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

from Monday 9 December 2024 (14:00) to Tuesday 10 December 2024 (17:17)
CERN (503/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
9 Dec 2024
10 Dec 2024
AM
09:00
9:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 10:45)
09:00 Report from the LDG (D. Newbold)  
09:15 Policy for fundraising from private donors for scientific activities at CERN (C. Warakaulle)  
09:45 CMAC report on the HL-LHC Cost and Schedule Review (M. Seidel - Oral)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
10:45
10:45 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (until 12:30)
PM
14:00
14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 18:00)
14:00 Adoption of the Agenda  
14:05 Approval of the draft minutes of three-hundred-and-forty-second meeting  
14:10 Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)  
14:20 Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral)  
14:30 Matters arising from the previous meetings  
14:35 Report by the Director-General (Oral)  
15:05 Scientific Committee Reports: INTC-SPSC-LHCC-FCC-SAC (Oral)  
15:35 --- Coffee break ---
15:55 Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (R. Jones - Oral)  
16:25 Status report on experiments and computing (J. Mnich - Oral)  
16:55 Report on ESPP status (K. Jakobs - Oral)  
17:20 Report on ECFA activities in 2024 (P. Sphicas)  
17:35 Report from the European Particle Physics Communication Network (EPPCN)  
17:50 Report from the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG) (Oral)  
18:00
18:00 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (until 19:15)
19:30 --- Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1) ---
12:30
12:30 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - - (until 12:45)
12:30 Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral)  
12:40 Election of a nominee for the position of Vice-Chair of the SPC  
12:45
12:45 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 13:00)
12:45 Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions  
12:55 Timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2026  
12:57 Other business  
13:00 --- Lunch (Pas perdus) ---
14:00
14:00 - - - TOPICAL SESSION - - - (until 15:30)
14:00 Presentation of the Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) (P. Muggli - Oral)  
14:30 CERN’s view and plans for AWAKE (M. Lamont - Oral)  
14:45 Discussion