ORGANISATION EUROPÉENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLÉAIRE
CERN EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH


 
Scientific Policy Committee - Two-hundred-and-seventy-third meeting
Room George Charpak (Room F) (CERN)

Room George Charpak (Room F)

CERN

from Monday, 12 September 2011 (14:00) to Tuesday, 13 September 2011 (13:30)



Monday, 12 September 2011

Documents

2.00 p.m.: Normal Session (CERN (Room George Charpak (Room F)))

1. Adoption of the Agenda
CERN/SPC/973
CERN/SPC/973/Rev. agenda
2. Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Two-hundred-and-seventy-second Meeting
CERN/SPC/972/RA/Draft Minutes
3. Matters Arising
4. Chairman's Report
5. Director General's Report
6. Briefing by the President of Council
7. LHC Matters
   7.1 Status Report on the LHC Machine (S. Myers – Oral)
Slides
   7.2 Status Report on LHC Experiments and Computing (S. Bertolucci - Oral)
Slides
   7.3 Status Report on Higgs searches in CMS (G. Tonelli – Oral)
   7.4 Status Report on Higgs searches in ATLAS (F. Gianotti – Oral)
Slides
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8. Report on the question from Council to the SPC: The scientific significance of the possible exclusion of the SM Higgs boson in the mass range 114-600 GeV and how it should be best communicated (T. Wyatt - Oral)
CERN/SPC/978/Rev.2 CERN/2986/Rev.2
Slides
9. Reports from Summer Conferences:
   9.1 Collider physics (E. Elsen - Oral)
Slides
   9.2 Non-collider physics (H. Murayama - Oral)
Slides
6.15 p.m.:Closed Session (CERN (Room George Charpak (Room F)))

1. Closed Session Matters
--- 19:00 DINNER (Glass-Box – Restaurant No.1) ---
Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Documents

8.30 a.m.: Restricted Session (CERN (Room George Charpak (Room F)))

1. Close-out Report on the Closed Session
2. SPC membership
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10.00 a.m.: Normal Session (CERN (Room George Charpak (Room F)))

1. Close-out Report on the Closed and Restricted Sessions
2. Recent results and prospects in in neutrino oscillation physics (D. Wark - Oral)
Slides
3. Prospects for a short baseline neutrino experiments at CERN (C. Touramanis - Oral)
Slides
4. Preparations of the September European Strategy Session:
   4.1 European Strategy Group List of Participants (Members and Invitees)
CERN/SPC/974 CERN-Council-S/086 English
   4.2 Timeline for the Strategy Update
CERN/SPC/979 CERN-Council-S/090
CERN/SPC/979/Rev. CERN-Council-S/090/Rev. English Slides
   4.3 Report on ECFA Activities
CERN/SPC/975 CERN-Council-S/087 English Slides
   4.4 Status report -Technology Transfer Network
CERN/SPC/976 CERN-Council-S/088 English
   4.5 Continuation of the activity of the Technology Transfer Network
CERN/SPC/980 CERN-Council-S/092
CERN/SPC/980/Rev. CERN-Council-S/092/Rev. English
   4.6 Report from the Communication Network
CERN/SPC/977 CERN-Council-S/089 English Slides
5. Summary of Conclusions
6. Agenda for Next Meeting
7. Any other business
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