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

from Monday, 21 September 2026 (14:00) to Tuesday, 22 September 2026 (15:15)
CERN (503/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
21 Sept 2026
22 Sept 2026
AM
08:30
8:30 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 11:20)
08:30 Reports on the Four Major LHC Experiments (Oral)  
10:10 --- Coffee Break ---
10:25 Open Quantum Institute: Evaluation of the pilot and proposal for a next phase - Barry Cyril Sanders (University of Calgary (CA))  
10:45 CERN Artificial Intelligence Strategy implementation plan - Alberto Di Meglio (CERN)  
11:25
11:25 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (until 12:50)
PM
14:00
14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 18:30)
14:00 Adoption of the Agenda  
14:05 Approval of the draft minutes  
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 meeting (Oral)  
14:30 Scientific Committee Reports (Oral)  
15:00 Report by the Director-General (Oral)  
15:20 Future Circular Collider Reference Design Phase: Proposed Organisational Structure and Reference Design Review Process - Mark Thomson (CERN)  
15:35 Proposed Updated Decision-Making Milestones for the Future Circular Collider - Mark Thomson (CERN)  
16:05 Implementing the European Strategy: supporting documentation for the FCC-ee decision-making process  
16:25 --- Coffee break ---
16:40 Status report on experiments and computing (Oral) - Gautier Hamel de Monchenault (CERN)  
17:00 Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (Oral) - Oliver Bruning (CERN)  
17:25 CERN Strategy on High-Field and High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets (Oral) - Rhodri Jones (CERN)  
17:55 Proposed Framework to Implement the Policy for Fundraising from Private Donors for Scientific Activities at CERN - Ursula Bassler (CERN)  
18:30
18:30 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - - (until 20:00)
20:00 --- Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1) ---
12:50
12:50 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - - (until 13:15)
12:50 Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral)  
13:00 SPC Chair renewal of mandate  
13:05 SPC Vice-Chair: call for nominations  
13:15
13:15 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - - (until 13:30)
13:15 Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions  
13:25 Other business  
13:30 --- Lunch (Pas Perdus) ---
14:15
14.15 - - - TOPICAL SESSION - - - (until 15:15)
14:15 Status of SHiP and BDF (Oral)  
14:55 Discussion