Council - Hundred and seventy-sixth session

Name: Council - Hundred and seventy-sixth session
Start: 2015-06-18T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2015-06-19T16:30:00+02:00
Location: CERN

18 Jun 2015, 09:30 → 19 Jun 2015, 16:30 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Thursday 18 June
- Thu 18 Jun
- Fri 19 Jun
- 09:30 → 17:00
  9.30: RESTRICTED SESSION 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
  60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
  CERN
  
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  - 09:30
    
    Report by the Credentials Committee 1m
  - 09:31
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Seventy-Fifth Session of Council 1m
    
    CERN/3175/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:32
    Adoption of the Agenda 1m
    
    CERN/3176/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:33
    
    Matters Arising from Previous Meeting 2m
  - 09:35
    
    President’s Report 5m
  - 09:40
    
    Director-General’s Report 5m
  - 09:45
    
    Developments in the Member States relevant for CERN 5m
  - 10:00
    LHC Matters 30m
    
    Status Report on start-up Activities (Dr F. Bordry) 15m
    
    Slides
    
    Status Report on the LHC Experiments and Computing (Dr S. Bertolucci) 15m
    
    Slides
    
    Report on new schedule HL-LHC (Director-General) 10m
    
    Slides
  - 10:30
    
    Presentation on Medical Applications (Dr S. Myers, Head of CERN Medical Applications and Prof. Dr M. Baumann, Chair of the International Strategy Committee for Medical Applications) 30m
    
    Slides
  - 11:00
    Scientific Policy Committee 10m
    
    Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. T. Nakada) 15m
    
    New questions from delegations 15m
  - 11:10
    
    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral) 10m
  - 11:20
    Co-operation Agreement between CERN and the National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon (CNRS-L) concerning Scientific and Technical Co-operation in High-Energy Physics 5m
    
    CERN/3185/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 11:25
    Fund raising – List of proposed projects 15m
    
    CERN/3190/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 11:42
    Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA) 3m
    
    Report and Recommendations to Council (Ms C. Jamieson, SACA Chair - Oral) 10m
    
    SACA –Technical amendments to the Terms of Reference 10m
    
    CERN/SPC/939/Rev.2 CERN/FC/5406/Rev.2 CERN/2883/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    French
    
    New questions from delegations 10m
  - 11:50
    Impact of the recent Swiss Franc appreciation: Proposal by the Management 5m
    
    White Paper
    
    document
    
    Slides
  - 11:55
    Medium-Term Plan for the Period 2016-2020 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the sixty-second Financial Year 2016 10m
    
    White Paper
    
    document
    
    Slides
  - 12:05
    2016 Budget: Scale of Contributions 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5926 CERN/3184
    
    English
    
    French
  - 12:15
    CERN Pension Fund 40m
    
    Report by the Chair of the Governing Board (Dr T. Roth - Oral) 10m
    
    CERN Pension Fund - Planning of the 2016 Periodic Actuarial Review by Buck Consultants 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5927/RA CERN/3191/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Pension fund schemes: CERN & other International Organisations (Director-General - Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
    
    Report on legal experts' work (President of Council - Oral) 10m
    
    Possible change from defined-benefit to defined-contribution scheme – Options for the cost analysis (Buck Consultants - Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
  - 12:55
    Confirmation of access status of documents of the Session - Background Information 20m
    
    on access policy 15m
    
    CERN/2818/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    on access procedure 15m
    
    document
  - 13:15
    Other Business 10m
    
    Preview of Agenda Council Session in September 10m
- 17:00 → 18:25
  CLOSED SESSION 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
  60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
  CERN
  
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  - 17:00
    Enlargement Process 30m
    
    Final Report of the CERN-Romania Joint Committee for the Period 2010-2015 1m
    
    CERN/3192/RA
    
    French
    
    English
    
    Resolution concerning the admission of Romania as a Member State 10m
    
    CERN/3189/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Application for Associate Membership at CERN by India - Setting-up of Task Force & Composition 10m
    
    document
    
    2015-026_Letter-India.pdf
    
    letter_R.H.Sinha.pdf
    
    Reply_R.K.Sinha.pdf
    
    Recent developments (Director-General - Oral) a) Update on the remaining applications for Membership b) Expressions of intersst by other non-Member States 15m
  - 17:30
    Technical amendments to the Procedure for selecting and appointing the Director-General of CERN (President of Council) 5m
    
    White Paper
    
    document
  - 17:35
    Elections 30m
    
    CERN/2762/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Call for nominations for the next President of Council - Preliminary discussion of the list of candidates 10m
    
    Re-election of one Vice-President 10m
    
    Call for nominations for one Vice-President of Council 10m
  - 18:05
    Proposal to extend the mandate of the External Auditors 5m
    
    CERN/3187/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 18:10
    Pension Fund Re-appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Governing Board of the Pension Fund 5m
    
    CERN/3186/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 18:15
    
    Confirmation of access status of documents of the Session 5m
  - 18:20
    
    Other Business 5m
Friday 19 June
- Thu 18 Jun
- Fri 19 Jun
- 09:00 → 16:30
  9.00: OPEN SESSION 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
  
  503/1-001 - Council Chamber
  
  CERN
  
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  - 09:00
    
    Report on the decisions taken at Restricted and Closed Sessions (President of Council - Oral) 5m
  - 09:05
    
    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral) 5m
  - 09:10
    
    Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral) 5m
    
    Slides
  - 09:15
    Annual Progress Report 20m
    
    Annual Progress Report for 2014 5m
    
    CERN/SPC/1041/Rev. CERN/FC/5891/Rev. CERN/3165/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    Assessment and Comments by the External Auditors on the Annual Progress Report 2014 5m
    
    CERN/FC/5912 CERN/3178
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Assessment and Comments by the SPC on the Annual Progress Report for 2014 (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral) 5m
    
    Assessment and Comments by the FC and SACA on the Annual Progress Report for 2014 (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral) 5m
  - 09:35
    Financial Statements of CERN 20m
    
    Financial Statements for 2014 5m
    
    CERN/FC/5911 CERN/3177
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    Report by the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of CERN for the Financial Year 2014 5m
    
    CERN/FC/5913 CERN/3179
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Recommendations from the External Auditors to the CERN Management on the Financial Statements of CERN and comments from the CERN Management 5m
    
    CERN/FC/5914 CERN/3180
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Assessment and Comments by the FC and SACA on the Financial Statements of CERN for 2014 (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral) 5m
  - 09:55
    Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund 20m
    
    Financial Statements for the Financial Year 2014 5m
    
    CERN/FC/5915 CERN/3181
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    Report by the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund for the Financial Year 2014 5m
    
    CERN/FC/5916 CERN/3182
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Recommendations from the External Auditors to the CERN Pension Fund Management on the Financial Statements for the Financial Year 2014 of the Pension Fund and comments from the CERN Pension Fund Management 5m
    
    CERN/FC/5917 CERN/3183
    
    French
    
    English
    
    Assessment and Comments by the FC and SACA on the Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund for 2014 (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral) 5m
  - 10:15
    Timetable for Council Sessions and Committee meetings 2016 5m
    
    CERN/3188/Final
    
    English French
  - 10:20
    
    Scientific Research Programme at JINR (Prof. V. Matveev - Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
  - 10:30
    
    Neutrino Programme at Fermilab (Dr N. Lockyer - Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
  - 10:40
    
    Dark matter searches at the LHC (Dr M. Mangano - Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
  - 10:50
    
    Confirmation of access status of documents 5m
  - 10:55
    
    Other Business 5m

Council - Hundred and seventy-sixth session

CERN

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

CERN

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

CERN

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN