Council - Hundred-and-eighty-first Session

Name: Council - Hundred-and-eighty-first Session
Start: 2016-06-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2016-06-17T15:30:00+02:00
Location: CERN

16 Jun 2016, 09:00 → 17 Jun 2016, 15:30 Europe/Zurich

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

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

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Thursday 16 June
- Thu 16 Jun
- Fri 17 Jun
- 9.00 a.m. Closed Session: Closed Session 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
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  - 1
    
    Report by the Credentials Committee
  - 2
    
    Matters Arising from Previous Meeting
  - 3
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Eightieth Session of Council
    
    CERN/3234/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 4
    Adoption of the Agenda
    
    CERN/3235
    
    English
    
    French
  - 5
    Enlargement Process
    
    a) Application for Associate Membership at CERN by the Government of India Report by the fact-finding Task Force (Ms C. Warakaulle)
    
    CERN/3254/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    b) Recent developments (Director-General)
    
    Slides
  - 6
    Elections
    
    a) Re-appointment of the Chair and appointment of a new Vice-Chair of the Governing Board of the Pension Fund
    
    CERN/3253/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    b) Call for nominations for the next Chair of Finance Committee - Preliminary discussion of the list of candidates
  - 7
    Senior Staff Appointment Replacement of the Human Resources Department Head (Director-General)
    
    CERN/SPC/1067/RA CERN/3249/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 8
    
    Confirmation of access status of documents of the Session
  - 9
    
    Other Business
- 11:40
  
  Coffee Break 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
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- 12.00 p.m. Restricted Session: Restricted Session 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
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  - 10
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Seventy-Ninth Session of Council
    
    CERN/3233/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 11
    
    Matters Arising from Previous Meeting
  - 12
    
    President’s Report - Oral
  - 13
    
    Director-General’s Report - Oral
    
    Slides
  - 14
    
    Developments in the Member States relevant for CERN
  - 15
    Scientific Policy Committee
    
    SPC Summary
    
    a) Draft Note from the SPC Working Group on the Council question concerning R&D activities for a future high-energy frontier machine (Prof. T. Nakada)
    
    White Paper
    
    b) New questions from delegations
  - 13:00
    
    Lunch
  - 16
    Standing Advisory Committee on Audits (SACA) (Ms C. Jamieson)
    
    SACA 1-2 June-summary
    
    a) Report and Recommendations of the SACA chair (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
    
    b) Procedure for the selection and appointment of the External Auditors of the Organization
    
    CERN/3250
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) New questions from delegations
  - 17
    Co-operation agreement between the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Government of Latvia (Ms C. Warakaulle)
    
    CERN/3257/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 18
    The High-Luminosity LHC Project (Director-General)
    
    CERN/SPC/1068 CERN/FC/6014 CERN/3255
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 19
    Medium-Term Plan for the Period 2017-2021 and Draft Budget of the Organization for the sixty-third Financial Year 2017 (Director-General)
    
    CERN/SPC/1064 CERN/FC/6011 CERN/3246
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 20
    2017 Budget: Scale of Contributions (Dr M. Steinacher)
    
    CERN/FC/6008 CERN/3243
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 21
    Proposed Amendments to the 11th Edition of the Staff Rules & Regulations
    
    CERN/FC/6012 CERN/3247
    
    English
    
    French
  - 16:20
    
    Coffee break
  - 22
    CERN Pension Fund
    
    a) Report by the Chair of the Governing Board (Dr T. Roth - Oral)
    
    Report
    
    b) Periodic Actuarial Review of the Pension Fund as of 1.1.2016
    
    CERN/FC/6013/RA CERN/3248/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Draft Mandate for the Consulting Actuary for a cost analysis of measures relating to the CERN pension scheme
    
    CERN/3256/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 23
    Pension Fund Governance
    
    CERN/3251/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 24
    Access Status of Council documents
    
    CERN/3252
    
    English
    
    French
  - 25
    
    Confirmation of access status of documents of the Session
  - 26
    
    Other Business
Friday 17 June
- Thu 16 Jun
- Fri 17 Jun
- 9.00 a.m. Open Session: 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)
    
    Slides
  - 28
    
    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
  - 29
    
    Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 30
    Annual Progress Report
    
    a) Annual Progress Report for 2015 (Dr M. Steinacher)
    
    CERN/SPC/1061/Rev. CERN/FC/5986/Rev. CERN/3228/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    b) Assessment and Comments by the External Auditors on the Annual Progress Report 2015
    
    CERN/FC/6000 CERN/3236
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Assessment and Comments by the SPC on the Annual Progress Report for 2015 (Prof. T. Nakada - Oral)
    
    d) Assessment and Comments by the FC and SACA on the Annual Progress Report for 2015 (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
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    Financial Statements of CERN
    
    a) Financial Statements for 2015 (Dr M. Steinacher - Oral)
    
    CERN/FC/6001 CERN/3237
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    b) Report by the External Auditors on the Financial Statements of CERN for the Financial Year 2015
    
    CERN/FC/6002 CERN/3238
    
    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/6003 CERN/3239
    
    English
    
    French
    
    d) Assessment and Comments by the FC and SACA on the Financial Statements of CERN for 2015 (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
  - 32
    Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund
    
    Slides
    
    a) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 December 2015
    
    CERN/FC/6004 CERN/3240
    
    English
    
    French
    
    b) Report by the External Auditors on the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 December 2015
    
    CERN/FC/6005 CERN/3241
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Recommendations from the External Auditors to the CERN Pension Fund Management on the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 December 2015 and comments from the CERN Pension Fund Management
    
    CERN/FC/6006 CERN/3242
    
    English
    
    French
    
    d) Assessment and Comments by the FC and SACA on the Financial Statements of the CERN Pension Fund for 2015 (Ms C. Jamieson - Oral)
  - 33
    Draft Timetable of Council Sessions and Committee Meetings in 2017
    
    CERN/3244/Draft
    
    English French
  - 10:40
    
    Coffee Break
  - 34
    LHC Matters
    
    a) Status Report (Dr F. Bordry - Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    b) Status Report on the LHC Experiments and Computing (Prof. E. Elsen - Oral)
    
    Slides
  - 35
    
    Particle Physics in China, present and plans (Prof. Yifang Wang)
    
    Slides
  - 36
    
    Particle Physics in Japan, present and plans (Prof. Masanori Yamauchi)
    
    Slides
  - 37
    
    Confirmation of access status of documents
  - 38
    
    Other Business
- 13:30
  
  Lunch - Pas Perdus 60/6-015 - Room Georges Charpak (Room F)
  
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Council - Hundred-and-eighty-first Session

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

CERN

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

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

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

CERN