Scientific Policy Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Fifty-Third Meeting

Name: Scientific Policy Committee - Three-Hundred-and-Fifty-Third Meeting
Start: 2026-09-21T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-22T15:15:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Sep 21, 2026, 2:00 PM → Sep 22, 2026, 3:15 PM Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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Monday, 21 September at 2:00 PM
- Mon, 21 Sep
- Tue, 22 Sep
- 14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  
  Zoom link SPC Normal Session
  - 1
    Adoption of the Agenda
    
    CERN/SPC/1292/Rev.
    
    English
  - 2
    Approval of the draft minutes
    
    a) Approval of the draft minutes of the three-hundred-and-fifty-first meeting
    
    CERN/SPC/1290/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    b) Approval of the draft minutes of the three-hundred-and-fifty-second meeting
    
    CERN/SPC/1293/RA/Draft
    
    English
  - 3
    
    Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)
    
    Report
  - 4
    
    Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral)
    
    Report
  - 5
    
    Matters arising from the previous meeting (Oral)
  - 6
    Scientific Committee Reports (Oral)
    
    a) INTC (S. Leoni)
    
    Slides
    
    b) SPSC (S. Bolognesi)
    
    Slides
    
    c) LHCC (F. Simon)
    
    Slides
    
    d) CMAC (R. Assmann)
  - 7
    
    Report by the Director-General (Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 8
    Future Circular Collider Reference Design Phase: Proposed Organisational Structure and Reference Design Review Process
    
    Speaker: Mark Thomson (CERN)
    
    CERN/SPC/1291/RA/Rev. CERN/4016/RA/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 9
    Proposed Updated Decision-Making Milestones for the Future Circular Collider
    
    Speaker: Mark Thomson (CERN)
    
    CERN/SPC/1298/RA CERN/4031/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 10
    Implementing the European Strategy: supporting documentation for the FCC-ee decision-making process
    
    Speaker: Mark Thomson (CERN)
    
    CERN/SPC/1299/RA CERN/4032/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 4:25 PM
    
    Coffee break
  - 11
    
    Status report on experiments and computing (Oral)
    
    Speaker: Gautier Hamel de Monchenault (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 12
    
    Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (Oral)
    
    Speaker: Oliver Bruning (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 13
    
    CERN Strategy on High-Field and High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets (Oral)
    
    Speaker: Rhodri Jones (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 14
    Proposed Framework to Implement the Policy for Fundraising from Private Donors for Scientific Activities at CERN
    
    Speaker: Ursula Bassler (CERN)
    
    CERN/SPC/1294/RA CERN/FC/7045/RA CERN/4021/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
- 18:30 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
  
  Zoom link - SPC Closed and Restricted sessions
- 8:00 PM
  
  Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1)
Tuesday, 22 September at 8:30 AM
- Mon, 21 Sep
- Tue, 22 Sep
- 8:30 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  - 15
    Reports on the Four Major LHC Experiments (Oral)
    
    a) ALICE
    
    Speaker: Kai Schweda (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))
    
    Slides
    
    b) ATLAS
    
    Speaker: Stephane Willocq (University of Massachusetts (US))
    
    Slides
    
    c) CMS
    
    Speaker: Anadi Canepa (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    
    Slides
    
    d) LHCb
    
    Speaker: Timothy Gershon (University of Warwick (GB))
    
    Slides
  - 10:10 AM
    
    Coffee Break
  - 16
    Open Quantum Institute: Evaluation of the pilot phase (2024-2026) and proposal for continuation
    
    Speaker: Barry Cyril Sanders (University of Calgary (CA))
    
    CERN/SPC/1295/RA CERN/4022/RA
    
    English
    
    Open Quantum Institute - Details on scientific approach
    
    OQI Compendium Classified - Restricted to CERN Council and SPC (draft)
    
    OQI Yellow Report Classified - Restricted to CERN Council and SPC (draft)
    
    Slides
  - 17
    CERN Artificial Intelligence Strategy implementation plan
    
    Speaker: Alberto Di Meglio (CERN)
    
    CERN/SPC/1296/RA CERN/4023/RA
    
    AI Core Implementation Plan
    
    CERN AI Strategy
    
    English
    
    Slides
- 11:25 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
- 12:50 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - -
  
  Attendance: Chair and Vice-Chair, Members, President of the Council, Chair of FC, Director-General, Legal Counsel, CERN Services
  - 18
    
    Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral)
  - 19
    
    SPC Chair renewal of mandate
  - 20
    
    SPC Vice-Chair: call for nominations
- 13:15 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
  - 21
    
    Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions
  - 22
    
    Other business
- 1:30 PM
  
  Lunch (Pas Perdus)
- 14.15 - - - TOPICAL SESSION - - -
  
  Attendance: Chair and Vice-Chair, Members, Scientific delegates, President of the Council, Chair of FC, Director-General, Directorate, Department Heads, CERN Services, any other person invited by the Chair to attend
  - 23
    Status of SHiP and BDF (Oral)
    
    a) - SHiP (L. Shchutska)
    
    Slides
    
    b) - BDF (M. Fraser)
    
    Slides
  - 24
    
    Discussion