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

Dec 9, 2024, 2:00 PM → Dec 10, 2024, 5:17 PM Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

Mon, December 9

2:00 PM → 6:00 PM 14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

Zoom link - Normal session

2:00 PM Adoption of the Agenda

English

2:05 PM Approval of the draft minutes of three-hundred-and-forty-second meeting

English

2:10 PM Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)

SPC Chair Report December 2024

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)

Slides

3:05 PM Scientific Committee Reports: INTC-SPSC-LHCC-FCC-SAC (Oral)

INTC Slide

LHCC Slides

SAC Slides

SPSC Slides

3:35 PM Coffee break

3:55 PM Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (R. Jones - Oral)

Slides

4:25 PM Status report on experiments and computing (J. Mnich - Oral)

Slides

4:55 PM Report on ESPP status (K. Jakobs - Oral)

Slides

5:20 PM Report on ECFA activities in 2024 (P. Sphicas)

English

Slides

5:35 PM Report from the European Particle Physics Communication Network (EPPCN)

English

Slides

5:50 PM Report from the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG) (Oral)

Annual Report 2023

Slides

6:00 PM → 7:15 PM 18:00 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -

Zoom link - Closed session

7:30 PM → 9:30 PM Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1)

Tue, December 10

9:00 AM → 10:45 AM 9:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

9:00 AM Report from the LDG (D. Newbold)

English

Slides

9:15 AM Policy for fundraising from private donors for scientific activities at CERN (C. Warakaulle)

English

Slides

9:45 AM CMAC report on the HL-LHC Cost and Schedule Review (M. Seidel - Oral)

Slides

10:30 AM Coffee break

10:45 AM → 12:30 PM 10:45 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -

12:30 PM → 12:45 PM 12:30 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - -

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

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 → 1:00 PM 12:45 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

12:45 PM Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions

12:55 PM Timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2026

English

12:57 PM Other business

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch (Pas perdus)

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM 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

2:00 PM Presentation of the Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) (P. Muggli - Oral)

Slides

2:30 PM CERN’s view and plans for AWAKE (M. Lamont - Oral)

Slides

2:45 PM Discussion