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

from Monday, December 9, 2024 (2:00 PM) to Tuesday, December 10, 2024 (5:17 PM)
CERN (503/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Dec 9, 2024
Dec 10, 2024
AM
9:00 AM
9:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 10:45 AM)
9:00 AM Report from the LDG (D. Newbold)  
9:15 AM Policy for fundraising from private donors for scientific activities at CERN (C. Warakaulle)  
9:45 AM CMAC report on the HL-LHC Cost and Schedule Review (M. Seidel - Oral)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:45 AM
10:45 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (until 12:30 PM)
PM
2:00 PM
14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 6:00 PM)
2:00 PM Adoption of the Agenda  
2:05 PM Approval of the draft minutes of three-hundred-and-forty-second meeting  
2:10 PM Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)  
2:20 PM Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral)  
2:30 PM Matters arising from the previous meetings  
2:35 PM Report by the Director-General (Oral)  
3:05 PM Scientific Committee Reports: INTC-SPSC-LHCC-FCC-SAC (Oral)  
3:35 PM --- Coffee break ---
3:55 PM Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (R. Jones - Oral)  
4:25 PM Status report on experiments and computing (J. Mnich - Oral)  
4:55 PM Report on ESPP status (K. Jakobs - Oral)  
5:20 PM Report on ECFA activities in 2024 (P. Sphicas)  
5:35 PM Report from the European Particle Physics Communication Network (EPPCN)  
5:50 PM Report from the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG) (Oral)  
6:00 PM
18:00 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (until 7:15 PM)
7:30 PM --- Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1) ---
12:30 PM
12:30 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - - (until 12:45 PM)
12:30 PM Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral)  
12:40 PM Election of a nominee for the position of Vice-Chair of the SPC  
12:45 PM
12:45 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 1:00 PM)
12:45 PM Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions  
12:55 PM Timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2026  
12:57 PM Other business  
1:00 PM --- Lunch (Pas perdus) ---
2:00 PM
14:00 - - - TOPICAL SESSION - - - (until 3:30 PM)
2:00 PM Presentation of the Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) (P. Muggli - Oral)  
2:30 PM CERN’s view and plans for AWAKE (M. Lamont - Oral)  
2:45 PM Discussion