Council - Hundred-and-sixty-third Session

Name: Council - Hundred-and-sixty-third Session
Start: 2012-06-21T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2012-06-22T14:30:00+02:00
Location: CERN

21 Jun 2012, 09:30 → 22 Jun 2012, 14:30 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Thursday 21 June
- Thu 21 Jun
- Fri 22 Jun
- 09:30 → 16:00
  9.30: Restricted Session
  - 09:30
    
    Report to the Credentials Committee 2m
  - 09:32
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Sixty-Second Session of Council 3m
    
    CERN/3012/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:35
    Adoption of the Agenda 2m
    
    CERN/3013
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:37
    
    Matters Arising from Previous Meeting 3m
  - 09:40
    
    President’s Report 10m
  - 09:50
    
    Director-General’s Report 5m
  - 09:55
    Member State Matters (Director-General – Oral) 10m
    
    General Report on Member State Matters (Director-General – Oral) 10m
    
    Developments in the Member States relevant for CERN (General Discussion) 10m
  - 10:05
    Non-Member State Matters 25m
    
    General Report on non-Member State Matters (Director-General – Oral) 10m
  - 10:30
    LHC Matters: 30m
    
    Status Report on the LHC Machine (S. Myers – Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
    
    Status Report on the LHC Experiments and Computing (S. Bertolucci – Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 11:00
    
    11.00: COFFEE 30m
  - 11:30
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Finance Committee (Dr B. Jacobsen - Oral) 15m
  - 11:45
    CERN Pension Fund: 45m
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Governing Board (Prof. D-O. Riska – Oral) 15m
    
    Status of the Pension Fund’s assets and implementation of capital preservation strategy (Mr Th. Economou – Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
    
    Financial Regulations of the Pension Fund 15m
    
    CERN/FC/5639 CERN/3021
    
    English
    
    French
  - 12:30
    
    12.30: LUNCH 1h
  - 13:30
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. F. Zwirner – Oral) 15m
  - 13:45
    Questions from the Council to the SPC 10m
    
    New questions from the delegations 15m
  - 13:55
    Status and outlook of CERN’s general infrastructure and consolidation requirements 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5646/RA CERN/3025/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 14:05
    Medium-Term Plan for the Period 2013-2017 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the Fifty-Ninth Financial Year 2013 20m
    
    CERN/SPC/990 CERN/FC/5642 CERN/3022
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 14:25
    2013 Budget: Scale of Contributions 5m
    
    CERN/FC/5643 CERN/3027
    
    English
    
    French
  - 14:30
    Proposal for the Extension of the “Corridor Principle” for the indexation of the Member States’ contributions 5m
    
    CERN/FC/5644 CERN/3023
    
    English
    
    French
  - 14:35
    Proposed amendments to the 11th Edition of the Staff Rules & Regulations 15m
    
    CERN/FC/5647 CERN/3026
    
    English
  - 14:50
    Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA) 45m
    
    Report and Recommendations to Council (Dr B. Jacobsen, Chairman of SACA - Oral) 15m
    
    Review by SACA of Management’s analysis of the impact of a major or medium-sized Member State being unable to honor its contribution commitments and of a dramatic change in the euro-Swiss franc exchange rate, and of Management’s related mitigation strategies (Dr B. Jacobsen, Chairman of SACA - Oral) 15m
    
    New questions from delegations to SACA 15m
  - 15:35
    
    Proposal CERN Innovation Prize (Director-General - Oral) 10m
  - 15:45
    
    Confirmation of Access Status of Documents 5m
  - 15:50
    
    Other Business 10m
- 16:00 → 16:30
  
  15.30: COFFEE 30m
- 16:30 → 19:10
  16.30: Closed Session
  - 16:30
    Report on Applicant States 30m
    
    Update on the three remaining applications for Membership and on expressions of interest by other non-Member States (Director-General – Oral) 15m
    
    Application for Associate Membership at CERN by the Government of Ukraine Report by the fact-finding Task Force (Prof. F. Pauss - Oral) 15m
  - 17:00
    Appointment of the Next External Auditors 15m
    
    Background information submitted with a view to the appointment of the Next External Auditors for the period 2013-2015 15m
    
    (Confidential)
    CERN/3028/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 17:15
    Elections 1h
    
    Call for nominations for the next President of Council - Preliminary discussion of the list of candidates 20m
    
    Call for nominations for one Vice-President of Council 20m
    
    Election of 2 new SACA members 20m
  - 18:15
    Appointment of the Vice-Chairman of the Pension Fund Governing Board 15m
    
    CERN/3029/RA (Confidential)
    
    English
    
    French
  - 18:30
    
    SPC Membership 15m
  - 18:45
    Revision of Art.2 of the procedure for the selection of the Director-General 15m
    
    CERN/2329/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    French
Friday 22 June
- Thu 21 Jun
- Fri 22 Jun
- 09:30 → 14:30
  9.30: Open Session
  - 09:30
    
    Report on the Decisions taken at Restricted and Closed Sessions (President of Council - Oral) 5m
  - 09:35
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Finance Committee (Dr B. Jacobsen - Oral) 10m
  - 09:45
    Annual Progress Report and Annual Accounts (Financial Statements) for 2011 1h 15m
    
    Annual Progress Report for 2011 10m
    
    CERN/SPC/985/Rev. CERN/FC/5606/Rev. CERN/3005/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Assessment and Comments by the External Auditors on the Annual Progress Report for 2011 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5632 CERN/3014
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Assessment and Comments by the SPC 10m
    
    Assessment and Comments by the FC on the Annual Progress Report for 2011 10m
    
    Annual Accounts (Financial Statements) for the Financial Year 2011 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5633 CERN/3015
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Report by the External Auditors on the Annual Accounts for the Financial Year 2011 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5634 CERN/3016
    
    English
    
    French
    
    External Auditors' Report on the Annual Accounts for the Financial Year 2011 Comments by the Management 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5635 CERN/3017
    
    English
    
    French
  - 11:00
    
    11.00: COFFEE 30m
  - 11:30
    CERN Pension Fund: 45m
    
    Financial Statements for the Financial Year 2011 15m
    
    CERN/FC/5636 CERN/3018
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    Report by the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund for the Financial Year 2011 15m
    
    CERN/FC/5637 CERN/3019
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Report by the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund for the Financial Year 2011 Comments by the Pension Fund Management Unit 15m
    
    CERN/FC/5638 CERN/3020
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 12:15
    
    LHC Status Report (Director-General - Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 12:30
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. F. Zwirner - Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 12:45
    
    Report by the Scientific Secretary of the European Strategy Sessions (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 13:00
    Draft Timetable for Council Sessions and Committee Meetings 2013 5m
    
    CERN/3024/Draft
    
    English/French
  - 13:05
    
    Other Business 10m
  - 13:15
    
    13.15: LUNCH 1h 15m

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