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
- 9.30: RESTRICTED SESSION 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
  60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
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    Report by the Credentials Committee
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    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Seventy-Fifth Session of Council
    
    CERN/3175/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 3
    Adoption of the Agenda
    
    CERN/3176/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    French
  - 4
    
    Matters Arising from Previous Meeting
  - 5
    
    President’s Report
  - 6
    
    Director-General’s Report
  - 7
    
    Developments in the Member States relevant for CERN
  - 8
    LHC Matters
    
    a) Status Report on start-up Activities (Dr F. Bordry)
    
    Slides
    
    b) Status Report on the LHC Experiments and Computing (Dr S. Bertolucci)
    
    Slides
    
    c) Report on new schedule HL-LHC (Director-General)
    
    Slides
  - 9
    
    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)
    
    Slides
  - 10
    Scientific Policy Committee
    
    a) Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. T. Nakada)
    
    b) New questions from delegations
  - 11
    
    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
  - 12
    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
    
    CERN/3185/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 13
    Fund raising – List of proposed projects
    
    CERN/3190/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 14
    Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA)
    
    a) Report and Recommendations to Council (Ms C. Jamieson, SACA Chair - Oral)
    
    b) SACA –Technical amendments to the Terms of Reference
    
    CERN/SPC/939/Rev.2 CERN/FC/5406/Rev.2 CERN/2883/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) New questions from delegations
  - 15
    Impact of the recent Swiss Franc appreciation: Proposal by the Management
    
    White Paper
    
    document
    
    Slides
  - 16
    Medium-Term Plan for the Period 2016-2020 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the sixty-second Financial Year 2016
    
    White Paper
    
    document
    
    Slides
  - 17
    2016 Budget: Scale of Contributions
    
    CERN/FC/5926 CERN/3184
    
    English
    
    French
  - 18
    CERN Pension Fund
    
    a) Report by the Chair of the Governing Board (Dr T. Roth - Oral)
    
    b) CERN Pension Fund - Planning of the 2016 Periodic Actuarial Review by Buck Consultants
    
    CERN/FC/5927/RA CERN/3191/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Pension fund schemes: CERN & other International Organisations (Director-General - Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    d) Report on legal experts' work (President of Council - Oral)
    
    e) Possible change from defined-benefit to defined-contribution scheme – Options for the cost analysis (Buck Consultants - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 19
    Confirmation of access status of documents of the Session - Background Information
    
    a) on access policy
    
    CERN/2818/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    b) on access procedure
    
    document
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    Other Business
    
    a) Preview of Agenda Council Session in September
- CLOSED SESSION 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
  60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
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    Enlargement Process
    
    a) Final Report of the CERN-Romania Joint Committee for the Period 2010-2015
    
    CERN/3192/RA
    
    French
    
    English
    
    b) Resolution concerning the admission of Romania as a Member State
    
    CERN/3189/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Application for Associate Membership at CERN by India - Setting-up of Task Force & Composition
    
    document
    
    2015-026_Letter-India.pdf
    
    letter_R.H.Sinha.pdf
    
    Reply_R.K.Sinha.pdf
    
    d) Recent developments (Director-General - Oral) a) Update on the remaining applications for Membership b) Expressions of intersst by other non-Member States
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    Technical amendments to the Procedure for selecting and appointing the Director-General of CERN (President of Council)
    
    White Paper
    
    document
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    Elections
    
    CERN/2762/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    a) Call for nominations for the next President of Council - Preliminary discussion of the list of candidates
    
    b) Re-election of one Vice-President
    
    c) Call for nominations for one Vice-President of Council
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    Proposal to extend the mandate of the External Auditors
    
    CERN/3187/RA
    
    English
    
    French
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    Pension Fund Re-appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Governing Board of the Pension Fund
    
    CERN/3186/RA
    
    English
    
    French
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    Confirmation of access status of documents of the Session
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    Other Business
Friday 19 June
- Thu 18 Jun
- Fri 19 Jun
- 9.00: OPEN SESSION 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
  
  503/1-001 - Council Chamber
  
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    Report on the decisions taken at Restricted and Closed Sessions (President of Council - Oral)
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    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
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    Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral)
    
    Slides
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    Annual Progress Report
    
    a) Annual Progress Report for 2014
    
    CERN/SPC/1041/Rev. CERN/FC/5891/Rev. CERN/3165/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    b) Assessment and Comments by the External Auditors on the Annual Progress Report 2014
    
    CERN/FC/5912 CERN/3178
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Assessment and Comments by the SPC on the Annual Progress Report for 2014 (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral)
    
    d) Assessment and Comments by the FC and SACA on the Annual Progress Report for 2014 (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
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    Financial Statements of CERN
    
    a) Financial Statements for 2014
    
    CERN/FC/5911 CERN/3177
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    b) Report by the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of CERN for the Financial Year 2014
    
    CERN/FC/5913 CERN/3179
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Recommendations from the External Auditors to the CERN Management on the Financial Statements of CERN and comments from the CERN Management
    
    CERN/FC/5914 CERN/3180
    
    English
    
    French
    
    d) Assessment and Comments by the FC and SACA on the Financial Statements of CERN for 2014 (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
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    Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund
    
    a) Financial Statements for the Financial Year 2014
    
    CERN/FC/5915 CERN/3181
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    b) Report by the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund for the Financial Year 2014
    
    CERN/FC/5916 CERN/3182
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) 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
    
    CERN/FC/5917 CERN/3183
    
    French
    
    English
    
    d) Assessment and Comments by the FC and SACA on the Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund for 2014 (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
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    Timetable for Council Sessions and Committee meetings 2016
    
    CERN/3188/Final
    
    English French
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    Scientific Research Programme at JINR (Prof. V. Matveev - Oral)
    
    Slides
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    Neutrino Programme at Fermilab (Dr N. Lockyer - Oral)
    
    Slides
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    Dark matter searches at the LHC (Dr M. Mangano - Oral)
    
    Slides
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    Confirmation of access status of documents
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    Other Business

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