Council - Hundred-and-sixty-fifth Session

Name: Council - Hundred-and-sixty-fifth Session
Start: 2012-12-13T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2012-12-14T14:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

13 Dec 2012, 09:00 → 14 Dec 2012, 14:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Thursday 13 December
- Thu 13 Dec
- Fri 14 Dec
- 09:00 → 11:30
  9.00: LHC Jamboree 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
  
  500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
  
  CERN
  
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  - 09:00
    Status of the LHC and Experiments 2h 5m
    
    09.00: LHC Accelerator 25m
    
    Slides
    
    09.25: ATLAS 25m
    
    Slides
    
    09.50: CMS 25m
    
    Slides
    
    10.15: LHCb 25m
    
    Slides
    
    10.40: TOTEM 10m
    
    Slides
    
    10.50 ALICE 15m
    
    Slides
  - 11:05
    
    Coffee Break (Salle des Pas Perdus) 25m
- 11:45 → 18:00
  11.45: Restricted Session 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
  60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
  CERN
  
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  - 11:45
    
    LHC Matters: LHC Long Shutdown 1 (LS1) Planning and Activities (Dr F. Bordry - Oral) 1h
    
    Slides
  - 14:00
    
    Report to the Credentials Committee 5m
  - 14:05
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Sixty-fourth Session of Council 5m
    
    CERN/3037/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 14:10
    Adoption of the Agenda 5m
    
    CERN/3038/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    c-e-3038-agdec2012.pdf
    
    c-e-3038-agdec2012_Rev2.pdf
    
    c-e-3038-agdec2012_Rev..pdf
    
    French
    
    c-f-3038-agdec2012-(f).pdf
    
    c-f-3038Rev.2-agdec2012.pdf
    
    c-f-3038Rev-agdec2012.pdf
  - 14:15
    
    Matters arising from Previous Meeting 5m
  - 14:20
    
    President's Report 20m
    
    Letter
  - 14:40
    
    Director-General's Report 15m
    
    document
  - 14:55
    Overview of Protocols concluded since December 2011 5m
    
    CERN/3043/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 15:00
    Status Report on participation of non-Member States in the CERN Programmes 2011-2012 20m
    
    CERN/3044/RA
    
    English
  - 15:20
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Finance Committee (Dr B. Jacobsen - Oral) 15m
  - 15:35
    Proposed Amendments to the 11th Edition of the Staff Rules and Regulations on diverse matters 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5691 CERN/3039
    
    English
  - 15:45
    The Cost-Variation Index for 2013 5m
    
    CERN/FC/5692 CERN/3040
    
    English
    
    French
  - 15:50
    Final Budget of the Organization for the fifty-ninth Financial Year 2013 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5693 CERN/3041
    
    English
    
    French
  - 16:00
    Pension Fund 20m
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Governing Board (Prof. D.O. Riska – Oral) 5m
    
    Status of the Pension Fund's performance (Mr Th. Economou - Oral) 5m
    
    Slides
    
    Report by the PFGB in response to a request from ESO: Definition of a new reference salary for ESO participants in the CERN Pension Fund (Mr Th. Economou - Oral) 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5696/RA CERN/3048/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    Request by France for payment by CERN of registration taxes 15m
    
    CERN/FC/5713/RA CERN/3051/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 16:20
    The obligations of CERN Member States in the event of withdrawal from the Organization 20m
    
    CERN/FC/5694/RA CERN/3042/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 16:40
    
    Plans for the Medium-Term Plan for the Period 2014-2018 (Director-General - Oral) 20m
  - 17:00
    Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA) 30m
    
    SACA - Report of Activities 2012 15m
    
    CERN/FC/5695/RA CERN/3045/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Revised Terms of Reference of the SACA 15m
    
    CERN/SPC/939/Rev. CERN/FC/5406/Rev. CERN/2883/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    New questions from delegations to SACA 15m
  - 17:30
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. F. Zwirner - Oral) 10m
  - 17:40
    Questions from the Council to the SPC 5m
    
    The scientific significance of the observation of a particle consistent with the SM Higgs boson with a mass of around 126 GeV 2m
    
    CERN/SPC/1000/RA CERN/3047/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    New Questions from the Delegations 3m
  - 17:45
    
    Annual “Fundamental Physics for Society” Prize (Director-General - Oral) 5m
  - 17:50
    
    Confirmation of the access status of the documents of the session 5m
  - 17:55
    
    Other Business 5m
- 18:00 → 19:20
  Closed Session
  - 18:00
    Applications for Membership/Associate Membership 30m
    
    Update on the applications for Membership and on expressions of interest by other non-Member States (Director-General – Oral) 10m
    
    The decision by the Turkish Government to withdraw its application for Membership of CERN and to apply instead for Associate Membership 10m
    
    CERN/3049/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Application for Associate Membership of CERN by Brazil - Report by the fact-finding Task Force 10m
  - 18:30
    Elections: Scientific Policy Committee 10m
    
    Appointment of one member, re-appointment of three members and re-appointment of the Chairman 10m
    
    CERN/3046/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 18:40
    Elections: Council and Finance Committee 15m
    
    Election of One Vice-President of Council 5m
    
    Re-election of the Chairman of the Finance Committee 5m
    
    Re-election of the Vice-Chairman of the Finance Committee 5m
    
    Call for nominations Vice-President of Council 5m
  - 18:55
    
    Composition of the SACA - Appointment of two new expert members 5m
    
    document
  - 19:00
    
    Pension Fund : Call for nominations for a member of the PFGB 5m
  - 19:05
    Senior Staff Appointments 5m
    
    CERN/SPC/1001/RA CERN/3050/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 19:10
    Revision of Art.2 - Procedure for Selecting and Appointing the Director-General of CERN 10m
    
    CERN/2329/Rev.3
    
    English
    
    French
Friday 14 December
- Thu 13 Dec
- Fri 14 Dec
- 09:30 → 14:00
  9.30: Open Session 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
  
  503/1-001 - Council Chamber
  
  CERN
  
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  - 09:30
    
    Report on the Decisions taken at Restricted, Closed and European Strategy Sessions (President of Council - Oral) 15m
  - 09:45
    
    Diversity at CERN (Mrs A.-S. Catherin - Oral) 30m
    
    Slides
  - 10:15
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Finance Committee (Dr. B. Jacobsen - Oral) 15m
  - 10:30
    
    Report by the Scientific Secretary (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral) 30m
    
    Slides
  - 11:00
    
    Report by the Chairman of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. F. Zwirner - Oral) 30m
    
    Slides
  - 11:30
    
    Report by the Chairman of ECFA (Prof. M. Krammer - Oral) 30m
    
    Slides
  - 12:00
    
    Other Business 30m
    
    Slides

Council - Hundred-and-sixty-fifth Session

CERN

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN

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

CERN

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

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