Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda

• All Representatives
• Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

Report on CBG - activities since last General Meeting

• Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

- Situation at CERN of today - Baltic Physics Teachers programmme 2020 - canceled - Accelerator School in Kaunas - canceled - CERN industry road show in Baltics and industry days @ CERN - on hold - Summer School - questionable - alternatives? virtual/remote? - joining TIARA consortium - positive - clear support (especially Scandinavia) - outcome of the Baltic Assembly meeting in Vilnius - clear support to CBG - Baltic Internship Programme - to build-on - Science Gateway @ CERN - CMS meeting in Bangkok - positive outcome for CBG initiatives - no CMS week in Latvia on 2021 - Status of Baltic States vis-a-vis CERN - political importance and visibility - CBG web presence - insufficient https://www.rtu.lv/en/hep/cern-baltic-group - Baltic CERN related industry mapping - only partial sucess - very good progress in Study Programme Working Group - see agenda point below - excellent work with the Baltic School on High Energy Physics and Accelerator Technologies organisation and COST funding - see agenda point below - EU co-financed CERN related H2020 projects: HITRI and HERTIS pending. Very good CBG success in I-FAST, PRISMAS-MAP, COST - good CBG collaboration in development of Tier2 in Latvia - see agenda point below - really good and successful work of CBG Coordination Team and CBG Secretariat. Thank you!!!

Chairman and Deputy Chairman elections

• all Voting Partners

According to MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Establishing the CERN Baltic Group Annex II CBG General Meeting Terms of References Sub-Article 2.1. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman shall be selected among the Member representatives and elected by simple majority of the General Meeting for term of two years.

Estonia - CERN: state-of-play

• Mario Kadastik (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (EE))

Lithuania - CERN: state-of-play

• Aurelijus Rinkevicius (Cornell University (US))

Latvia - CERN: state-of-play

• Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

- Application Questionnaire for the accession of the Republic of Latvia to CERN as an Associate Member State submitted on February 24, 2020 - Visit of the President of Latvia to CERN on January 20, 2020 - State Research Programme approved 2020-2023, 900 000 EUR - Study programme under development, first students next year - Scientists from RTU in CMS experiment since January 2020 - Shadow days February 18-20, 2020

Collaboration of CBG Members within the CMS

• Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV))
• Aurelijus Rinkevicius (Cornell University (US))

- to identify joint interests in the current projects - to discuss further plans and engagement with CMS groups - CMS Computing Resources Board - CMS Phase 2 upgade - CMS Working Group - CBG CMS Tier 2 and computing

Industry engagement in CERN, CMS and CGB activities

• Mario Kadastik (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (EE))

Status of the Baltic School on High Energy Physics and Accelerator Technologies and discussion

• Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV))

Report of Convener on CBG Study Programme Working Group

• Karlis Dreimanis (Riga Technical University (LV))
• Silva Vītola
• Mārcis Auziņš (LU)

Review of CBG Work Programme and objectives for 2020-2021

• Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

Conclusions and closing remarks

• Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

- sum-up on each of the agenda points - Proposal for the 6th CBG meeting - time and place - second half of 2020