Council - Hundred-and-Eighty-Sixth Session of Council

Name: Council - Hundred-and-Eighty-Sixth Session of Council
Start: 2017-09-28T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2017-09-29T14:00:00+02:00
Location: No location set

28 Sept 2017, 09:30 → 29 Sept 2017, 14:00 Europe/Zurich

Thursday 28 September
- Thu 28 Sept
- Fri 29 Sept
- 09:30 → 15:30
  9.30 a.m. Restricted Session (Main Building 60-6-015)
  - 09:30
    
    Report by the Credentials Committee 2m
  - 09:33
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Eighty-Fifth Session of Council –Closed and Restricted Sessions 3m
    
    CERN/3318/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:38
    Adoption of the Agenda 2m
    
    CERN/3319/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:40
    
    Matters Arising from the Previous Meeting 3m
  - 09:43
    
    President’s Report - Oral 5m
  - 09:50
    
    Director-General’s Report - Oral 10m
    
    Slides
  - 10:00
    
    Developments in the Member States Relevant for CERN 10m
  - 10:10
    
    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Mr O. Malmberg - Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
    
    Summary of Conclusions
  - 10:25
    Audit Committee (AC) 15m
    
    Report on the AC Meeting held on 8 September 2017 (Mr O. Malmberg, Chair of the AC) 15m
    
    Document
    
    Slides
    
    Questions to the Audit Committee 2m
  - 10:40
    Scientific Policy Committee 5m
    
    Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee ( Prof. K. Ellis - Oral) 20m
    
    Summary
    
    Questions to the Scientific Policy Committee 20m
  - 10:45
    
    --- COFFEE --- 30m
  - 11:15
    LHC Matters 40m
    
    Status Report on the LHC machine (Dr F. Bordry) 20m
    
    Slides
    
    Status report on the LHC Experiments and Computing (Prof. E. Elsen) 20m
    
    Slides
  - 11:55
    
    Report on US particle physics, from the DoE perspective (Dr J. Siegrist) 30m
    
    Slides
  - 12:30
    
    --- LUNCH (Glass-Box - Restaurant N°1) --- 1h 30m
  - 14:00
    Pension Fund 30m
    
    Report by the Chair of the Governing Board (Dr T. Roth) 20m
    
    Slides
    
    Report by the Chair of the Working Group on Pension Fund Governance (Mr. P. Pardo) 20m
  - 14:30
    Fundraising – Grant offered by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council 10m
    
    CERN/3324/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 14:40
    
    Confirmation of Access Status of the Documents 2m
  - 14:42
    
    Other Business 3m
- 15:30 → 18:00
  3.30 p.m. Closed Session (Main Building 60-6-015)
  - 15:30
    Enlargement Process 30m
    
    Progress Report on Preparing a Proposal to Update the Geographical Enlargement Procedures (President, on behalf of the President’s Group) 20m
    
    Update on the Remaining Applications for Membership and for Associate Membership and Expressions of Interest by other non-Member States (Director-General) 10m
    
    Slides
  - 16:00
    Submission by CERN of an Application for Observer Status at SESAME 10m
    
    CERN/3323/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 16:10
    Appointments 30m
    
    Appointment of the Strategy Secretary and Establishment of the Strategy Secretariat 30m
    
    CERN/3325/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Appointment of a member of the Council fundraising sub-group 10m
    
    CERN/3328/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Audit Committee - reappointment of an expert member 10m
    
    CERN/3226/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Call for nomination for a Council delegate to be appointed as member of the Audit Committee 10m
  - 16:40
    
    Confirmation of Access Status of Documents of the Session 2m
  - 16:45
    
    Other Business 10m
Friday 29 September
- Thu 28 Sept
- Fri 29 Sept
- 09:00 → 12:50
  9.00 a.m. Restricted Session - European Strategy Matters (Council Chamber - 503/1-001)
  - 09:00
    
    President's Report - Oral 5m
  - 09:05
    
    Director-General's Report - Implementation of the European Strategy - Oral 15m
    
    Slides
  - 09:20
    Report on the Implementation of the Work Plan concerning the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Commission and CERN (Mr S. Stavrev) 15m
    
    CERN/3327/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 09:35
    
    ILC action plan in Europe (Dr S. Stapnes) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 09:50
    ECFA Matters 40m
    
    Report on ECFA activities (Prof. H. Abramowicz) 25m
    
    CERN/SPC/1094 CERN/3320
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    Report on ICFA (Prof. H. Abramowicz) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 10:30
    
    --- COFFEE --- 30m
  - 11:00
    Report from the European Particle Physics Communication Network (EPPCN) (Ms P. Royole-Degieux) 20m
    
    CERN/SPC/1096 CERN/3322
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 11:20
    
    Report from the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG) (Dr H. Beck) 20m
    
    Slides
  - 11:40
    Report from the Technology Transfer Network (HEPTech) (Dr I. Tracey) 20m
    
    CERN/SPC/1095 CERN/3321
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 12:00
    
    Report on the Beamline for Schools (BL4S) Competition (Mr M. Joos) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 12:15
    
    Confirmation of the Access Status of the Documents of the Session 2m
  - 12:17
    
    Other Business 3m
- 12:50 → 13:10
  
  12.50 p.m. - VISIT and LUNCH - EAST HALL – BLDGs 156 & 157 screening of videos of the winning (and other) teams during the lunch Opportunity to meet winners of Beamline for Schools (BL4S) competition 20m