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

16 Jun 2025, 14:00 → 17 Jun 2025, 15:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

Monday, 16 June at 14:00

14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

1 Adoption of the Agenda

English

2 Approval of the draft minutes of the

3 Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)

4 Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral)

5 Matters arising from the previous meetings

6 Scientific Committee Reports: INTC-SPSC-LHCC-FCC-SAC, and report of the LDG (Oral)

7 Report by the Director-General (Oral)

15:50 Coffee break

8 Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (M. Lamont - Oral)

9 Status report on experiments and computing (J. Mnich - Oral)

10 Medium-Term Plan for the period 2026-2030 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the Seventy-Second Financial Year 2026 (Director-General)

11 CERN Annual Progress Report for 2024 (Director-General)

18:00 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -

19:30 Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1)

Tuesday, 17 June at 09:00

9:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

12 Report on ESPP status (K. Jakobs - Oral)

13 Proposed decision-making milestones for a possible Future Circular Collider (Director-General)

14 Report on the Open Quantum Institute (Speaker tbc - Oral)

15 CERN strategy for AI (Speaker tbc - Oral)

10:35 Coffee break

10:45 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -

12:05 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - -

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

16 Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral)

17 Recommendations from the Working group on the Rights and Obligations of Council Office Holders (U. Dosselli)

12:45 Lunch (Pas perdus)

18 CERN Directorate for the Years 2026-2030 (Director-General Designate)

19 New Chair of the SPC

14:40 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

20 Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions

21 Other business