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ECFA ECR & PECFA UK Meeting
UK ECR ECFA and PECFA Meeting Minutes:
Date: 12.03.2024
Attendees (random order): Holly Pacey, Patrick Dougan, Julia Allen, Atanu Modak, Aidan Robson, Joel Goldstein, Sarah Williams, Sinead Farrington, Daniela Bortoletto
Meeting Introduction by Holly:
Topics to discuss:
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Ideas for 2024 projects:
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Survey CV/Profiles of people who obtained a permanent position
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Organise HEP Job event
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Feedback from Sarah, Aidan, Joel:
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IOP best option for funding and venue to organise such an event
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Birmingham could be another venue option
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Could be an independent event or a tie-in with the PPAP. The next PPAP is likely in July. In case of a tie-in event, figure out the order of sessions between ECR and PPAP for maximum engagement and contact Sarah in future for details on PPAP event.
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Bring in views from people who left HEP for industry positions
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Focus on a single event instead of separate HEP/non-HEP events
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PECFA can help with panellist selection
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Approaching people individually could be helpful to receive feedback on CV/Profiles, instead of a common/general email
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Ideas for 2024 projects (continue):
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Future Collider focussed events
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Follow recommendations from previous UK FC Townhall
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Follow up on ECR Future Collider event
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Follow up on the last meeting at CERN
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Discuss UK-specific funding, challenges
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Difficult to get direct STFC insight on FC related funding timeline
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Timeline: September could be the earliest for such an event. Consider an FC event further in future, e.g. attached to IOP HEPP/APP 2025.
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Prioritise the HEP Job event before the RECFA visit. UK is well prepared for the RECF and HEP jobs event will have wider appeal. Plan inclusive session focussed on ECR.
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Durham Workshops:
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Introduction by Sarah, draft document to be attached to the agenda
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Plan:
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1st workshop Online by the end of April / beginning of May
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Will be useful to set the scene for the next in-person main event
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Online good for wider participation from newcomers.
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2nd workshop in person at Durham (check early for venue confirmation ), either in September or December depending on the European Strategy Update timeline
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Speakers are being identified, and need ECR names as well
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Encourage 1st/2nd year student contributions
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RECFA visit:
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Introduction by Daniela, shared draft schedule for the event, most likely will be restricted to others. Limited attendance: 28 member state delegates, Director General, Director of Research, funding agency reps, maybe 1 member/group, 1 ECR
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Date: 13th September, at RS.
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ECR Talk format: example talks available from visits in Germany and Greece. It will be a 15-20 minutes talk summarising the survey results and highlighting any relevant proposals/demands from the ECR side.
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A full analysis of the survey results won’t be necessary for the visit, but no objections to arXiv report after for UK audience.
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Daniela soliciting experiment PIs on the speaker list and will share a document with PECFA colleagues for suggestions. (not going into details of speaker list discussion in the minutes) Finalise speakers by April.
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Poster sessions during the breaks might not be possible
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Need feedback on the draft survey, the plan is to circulate the survey by next week.
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Need help on how to distribute the survey effectively across the UK ECR community.
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Procedure to select ECR Panellist: Postponed the discussion due to lack of time. This will be discussed later. The current procedure is already good.
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