 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 11:15 11:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

11:00 Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions

11:15 → 12:50 11:15 - - - TOPICAL SESSION - - -

Attendance: Chair and Vice-Chair, Members, Scientific delegates, President of Council, Chair of FC, Director-General, Directorate, Department Heads, CERN Services, any other person invited by the Chair to attend

11:15 Plans for Higgs Factory (CEPC) in China (Y. Wang - Oral)

Slides

12:15 CEPC Discussion

12:45 Other business

12:50 → 14:00 Lunch