Scientific Policy Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Forty-Third Meeting

Name: Scientific Policy Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Forty-Third Meeting
Start: 2024-12-09T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-12-10T17:17:00+01:00
Location: CERN

9 Dec 2024, 14:00 → 10 Dec 2024, 17:17 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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Monday 9 December
- Mon 9 Dec
- Tue 10 Dec
- 14:00 → 18:00
  14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  
  Zoom link - Normal session
  - 14:00
    Adoption of the Agenda 5m
    
    CERN/SPC/1245/Rev.2
    
    English
  - 14:05
    Approval of the draft minutes of three-hundred-and-forty-second meeting 5m
    
    CERN/SPC/1246/RA
    
    English
  - 14:10
    
    Report by the SPC Chair (Oral) 10m
    
    SPC Chair Report December 2024
  - 14:20
    
    Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral) 10m
  - 14:30
    
    Matters arising from the previous meetings 5m
  - 14:35
    
    Report by the Director-General (Oral) 30m
    
    Slides
  - 15:05
    
    Scientific Committee Reports: INTC-SPSC-LHCC-FCC-SAC (Oral) 30m
    
    INTC Slide
    
    LHCC Slides
    
    SAC Slides
    
    SPSC Slides
  - 15:35
    
    Coffee break 20m
  - 15:55
    
    Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (R. Jones - Oral) 30m
    
    Slides
  - 16:25
    
    Status report on experiments and computing (J. Mnich - Oral) 30m
    
    Slides
  - 16:55
    
    Report on ESPP status (K. Jakobs - Oral) 25m
    
    Slides
  - 17:20
    Report on ECFA activities in 2024 (P. Sphicas) 15m
    
    CERN/SPC/1247 CERN/3865
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 17:35
    Report from the European Particle Physics Communication Network (EPPCN) 15m
    
    CERN/SPC/1249 CERN/3868
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 17:50
    
    Report from the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG) (Oral) 10m
    
    Annual Report 2023
    
    Slides
- 18:00 → 19:15
  
  18:00 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
  
  Zoom link - Closed session
- 19:30 → 21:30
  
  Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1) 2h
Tuesday 10 December
- Mon 9 Dec
- Tue 10 Dec
- 09:00 → 10:45
  9:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  - 09:00
    Report from the LDG (D. Newbold) 15m
    
    CERN/SPC/1248
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 09:15
    Policy for fundraising from private donors for scientific activities at CERN (C. Warakaulle) 30m
    
    CERN/SPC/1233/RA/Rev. CERN/3805/RA/Rev.
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 09:45
    
    CMAC report on the HL-LHC Cost and Schedule Review (M. Seidel - Oral) 35m
    
    Slides
  - 10:30
    
    Coffee break 15m
- 10:45 → 12:30
  
  10:45 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
- 12:30 → 12:45
  12:30 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - -
  
  Attendance: Chair and Vice-Chair, Members, President of Council, Chair of FC, Director-General, Legal Counsel, CERN Services
  - 12:30
    
    Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral) 10m
  - 12:40
    
    Election of a nominee for the position of Vice-Chair of the SPC 5m
- 12:45 → 13:00
  12:45 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  - 12:45
    
    Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions 10m
  - 12:55
    Timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2026 2m
    
    CERN/3869/Draft
    
    English
  - 12:57
    
    Other business 3m
- 13:00 → 14:00
  
  Lunch (Pas perdus) 1h
- 14:00 → 15:30
  14:00 - - - 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
  - 14:00
    
    Presentation of the Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) (P. Muggli - Oral) 30m
    
    Slides
  - 14:30
    
    CERN’s view and plans for AWAKE (M. Lamont - Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 14:45
    
    Discussion 45m