Council - Hundred-and-sixty-second Session

Name: Council - Hundred-and-sixty-second Session
Start: 2012-03-15T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2012-03-15T19:10:00+01:00
Location: CERN

Thursday 15 Mar 2012, 09:30 → 19:10 Europe/Zurich

60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F) (CERN)

60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)

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- Restricted Session
  - 1
    
    Report to the Credentials Committee
  - 2
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Sixty-First Session of Council Restricted and Closed Sessions
    
    CERN/3002/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 3
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Sixty-First Session of Council Open Session
    
    CERN/3003/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 4
    Adoption of the Agenda
    
    CERN/3004
    CERN/3004/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
  - 5
    
    Matters arising from previous meeting
  - 6
    
    President’s Report
    
    Letter
  - 7
    
    Director-General’s Report
  - 8
    Member State Matters
    
    a) General report on Member State matters (Director-General – Oral)
    
    b) Developments in the Member States relevant for CERN
  - 9
    Non-Member State Matters
    
    a) General report on non-Member State matters (Director-General – Oral)
  - 10
    LHC Progress Report
    
    a) Report on the outcome of the LHC performance workshop, Chamonix, 6-10 February 2012
    
    Slides
    
    b) Status report on the LHC Machine
    
    Slides
    
    c) Status report on LHC Experiments and Computing
    
    Slides
  - 11
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Finance Committee (Dr B. Jacobsen – Oral)
  - 12
    Annual Progress Report for 2011
    
    CERN/SPC/985
    CERN/FC/5606
    CERN/3005
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 13
    Pension Fund
    
    a) - Report by the Chairman of the Governing Board (Prof. D.O. Riska – Oral)
    
    b) Financial Regulations of the Pension Fund
    
    White Paper
    
    document
    
    c) Proposal by the Management concerning adjustment of the total contribution rate for new members of the CERN Pension Fund within the framework of the package of measures adopted in 2010 and 2011
    
    CERN/FC/5612
    CERN/3010
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 14
    
    Information on the Medium-Term Plan for the Period 2013-2017 (Director-General – Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee
  - 16
    Questions from the Council to the SPC
    
    a) New questions from the delegations
  - 17
    
    Confirmation of the access status of the documents of the session
  - 18
    
    Status of the European Strategy Update (Prof. T. Nakada – Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 19
    
    Other Business
- 13:20
  
  Lunch
- Closed Session
  - 20
    Report on Applicant States
    
    a) Update on the three remaining applications for Membership and on expressions of interest by other non-Member States (Director-General – Oral)
    
    b) Possible mechanism to avoid politicization of the accession process in respect of the five Applicant States
    
    CERN/3008/RA
    (Confidential)
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Application for Associate Membership at CERN by the Government of Ukraine and appointment of a fact-finding Task Force (Director-General – Oral)
    
    Document (letter+file)
    
    document
    
    d) Harmonization of Romania’s entitlements with those of Associate States in the pre-stage to Membership at CERN
    
    (Confidential)
    CERN/3009/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 21
    Procedure for Selecting and Appointing the Director-General of CERN
    
    CERN/2329/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    French
    
    a) Next steps
    
    CVs Candidates External Members Search Committee
    
    FIN-Chameau.pdf
    
    IT-Sette.pdf
    
    UK-_Montgomery.pdf
    
    document
    
    Letter
  - 22
    European Strategy Matters
    
    a) Examination of proposals to hosting: Strategy Group Drafting Session, 21-26 January 2013
    
    Slides
  - 23
    Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA)
    
    a) SACA recommendation to Council regarding the selection of the next External Auditors (Prof. M. Spiro – Oral)
    
    b) Call for nominations of two new members
    
    CERN/2883
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) New questions from delegations to SACA
  - 24
    Elections
    
    a) Call for nominations for the next President of Council
    
    b) Election of the Vice-Chairman of TREF
    
    document
  - 25
    Appointments of SPC Members
    
    a) Preliminary Discussion on future SPC membership
    
    CERN/SPC/313/Rev.6
    CERN/2812
    
    English
    
    French
  - 26
    Pension Fund
    
    a) Re-appointment of the Chief Executive Officer of the CERN Pension Fund
    
    CERN/3007/RA
    (Confidential)
    
    English
    
    French