Council - Hundred-and-sixty-third Session

Europe/Zurich
CERN

CERN

  • Thursday 21 June
    • 9.30: Restricted Session
      • 1
        Report to the Credentials Committee
      • 2
        Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Sixty-Second Session of Council
        English
        French
      • 3
        Adoption of the Agenda
        English
        French
      • 4
        Matters Arising from Previous Meeting
      • 5
        President’s Report
      • 6
        Director-General’s Report
      • 7
        Member State Matters (Director-General – Oral)
        • a) General Report on Member State Matters (Director-General – Oral)
        • b) Developments in the Member States relevant for CERN (General Discussion)
      • 8
        Non-Member State Matters
        • a) General Report on non-Member State Matters (Director-General – Oral)
      • 9
        LHC Matters:
        • a) Status Report on the LHC Machine (S. Myers – Oral)
          Slides
        • b) Status Report on the LHC Experiments and Computing (S. Bertolucci – Oral)
          Slides
      • 11:00
        11.00: COFFEE
      • 10
        Report by the Chairman of the Finance Committee (Dr B. Jacobsen - Oral)
      • 11
        CERN Pension Fund:
        • a) Report by the Chairman of the Governing Board (Prof. D-O. Riska – Oral)
        • b) Status of the Pension Fund’s assets and implementation of capital preservation strategy (Mr Th. Economou – Oral)
          Slides
        • c) Financial Regulations of the Pension Fund
          English
          French
      • 12:30
        12.30: LUNCH
      • 12
        Report by the Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. F. Zwirner – Oral)
      • 13
        Questions from the Council to the SPC
        • a) New questions from the delegations
      • 14
        Status and outlook of CERN’s general infrastructure and consolidation requirements
        English
        French
      • 15
        Medium-Term Plan for the Period 2013-2017 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the Fifty-Ninth Financial Year 2013
        English
        French
        Slides
      • 16
        2013 Budget: Scale of Contributions
        English
        French
      • 17
        Proposal for the Extension of the “Corridor Principle” for the indexation of the Member States’ contributions
        English
        French
      • 18
        Proposed amendments to the 11th Edition of the Staff Rules & Regulations
        English
      • 19
        Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA)
        • a) Report and Recommendations to Council (Dr B. Jacobsen, Chairman of SACA - Oral)
        • b) 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)
        • c) New questions from delegations to SACA
      • 20
        Proposal CERN Innovation Prize (Director-General - Oral)
      • 21
        Confirmation of Access Status of Documents
      • 22
        Other Business
    • 16:00
      15.30: COFFEE
    • 16.30: Closed Session
      • 23
        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) Application for Associate Membership at CERN by the Government of Ukraine Report by the fact-finding Task Force (Prof. F. Pauss - Oral)
      • 24
        Appointment of the Next External Auditors
        • a) Background information submitted with a view to the appointment of the Next External Auditors for the period 2013-2015
          English
          French
      • 25
        Elections
        • a) Call for nominations for the next President of Council - Preliminary discussion of the list of candidates
        • b) Call for nominations for one Vice-President of Council
        • c) Election of 2 new SACA members
      • 26
        Appointment of the Vice-Chairman of the Pension Fund Governing Board
        English
        French
      • 27
        SPC Membership
      • 28
        Revision of Art.2 of the procedure for the selection of the Director-General
        English
        French
    • 9.30: Open Session
      • 29
        Report on the Decisions taken at Restricted and Closed Sessions (President of Council - Oral)
      • 30
        Report by the Chairman of the Finance Committee (Dr B. Jacobsen - Oral)
      • 31
        Annual Progress Report and Annual Accounts (Financial Statements) for 2011
        • a) Annual Progress Report for 2011
          English
          French
        • b) Assessment and Comments by the External Auditors on the Annual Progress Report for 2011
          English
          French
        • c) Assessment and Comments by the SPC
        • d) Assessment and Comments by the FC on the Annual Progress Report for 2011
        • e) Annual Accounts (Financial Statements) for the Financial Year 2011
          English
          French
        • f) Report by the External Auditors on the Annual Accounts for the Financial Year 2011
          English
          French
        • g) External Auditors' Report on the Annual Accounts for the Financial Year 2011 Comments by the Management
          English
          French
      • 11:00
        11.00: COFFEE
      • 32
        CERN Pension Fund:
        • a) Financial Statements for the Financial Year 2011
          English
          French
          Slides
        • b) Report by the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund for the Financial Year 2011
          English
          French
        • c) 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
          English
          French
          Slides
      • 33
        LHC Status Report (Director-General - Oral)
        Slides
      • 34
        Report by the Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. F. Zwirner - Oral)
        Slides
      • 35
        Report by the Scientific Secretary of the European Strategy Sessions (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral)
        Slides
      • 36
        Draft Timetable for Council Sessions and Committee Meetings 2013
        English/French
      • 37
        Other Business
      • 13:15
        13.15: LUNCH