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

8 Sept 2025, 14:00 → 10 Sept 2025, 13:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Documents dedicated to the review of the FCC Feasibility Study

Monday 8 September

14:00 → 18:40 14:00 - - - JOINT SPC and FC NORMAL SESSIONS - - - Council Chamber (503/1-001)

Zoom link - Joint sessions

14:00 Adoption of the Agenda

English

14:05 Briefing by the SPC and FC Chairs (Oral)

Slides

14:25 Briefing by the President of Council (Oral)

For information: document FCC Feasibility Study - Main deliverables and milestones

Pour information: document Etude de Faisabilité du FCC - Principaux résultats à fournir et grandes étapes

Slides

14:45 FCC Feasibility Study Final Report

17:10 Coffee break

17:25 Cost Review Panel (CRP) Report (N. Holtkamp)

Slides

Slides

18:40 → 18:45 Break

18:45 → 19:25 18:45 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (Room 4/S-030)

(SPC members)

Link to Room 4/S-030

Map to Room 4/S-030

Zoom link - Closed session

18:45 Initial discussion

19:30 → 21:30 Dinner (Restaurant No. 1)

Tuesday 9 September

08:30 → 09:45 8:30 - - -JOINT SPC and FC NORMAL SESSIONS - - - (Council Chamber 503/1-001)

08:30 Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Report (A. Parker)

Slides

09:45 → 10:00 Coffee break

10:00 → 12:00 10:00 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (Room 4/S-030)

(SPC members)

10:00 Discussion on FCC Feasibility Study Final Report and CRP Report and SAC Report

12:00 → 13:30 - - - LUNCH - - - (Restaurant No. 1)

13:30 → 16:00 13:30 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (Room 4/S-030)

(SPC members)

13:30 Continued discussion

16:00 → 16:45 16:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (Council Chamber 503/1-001)

(incl. Management, FCC, SAC, CRP leaders and Scientific Delegates)

Zoom link - Normal session

16:00 Transmission of the questions from the SPC to the FCC FS study team, the CRP and the SAC

16:45 → 17:15 Break

17:15 → 18:30 17:15 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (Room 4/S-030)

(SPC members)

17:15 Further discussion

19:30 → 21:00 Dinner

Wednesday 10 September

09:00 → 10:00 9:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (Council Chamber 503/1-001)

(incl. Management, FCC, SAC, CRP leaders and Scientific Delegates)

09:00 Responses to the SPC’s Questions

Slides

10:00 → 11:30 10:00 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (Council Chamber 503/1-001)

(SPC members)

10:00 Report Drafting

11:30 → 12:30 11:30 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - - (Council Chamber 503/1-001)

(Chair and Vice-Chair, Members, President of Council, Chair of FC, Director-General, Director-General Designate, Legal Counsel, CERN Services
FCC Study Leader invited)

11:30 Pre-Close-out

12:30 → 13:00 12:30 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (Council Chamber 503/1-001)

(incl. Management, FCC, SAC, CRP leaders and Scientific Delegates)

12:30 Close-out – Indications of the SPC’s draft report

Slides