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

from Monday 16 June 2025 (14:00) to Tuesday 17 June 2025 (15:00)
CERN (503/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
16 Jun 2025
17 Jun 2025
AM
09:00
9:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 10:35)
09:00 Report on ESPP status (K. Jakobs - Oral)  
09:25 Proposed decision-making milestones for a possible Future Circular Collider (Director-General)  
09:50 Report on the Open Quantum Institute (T. Smith - Oral)  
10:10 Building a CERN AI Strategy (F. Varela Rodriguez - Oral)  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
10:45
10:45 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (until 12:05)
PM
14:00
14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 18:00)
14:00 Adoption of the Agenda  
14:05 Approval of the draft minutes of the  
14:10 Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)  
14:20 Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral)  
14:25 Matters arising from the previous meetings  
14:30 Scientific Committee Reports: INTC-SPSC-LHCC-FCC-SAC, and report of the LDG (Oral)  
15:20 Report by the Director-General (Oral)  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:10 Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (M. Lamont - Oral)  
16:40 Status report on experiments and computing (J. Mnich - Oral)  
17:10 Medium-Term Plan for the period 2026-2030 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the Seventy-Second Financial Year 2026 (Director-General)  
17:50 CERN Annual Progress Report for 2024 (Director-General)  
18:00
18:00 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (until 19:15)
19:30 --- Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1) ---
12:05
12:05 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - - (until 14:40)
12:05 Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral)  
12:20 Recommendations from the Working group on the Rights and Obligations of Council Office Holders (U. Dosselli)  
12:45 --- Lunch (Pas perdus) ---
13:30 CERN Directorate for the Years 2026-2030 (Director-General Designate)  
14:00 New Chair of the SPC  
14:40
14:40 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 14:55)
14:40 Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions  
14:50 Other business