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
- 9.30 a.m. Restricted Session (Main Building 60-6-015)
  - 1
    
    Report by the Credentials Committee
  - 2
    Approval of the Draft Minutes of the Hundred-and-Eighty-Fifth Session of Council –Closed and Restricted Sessions
    
    CERN/3318/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 3
    Adoption of the Agenda
    
    CERN/3319/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
  - 4
    
    Matters Arising from the Previous Meeting
  - 5
    
    President’s Report - Oral
  - 6
    
    Director-General’s Report - Oral
    
    Slides
  - 7
    
    Developments in the Member States Relevant for CERN
  - 8
    
    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Mr O. Malmberg - Oral)
    
    Slides
    
    Summary of Conclusions
  - 9
    Audit Committee (AC)
    
    a) Report on the AC Meeting held on 8 September 2017 (Mr O. Malmberg, Chair of the AC)
    
    Document
    
    Slides
    
    b) Questions to the Audit Committee
  - 10
    Scientific Policy Committee
    
    a) Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee ( Prof. K. Ellis - Oral)
    
    Summary
    
    b) Questions to the Scientific Policy Committee
  - 10:45
    
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  - 11
    LHC Matters
    
    a) Status Report on the LHC machine (Dr F. Bordry)
    
    Slides
    
    b) Status report on the LHC Experiments and Computing (Prof. E. Elsen)
    
    Slides
  - 12
    
    Report on US particle physics, from the DoE perspective (Dr J. Siegrist)
    
    Slides
  - 12:30
    
    --- LUNCH (Glass-Box - Restaurant N°1) ---
  - 13
    Pension Fund
    
    a) Report by the Chair of the Governing Board (Dr T. Roth)
    
    Slides
    
    b) Report by the Chair of the Working Group on Pension Fund Governance (Mr. P. Pardo)
  - 14
    Fundraising – Grant offered by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council
    
    CERN/3324/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 15
    
    Confirmation of Access Status of the Documents
  - 16
    
    Other Business
- 3.30 p.m. Closed Session (Main Building 60-6-015)
  - 17
    Enlargement Process
    
    a) Progress Report on Preparing a Proposal to Update the Geographical Enlargement Procedures (President, on behalf of the President’s Group)
    
    b) Update on the Remaining Applications for Membership and for Associate Membership and Expressions of Interest by other non-Member States (Director-General)
    
    Slides
  - 18
    Submission by CERN of an Application for Observer Status at SESAME
    
    CERN/3323/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 19
    Appointments
    
    a) Appointment of the Strategy Secretary and Establishment of the Strategy Secretariat
    
    CERN/3325/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    b) Appointment of a member of the Council fundraising sub-group
    
    CERN/3328/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    c) Audit Committee - reappointment of an expert member
    
    CERN/3226/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    d) Call for nomination for a Council delegate to be appointed as member of the Audit Committee
  - 20
    
    Confirmation of Access Status of Documents of the Session
  - 21
    
    Other Business
Friday 29 September
- Thu 28 Sept
- Fri 29 Sept
- 9.00 a.m. Restricted Session - European Strategy Matters (Council Chamber - 503/1-001)
  - 22
    
    President's Report - Oral
  - 23
    
    Director-General's Report - Implementation of the European Strategy - Oral
    
    Slides
  - 24
    Report on the Implementation of the Work Plan concerning the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Commission and CERN (Mr S. Stavrev)
    
    CERN/3327/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 25
    
    ILC action plan in Europe (Dr S. Stapnes)
    
    Slides
  - 26
    ECFA Matters
    
    a) Report on ECFA activities (Prof. H. Abramowicz)
    
    CERN/SPC/1094 CERN/3320
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    b) Report on ICFA (Prof. H. Abramowicz)
    
    Slides
  - 10:30
    
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  - 27
    Report from the European Particle Physics Communication Network (EPPCN) (Ms P. Royole-Degieux)
    
    CERN/SPC/1096 CERN/3322
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 28
    
    Report from the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG) (Dr H. Beck)
    
    Slides
  - 29
    Report from the Technology Transfer Network (HEPTech) (Dr I. Tracey)
    
    CERN/SPC/1095 CERN/3321
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 30
    
    Report on the Beamline for Schools (BL4S) Competition (Mr M. Joos)
    
    Slides
  - 31
    
    Confirmation of the Access Status of the Documents of the Session
  - 32
    
    Other Business
- 12:50
  
  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