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

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503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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  • Monday, 7 December at 14:00
    • 12:15 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
      • 1
        Adoption of the Agenda
      • 2
        Approval of the draft minutes of the three-hundred-and-fifty-third meeting
      • 3
        Report by the SPC Chair (Oral)
      • 4
        Briefing by the President of the Council (Oral)
      • 5
        Matters arising from the previous meeting (Oral)
      • 6
        Scientific Committee Reports (Oral)
        • a) INTC (S. Leoni)
        • b) SPSC (S. Bolognesi)
        • c) LHCC (A. Weber)
        • d) CMAC (R. Assmann)
      • 7
        Report by the Director-General (Oral)
      • 15:25
        Coffee break
      • 8
        Open Quantum Institute: Evaluation of the pilot phase (2024 - 2026) and proposal for continuation
        Speaker: Enrica Maria Porcari (CERN)
      • 9
        Proposed Framework to Implement the Policy for Fundraising from Private Donors for Scientific Activities at CERN
        Speaker: Barbara Solich (CERN)
      • 10
        CERN's framework on ethics (Oral)
        Speaker: Kathinka Anna Hewitt (CERN)
      • 11
        Status report on experiments and computing (Oral)
        Speaker: Gautier Hamel de Monchenault (CERN)
      • 12
        Status of the accelerator complex and upgrades (Oral)
        Speaker: Oliver Bruning (CERN)
    • 17:25 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
    • 19:30
      Dinner (Glassbox - Restaurant No. 1)
  • Tuesday, 8 December at 08:30
    • 8:30 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
      • 13
        Proposed Updated Decision-Making Milestones for the Future Circular Collider
        Speaker: Director-General
      • 14
        Participation of national laboratories in the Future Circular Collider (Oral)
        Speaker: Director-General
      • 15
        Status report on the Future Circular Collider Reference Design
        Speaker: Michael Benedikt (CERN)
      • 16
        CERN Strategy on High-Field and High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets
        Speaker: Rhodri Jones (CERN)
      • 17
        Final budget of the Organization for the seventy-third financial year 2027
        Speaker: Jan-Paul Brouwer (CERN)
      • 10:00
        Coffee Break
      • 18
        Report from the LDG
        Speaker: Mike Gerd Seidel
      • 19
        Report on ECFA activities in 2026
        Speaker: Paris Sphicas (CERN/Athens)
    • 10:55 - - - CLOSED SESSION - - -
    • 11:55 - - - RESTRICTED SESSION - - -

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

      • 20
        Close-out report on Closed Session (Oral)
      • 21
        Election of a nominee for the position of Vice-Chair of the SPC
    • 12:15 - - - NORMAL SESSION - - -
      • 22
        Close-out report on Closed and Restricted Sessions
      • 23
        Timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2028
      • 24
        Other business
    • 12:30
      Lunch (Pas Perdus)
    • 13:30 - - - 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

      • 25
        AI application in relation with Particle Physics (Oral)
        • a) Data analysis and detector design
        • b) Theory advancement
        • c) Accelerator design and performance
      • 26
        Discussion (Oral)