5th Hyper-Kamiokande Project Funding Oversight Panel (HKFOP)

Thursday 23 Oct 2025, 08:30 → 22:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

The 5th Hyper-Kamiokande Project Funding Oversight Panel (HKFOP)  will bring together representatives from participating countries, funding agencies, and key stakeholders involved in the Hyper-Kamiokande collaboration. The panel’s primary goal is to review the current financial status, assess contributions from international partners, and discuss budgetary plans and resource allocations for the upcoming phases of the project.

Link to 4th HKFOP event: https://kds.kek.jp/event/54119/

1 Registration

2 Introduction of HKFOP members and observers

3 Welcome address

4 Report from U-Tokyo

5 Report from KEK

6 Message from MEXT

7 General status and schedule of Hyper-K

8 Preparation status and schedule of electronics assembly at CERN

Speaker: Davide Sgalaberna (ETH Zurich (CH))

9 Overview of international task and responsibility sharing

10 Schedule, cost, and budget for FD Outer Detector construction

• Report from HK (R. Wendell, 10’)
• Comments from responsible countries (UK, Australia, 5’)
• Discussion (5’)

11 Schedule, cost, and budget for FD electronics shared item construction

• Report from HK (Y. Hayato/M. Ziembicki, 10’)
• Comments from responsible countries (France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Poland, Switzerland, UK, 15’)
• Discussion (5’)

12 Schedule, cost, and budget for FD 50cm PMT+Cover construction

• Report from HK (Yokoyama, 10’)
• Comments from responsible countries (Japan, Spain, 5’)
• Discussion (5’)

13 Schedule, cost, and budget for FD installation work

• Report from HK (Itow, 10’)
• Comments from responsible countries (All countries, 15’)
• Discussion (5’)

12:30 Lunch break

14 Schedule, cost, and budget for IWCD construction

• Report from HK (M. Hartz, 10’)
• Comments from responsible countries (Japan, Canada, Poland, UK, 10’)
• Discussion (5’)

15 Plan of operation and maintenance costs

• Report from HK (M. Shiozawa/F. Lodovico, 10’)
• Discussion (10’)

16 General reports from Funding Agencies

• Reports from the HKFOP members
• Reports from other participating countries

17 Next meetings, meeting minutes

18 Closing remark

15:10 Break

19 Tour of Neutrino Platform / NP08 HK electronics assembly site

19:00 Dinner