Restricted Council - Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Sixth Session

from Thursday, 26 March 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 27 March 2026 (12:00)
CERN (503/1-001)

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26 Mar 2026
27 Mar 2026
AM
09:00
Restricted Council (until 16:40)
09:00 Report on the credentials  
09:01 Matters arising from the previous meeting  
09:06 Adoption of the agenda  
09:08 Approval of the draft minutes  
09:10 President’s report (Oral)  
09:15 Director-General’s report (Oral)  
09:45 Developments in the Member and Associate Member States relevant for CERN (Oral)  
10:05 Scientific Policy Committee  
10:15 Finance Committee  
10:25 CERN Annual Progress Report 2025 (J-P. Brouwer)  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:20 Audit Committee (AC)  
11:35 CERN Pension Fund - Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (F. Buzatu - Oral)  
11:45 Proposal for revision of maternity and paternity / co-parent leave (J-P. Brouwer - Oral)  
12:05 --- Lunch ---
13:25 CERN’s strategy and main objectives for the period 2026-2030 (Director-General)  
14:35 FCC objectives and deliverables (M.Benedikt)  
15:10 Strategic framework for Artificial Intelligence at CERN (E. Porcari)  
15:25 Report on non-LHC experiments (G. Hamel de Monchenault - Oral)  
15:45 LHC and HL-LHC matters  
09:00
Restricted Council (until 11:58)
09:00 European Strategy for Particle Physics  
10:10 Report on collaboration between the European Commission and CERN (E. Tsesmelis)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
10:50 Report from the LDG (M. Seidel)  
11:10 Report on ECFA activities in 2025 (P. Sphicas)  
11:30 Report from the European Particle Physics Communication Network (EPPCN) (S. Bubnjevic)  
11:41 Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda  
11:43 Other business  
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