Finance Committee - Four-Hundred-and-Fourth Meeting

Europe/Zurich
503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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    • - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
      • 1
        Adoption of the agenda
      • 2
        Approval of the draft minutes of the four-hundred-and-third meeting
      • 3
        Matters arising from the previous meeting (Oral)
      • 4
        Briefing by the President of Council (Oral)
      • 5
        Financial and budgetary matters
        • a) Status of payment of the contributions by the Member and Associate Member States and Status of 2026 budget and actual expenses
          Speaker: Jan-Paul Brouwer (CERN)
        • b) Information on the Cost-Variation Index for 2027
          Speaker: Kasia Pokorska (CERN)
      • 6
        Audit Committee (AC)
        • a) Report on the AC meeting held on 8 and 9 September 2026 (Oral)
          Speaker: Jochen Schieck (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))
        • b) Questions from the Finance Committee to the Audit Committee
      • 09:55
        Coffee break
      • 7
        Pension Fund matters
        • a) Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Oral)
          Speaker: Florin-Dorian Buzatu
        • b) Investment performance report and other Pension Fund activities (Oral)
          Speaker: Doug Heron (CERN)
        • c) Report of the Pension Fund Governing Board on the Review of the Plan to Reach Full Funding
          Speakers: Doug Heron (CERN), Florin Buzatu (CERN)
      • 8
        Tutorial on the interpretation of the cumulative budget deficit and other measures of CERN's financial position (Oral)
        Speaker: Jan-Paul Brouwer (CERN)
      • 9
        Proposed Framework to Implement the Policy for Fundraising from Private Donors for Scientific Activities at CERN
        Speaker: Barbara Solich (CERN)
      • 12:10
        Lunch (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1)
      • 10
        Status of accelerators and experiments (Oral)
        • a) Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades
          Speaker: Oliver Bruning (CERN)
        • b) Status report on experiments and computing
          Speaker: Gautier Hamel de Monchenault (CERN)
    • - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
    • - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
      • 11
        Update on site development (Oral)
        Speaker: Cedric Garino (CERN)
      • 12
        Update from the ILO Forum (Oral)
        Speaker: Richard Charles Farrow
      • 13
        Update from the KT Forum (Oral)
        Speaker: Jan Visser (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
      • 15:30
        Coffee break
      • 14
        New contract adjudications
        Speaker: Giovanni Anelli (CERN)
        • a) a) Proposal for the award of a contract for the civil engineering work for the ISOLDE Beam Dump Replacement and Sustainability project on the French part of CERN’s Meyrin site
        • b) b) Proposal for the award of a contract for the civil engineering work for the renovation of Entrance B on the Swiss part of CERN’s Meyrin site
        • c) c) Proposal for the award of a blanket purchase contract, without competitive tendering, for the supply of CERN-specific radiation-resistant HUBER+SUHNER connectors
        • d) d) Proposal for the award of three contracts, without competitive tendering, for the provision of academic journal subscriptions and open access publishing services
        • e) e) Proposal for the award of a contract for the provision of electrical installation services on the CERN site
        • f) f) Proposal to negotiate an extension of an existing contract for the provision of maintenance and support for asset management software
        • g) g) Proposal for the award of two blanket purchase contracts for the supply of packaged and bulk gases at CERN
        • h) h) Proposal for the negotiation of extensions of two blanket purchase contracts, without competitive tendering, for the supply of automation systems and fieldbus equipment
        • i) i) Proposal for the award of a contract for the design, manufacturing and delivery of two cryogenic condenser systems for the DUNE/LBNF project
        • j) j) Proposal to conclude a collaboration agreement for the development of superconducting radiofrequency cavities in support of the FCC-ee Technical Design Phase
        • k) k) Proposal to conclude a collaboration agreement for testing and qualification of bulk-niobium cavities for the FCC-ee Technical Design Phase
        • l) l) Proposal to negotiate a collaboration agreement for the development of advanced Nb3Sn wires for the HFM R&D programme
        • m) m) Proposal to negotiate a collaboration agreement for the development of a low-temperature and a high-temperature superconducting magnet for the HFM R&D programme
      • 15
        Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda
      • 16
        Other business