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

from Monday, September 21, 2026 (2:00 PM) to Tuesday, September 22, 2026 (3:15 PM)
CERN (503/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Sep 21, 2026
Sep 22, 2026
AM
8:30 AM
8:30 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 11:20 AM)
8:30 AM Reports on the Four Major LHC Experiments (Oral)  
10:10 AM --- Coffee Break ---
10:25 AM Open Quantum Institute: Evaluation of the pilot phase (2024-2026) and proposal for continuation - Barry Cyril Sanders (University of Calgary (CA))  
10:45 AM CERN Artificial Intelligence Strategy implementation plan - Alberto Di Meglio (CERN)  
11:25 AM
11:25 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (until 12:50 PM)
PM
2:00 PM
14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 6:30 PM)
2:00 PM Adoption of the Agenda  
2:05 PM Approval of the draft minutes  
2:10 PM Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)  
2:20 PM Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral)  
2:25 PM Matters arising from the previous meeting (Oral)  
2:30 PM Scientific Committee Reports (Oral)  
3:00 PM Report by the Director-General (Oral)  
3:20 PM Future Circular Collider Reference Design Phase: Proposed Organisational Structure and Reference Design Review Process - Mark Thomson (CERN)  
3:35 PM Proposed Updated Decision-Making Milestones for the Future Circular Collider - Mark Thomson (CERN)  
4:05 PM Implementing the European Strategy: supporting documentation for the FCC-ee decision-making process - Mark Thomson (CERN)  
4:25 PM --- Coffee break ---
4:40 PM Status report on experiments and computing (Oral) - Gautier Hamel de Monchenault (CERN)  
5:00 PM Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (Oral) - Oliver Bruning (CERN)  
5:25 PM CERN Strategy on High-Field and High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets (Oral) - Rhodri Jones (CERN)  
5:55 PM Proposed Framework to Implement the Policy for Fundraising from Private Donors for Scientific Activities at CERN - Ursula Bassler (CERN)  
6:30 PM
18:30 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (until 8:00 PM)
8:00 PM --- Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1) ---
12:50 PM
12:50 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - - (until 1:15 PM)
12:50 PM Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral)  
1:00 PM SPC Chair renewal of mandate  
1:05 PM SPC Vice-Chair: call for nominations  
1:15 PM
13:15 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 1:30 PM)
1:15 PM Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions  
1:25 PM Other business  
1:30 PM --- Lunch (Pas Perdus) ---
2:15 PM
14.15 - - - TOPICAL SESSION - - - (until 3:15 PM)
2:15 PM Status of SHiP and BDF (Oral)  
2:55 PM Discussion