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
- 9.30: Restricted Session
  - 1
    
    Report of the Credentials Committee
  - 2
    Approval of the Draft Minutes
    
    a) Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Seventy-Sixth Session of Council – Restricted and Closed Sessions
    
    CERN/3193/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
    
    b) Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Seventy-Sixth Session of Council – Open Session
    
    CERN/3194/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 3
    Adoption of the Agenda
    
    CERN/3195/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
    Framework for Co-operation with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
    
    CERN/3208/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 9
    
    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
  - 10
    Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA)
    
    a) Report on the SACA meeting held on 9 September 2015 (Ms C. Jamieson, Chair of SACA)
    
    b) New questions from delegations
  - 11
    Scientific Policy Committee
    
    a) Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. T. Nakada)
    
    b) New questions from delegations
  - 12
    LHC Matters
    
    a) Status report on the start-up activities (Dr F. Bordry - Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    b) Status Report on the LHC Experiments and Computing (Dr S. Bertolucci - Oral)
    
    c) Open Science Cloud (Mr B. Jones - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 13
    Plan of measures - Impact of the recent Swiss franc appreciation: Proposal by the Management - September 2015
    
    CERN/FC/5931 CERN/3196
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 14
    Medium-Term Plan for the Period 2016-2020 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the sixty-second Financial Year 2016
    
    CERN/SPC/1050 CERN/FC/5932 CERN/3197
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 15
    Proposal for authorization to derogate from the standard procurement framework applicable at CERN for projects partially funded by the European Union
    
    CERN/FC/5935/RA/Rev. CERN/3203/RA/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
  - 16
    Proposal for an amendment to Article 9 of the CERN Procurement Rules “Requirements without competitive tendering”
    
    CERN/FC/5949/RA CERN/3207/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 17
    Status report on CERN’s activities for medical applications
    
    CERN/3206
    
    English
    
    French
  - 18
    
    Confirmation of access status of the documents of the session
  - 19
    
    Other Business
- 14.00: Closed Session
  - 20
    Enlargement Process
    
    a) 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
    
    CERN/3204/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    b) 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
    
    CERN/3205/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Application for Associate Membership by India - Establishmentof the fact-finding Task Force
    
    Application file
    
    Letter
    
    d) Application for Associate Membership by Azerbaijan - Assessment of the application
    
    Application file
    
    Letter
    
    e) Update on the remaining applications for Membership and for Associate Membership (Director-General)
    
    f) Expressions of interest by other non-Member States (Director-General)
  - 21
    CERN Organisational Structure and Management Positions for the Years 2016 to 2020 by the Director-General Designate
    
    CERN/SPC/1051/RA CERN/3198/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 22
    Elections – Council
    
    a) Next President of Council: 1. Interview of candidates 2. Convergence on a single candidate 3. Formal election
    
    b) One Vice-President of Council List of nominations received
    
    c) Call for nominations FC Vice-Chairman
  - 23
    Procedure for selecting and appointing the Director-General of CERN
    
    a) Summary of the activities of the DG Search Committee 2014
    
    Slides
    
    White paper
    
    b) Proposed amendments to the procedure
    
    CERN/2329/Rev.3
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    White Paper
  - 24
    
    Confirmation of access status of the documents of the session
  - 25
    
    Other Business
Friday 18 September
- Thu 17 Sept
- Fri 18 Sept
- 9.00: Restricted Session - European Strategy Matters
  - 26
    
    Report of the Credentials Committee
  - 27
    
    Adoption of the Agenda
  - 28
    
    Matters arising from Previous Meeting
  - 29
    
    President's Report
  - 30
    
    Director-General's Report
  - 31
    
    Member State matters
  - 32
    ECFA Matters
    
    a) Report on ECFA Activities
    
    CERN/SPC/1052 CERN/3199
    
    English
    
    French
    
    b) Report on ICFA meeting (Prof. H. Abramowicz - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 33
    
    Report ATTRACT (Mr M. Nordberg - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 34
    Report on the implementation of the CERN-EC MoU
    
    CERN/SPC/1053/RA CERN/3200/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 35
    Report from the Communication Network (Dr J.Gillies)
    
    CERN/SPC/1055 CERN/3202
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 36
    
    Report from IPPOG (Mr H. Beck - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 37
    Status Report – Technology Transfer Network (HEP) (Dr I. Tracey)
    
    CERN/SPC/1054 CERN/3201
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 38
    
    Report on Beamline for Schools (BL4S) competition (Dr C. Rembser - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 39
    
    Confirmation of the access status of the documents of the session
  - 40
    
    Other Business
  - 12:50
    
    12.50: VISIT and LUNCH to EAST HALL - Bldg 157
    
    Winning teams of competition Beamline for Schools (BL4S) platform
    and CLOUD project facility