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

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

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

Mon, September 21

2:00 PM → 6:30 PM 14:00 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

Zoom link SPC Normal Session

2:00 PM Adoption of the Agenda

English

2:05 PM Approval of the draft minutes

2:10 PM Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)

Report

2:20 PM Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral)

Report

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)

Slides

3:20 PM Future Circular Collider Reference Design Phase: Proposed Organisational Structure and Reference Design Review Process

Speaker: Mark Thomson (CERN)

English

French

Slides

3:35 PM Proposed Updated Decision-Making Milestones for the Future Circular Collider

Speaker: Mark Thomson (CERN)

English

French

Slides

4:05 PM Implementing the European Strategy: supporting documentation for the FCC-ee decision-making process

Speaker: Mark Thomson (CERN)

English

French

Slides

4:25 PM Coffee break

4:40 PM Status report on experiments and computing (Oral)

Speaker: Gautier Hamel de Monchenault (CERN)

Slides

5:00 PM Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (Oral)

Speaker: Oliver Bruning (CERN)

Slides

5:25 PM CERN Strategy on High-Field and High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets (Oral)

Speaker: Rhodri Jones (CERN)

Slides

5:55 PM Proposed Framework to Implement the Policy for Fundraising from Private Donors for Scientific Activities at CERN

Speaker: Ursula Bassler (CERN)

English

French

Slides

6:30 PM → 8:00 PM 18:30 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -

Zoom link - SPC Closed and Restricted sessions

8:00 PM → 10:00 PM Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1)

Tue, September 22

8:30 AM → 11:20 AM 8:30 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

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

Speaker: Barry Cyril Sanders (University of Calgary (CA))

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

10:45 AM CERN Artificial Intelligence Strategy implementation plan

Speaker: Alberto Di Meglio (CERN)

AI Core Implementation Plan

CERN AI Strategy

English

Slides

11:25 AM → 12:50 PM 11:25 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -

12:50 PM → 1:15 PM 12:50 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - -

Attendance: Chair and Vice-Chair, Members, President of the Council, Chair of FC, Director-General, Legal Counsel, CERN Services

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 → 1:30 PM 13:15 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -

1:15 PM Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions

1:25 PM Other business

1:30 PM → 2:15 PM Lunch (Pas Perdus)

2:15 PM → 3:15 PM 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

2:15 PM Status of SHiP and BDF (Oral)

2:55 PM Discussion