Council - Hundred-and-seventy-ninth Session

Name: Council - Hundred-and-seventy-ninth Session
Start: 2016-03-17T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2016-03-17T17:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

Thursday 17 Mar 2016, 09:30 → 17:00 Europe/Zurich

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

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

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- 09:30 → 15:00
  9.30: Restricted Session
  - 09:30
    
    Report of the Credentials Committee (Vice-President) 3m
  - 09:33
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Seventy-Eighth Session – Restricted and Closed Sessions 1m
    
    CERN/3225/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:34
    
    Matters Arising from the Previous Meeting 1m
  - 09:35
    Adoption of the Agenda 1m
    
    CERN/3226
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:36
    
    President’s Report - Oral 4m
  - 09:40
    
    Director-General’s Report - Oral 35m
    
    slides
    
    Slides
  - 10:15
    
    Developments in the Member States relevant for CERN - Oral 5m
  - 10:20
    International Cooperation Agreement between CERN and Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development concerning Scientific and Technical Cooperation in High-Energy Physics 5m
    
    CERN/3227/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 10:25
    LHC Matters 1h
    
    Status Report on the Year-End Technical Stop and 2016 Outlook (Dr F. Bordry - Oral) 30m
    
    slides
    
    Status Report on the Experiments and Computing (Dr E. Elsen - Oral) 30m
    
    slides
  - 11:25
    
    --- --- COFFEE --- --- 25m
  - 11:50
    
    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral 5m
    
    Summary of Conclusions
  - 11:55
    Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA) 6m
    
    Report by the Chair of SACA (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral) 5m
    
    Report
    
    New questions from the Council to SACA 1m
  - 12:01
    
    5-yearly review - Report by the Chair of TREF (Mr B. Dormy - Oral) 10m
    
    slides
  - 12:11
    Annual Progress Report for 2015 (Dr M. Steinacher) 5m
    
    CERN/SPC/1061/RA CERN/FC/5986/RA CERN/3228/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 12:16
    
    Information on the Medium-Term Plan for the Period 2017-2021 (Director-General - Oral) 10m
    
    Slides
  - 12:26
    European Investment Bank (EIB) Credit Facility for the HL-LHC (Dr M. Steinacher) 5m
    
    White Paper
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 12:31
    
    CERN Pension Fund - Report by the Chair of the Governing Board (Dr T. Roth - Oral) 5m
    
    Report
    
    Slides
  - 12:36
    
    --- --- LUNCH (Glass-Box - Restaurant N°1) --- --- 1h 39m
  - 14:15
    Scientific Policy Committee 21m
    
    Report by the Chair (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral) 20m
    
    Report
    
    New Questions from the Council to the SPC 1m
  - 14:36
    Confirmation of Access Status of Documents of the Session 19m
    
    Access Status of Council Documents 15m
    
    White Paper
    
    English
  - 14:55
    
    Other Business 5m
- 15:00 → 17:00
  Closed Session
  - 15:00
    Enlargement Process 1h 15m
    
    Overview and Possible Future Directions for Geographical Enlargement (Director-General/Director for International Relations - Oral) 45m
    
    Slides
    
    Update on the Remaining Applications for Membership and for Associate Membership (Director-General - Oral)) 5m
    
    Slides
    
    Application for Associate Membership of CERN by the Government of Lithuania (President - Oral) 5m
    
    Application file
    
    Letter
    
    Declaration of Interest for Associate Membership by Ireland (President/Director-General - Oral) 10m
    
    Correspondence
    
    Expressions of Interest by other Non-Member States (Director-General - Oral) 10m
  - 16:15
    Elections - Council 20m
    
    Call for Nominations for the Next Chair of the Finance Committee 2m
    
    Appointment of One Member of the Pension Fund Governing Board 15m
    
    Discussion on the Election of one of the Vice-Presidents of Council 3m
  - 16:35
    
    Other Business 10m
  - 16:45
    
    Confirmation of Access Status of Documents of the Session 1m