Council - Hundred-and-seventy-seventh Session

Name: Council - Hundred-and-seventy-seventh Session
Start: 2015-09-17T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2015-09-18T14:05:00+02:00
Location: CERN

17 Sept 2015, 09:30 → 18 Sept 2015, 14:05 Europe/Zurich

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

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

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Thursday 17 September
- Thu 17 Sept
- Fri 18 Sept
- 09:30 → 13:00
  9.30: Restricted Session
  - 09:30
    
    Report of the Credentials Committee 1m
  - 09:31
    Approval of the Draft Minutes 2m
    
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Seventy-Sixth Session of Council – Restricted and Closed Sessions 1m
    
    CERN/3193/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Seventy-Sixth Session of Council – Open Session 1m
    
    CERN/3194/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:33
    Adoption of the Agenda 2m
    
    CERN/3195/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:35
    
    Matters Arising from Previous Meeting 2m
  - 09:37
    
    President’s Report 5m
  - 09:42
    
    Director-General’s Report 5m
  - 09:47
    
    Developments in the Member States relevant for CERN 1m
  - 09:50
    Framework for Co-operation with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) 1m
    
    CERN/3208/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:51
    
    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral) 10m
  - 10:01
    Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA) 30m
    
    Report on the SACA meeting held on 9 September 2015 (Ms C. Jamieson, Chair of SACA) 15m
    
    New questions from delegations 15m
  - 10:31
    Scientific Policy Committee 29m
    
    Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. T. Nakada) 15m
    
    New questions from delegations 15m
  - 11:00
    LHC Matters 45m
    
    Status report on the start-up activities (Dr F. Bordry - Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
    
    Status Report on the LHC Experiments and Computing (Dr S. Bertolucci - Oral) 15m
    
    Open Science Cloud (Mr B. Jones - Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 11:45
    Plan of measures - Impact of the recent Swiss franc appreciation: Proposal by the Management - September 2015 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5931 CERN/3196
    
    English
    
    French
    
    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
    
    CERN/SPC/1050 CERN/FC/5932 CERN/3197
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 12:05
    Proposal for authorization to derogate from the standard procurement framework applicable at CERN for projects partially funded by the European Union 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5935/RA/Rev. CERN/3203/RA/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
  - 12:15
    Proposal for an amendment to Article 9 of the CERN Procurement Rules “Requirements without competitive tendering” 10m
    
    CERN/FC/5949/RA CERN/3207/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 12:25
    Status report on CERN’s activities for medical applications 10m
    
    CERN/3206
    
    English
    
    French
  - 12:35
    
    Confirmation of access status of the documents of the session 5m
  - 12:40
    
    Other Business 5m
- 14:00 → 18:00
  14.00: Closed Session
  - 14:00
    Enlargement Process 1h
    
    Amendment to the Agreement between CERN and the Republic of Cyprus concerning the granting of the status of Associate Membership as the Pre-stage to Membership at CERN: Extension of the deadline for internal approval of the Agreement by the Republic of Cyprus 10m
    
    CERN/3204/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Amendment to the Agreement between CERN and Ukraine concerning the granting of the status of Associate Member at CERN: Extension of the deadline for the notification of the completion of the internal approval procedures of the Agreement by Ukraine 10m
    
    CERN/3205/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Application for Associate Membership by India - Establishmentof the fact-finding Task Force 10m
    
    Application file
    
    Letter
    
    Application for Associate Membership by Azerbaijan - Assessment of the application 10m
    
    Application file
    
    Letter
    
    Update on the remaining applications for Membership and for Associate Membership (Director-General) 10m
    
    Expressions of interest by other non-Member States (Director-General) 10m
  - 15:00
    CERN Organisational Structure and Management Positions for the Years 2016 to 2020 by the Director-General Designate 10m
    
    CERN/SPC/1051/RA CERN/3198/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 15:10
    Elections – Council 45m
    
    Next President of Council: 1. Interview of candidates 2. Convergence on a single candidate 3. Formal election 15m
    
    One Vice-President of Council List of nominations received 15m
    
    Call for nominations FC Vice-Chairman 15m
  - 15:55
    Procedure for selecting and appointing the Director-General of CERN 10m
    
    Summary of the activities of the DG Search Committee 2014 5m
    
    Slides
    
    White paper
    
    Proposed amendments to the procedure 15m
    
    CERN/2329/Rev.3
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    White Paper
  - 16:05
    
    Confirmation of access status of the documents of the session 5m
  - 16:10
    
    Other Business 5m
Friday 18 September
- Thu 17 Sept
- Fri 18 Sept
- 09:00 → 14:05
  9.00: Restricted Session - European Strategy Matters
  - 09:00
    
    Report of the Credentials Committee 5m
  - 09:05
    
    Adoption of the Agenda 1m
  - 09:06
    
    Matters arising from Previous Meeting 2m
  - 09:08
    
    President's Report 5m
  - 09:13
    
    Director-General's Report 10m
  - 09:23
    
    Member State matters 10m
  - 09:33
    ECFA Matters 30m
    
    Report on ECFA Activities 15m
    
    CERN/SPC/1052 CERN/3199
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Report on ICFA meeting (Prof. H. Abramowicz - Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 10:03
    
    Report ATTRACT (Mr M. Nordberg - Oral) 12m
    
    Slides
  - 10:15
    Report on the implementation of the CERN-EC MoU 15m
    
    CERN/SPC/1053/RA CERN/3200/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 10:30
    Report from the Communication Network (Dr J.Gillies) 10m
    
    CERN/SPC/1055 CERN/3202
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 10:40
    
    Report from IPPOG (Mr H. Beck - Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
  - 10:50
    Status Report – Technology Transfer Network (HEP) (Dr I. Tracey) 10m
    
    CERN/SPC/1054 CERN/3201
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 11:00
    
    Report on Beamline for Schools (BL4S) competition (Dr C. Rembser - Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
  - 11:10
    
    Confirmation of the access status of the documents of the session 10m
  - 11:20
    
    Other Business 5m
  - 12:50
    
    12.50: VISIT and LUNCH to EAST HALL - Bldg 157 1h 15m
    
    Winning teams of competition Beamline for Schools (BL4S) platform
    and CLOUD project facility