APPEC GA-meeting 9 December 2020

Wednesday 9 Dec 2020, 09:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

Teresa Montaruli

09:00 → 09:05 01. Opening and welcome; adoption of the agenda

Zoom link: https://nwo-nl.zoom.us/j/81993366027?pwd=WmhYMUwyNVZ3bnpmeFpOekIzMklMZz09

Speaker: Teresa Montaruli

09:05 → 09:10 02. Approval of minutes of the 17th GA, June 5, 2020

Draft MinutesAPPEC_GA 5 June 2020 ZoomFin.pdf

09:10 → 09:35 03. Next steps Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay developments

• Written status report after consultations interested APPEC members and contacts with DOE (Tim Hallman),
  including plan for next steps (Teresa, see doc 03.1)
• Discussion
• Conclusions

Speaker: Teresa Montaruli

03.1 0nbb_StrategyDec2020.pdf

Presentation0nubb_dec2020.pdf

09:35 → 10:20 04. Towards a more sustainable APPEC

• Proposal towards a more sustainable APPEC Job de Kleuver (see doc 04.1 and table 04.2)
• Discussion
• Conclusions and follow-up actions (see also resolution in doc 04.1)

Speaker: Job Johannes De Kleuver (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

04.1 Sustainable APPEC_plan update 2020.pdf

04.2 Sustainable APPEC Workforce table_20201120.pdf

10:20 → 10:35 Coffee and Tea break

10:35 → 11:05 05. Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

Report SAC meeting 4 November (Sijbrand de Jong):

• Status Dark Matter Direct Detection sub-committee
  a. present status
  b. next step: community feedback
  c. further planning

• Status preparations midterm evaluation roadmap recommendations

Speaker: Prof. Sijbrand De Jong

05.1 SAC_report.pdf

05.1 SAC_report.pptx

11:05 → 11:20 06. Planning and preparations APPEC Town Meeting

• Proposal: Town Meeting in Spring 2022 in Berlin to be sure many people are able to travel again
• For consideration: a remote appetizer meeting in Fall 2021
• Discussion and conclusions

Speaker: Job Johannes De Kleuver (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

11:20 → 12:30 07. Election new Chair and General Secretary (GS)

• Proposal voting procedure, list of candidates and statements/CV (Election committee)
• Short presentations GS and Chair candidates

Closed sessoin GA Members only:

• Discussion candidates for Chair and General Secretary
• Voting and conclusions

Speaker: Election committee

GA07.1 APPEC procedure for elections.docx

GA07.1 APPEC procedure for elections.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 → 14:15 8. Report General Secretary (and functional centers)

• Report since last GA meeting (presentation Job with input from JS members)
• APPEC Technology Forum postponed until 2021 (Ivan)
• Communications and Outreach (Katrin)
• Accession discussions (Job and Katharina)
• Common fund payments (Job and Katharina)
• Budget and meetings plan 2020 and 2021 (Job)

Speaker: Job Johannes De Kleuver (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

09.2 APPEC_GAMeeting_GenSecAndJS Dec20 DRAFT.pdf

09.2 APPEC_GAMeeting_GenSecAndJS Dec20 DRAFT.pptx

14:15 → 14:45 09. Joint ECFA-NuPECC-APPEC activities

• Status Expressions of Interest activities
• Next JENAS meeting
• Short reports from NuPECC and ECFA observers

10.1 Presentation_JENA_APPEC_GA_Dec2020.pdf

10.2 APPEC_GA_08122020_NuPECC.pdf

10.2 APPEC_GA_08122020_NuPECC.pptx

14:45 → 14:55 10. AOB

Planning next GA meetings:

• regular: May/June 2021 and November/December 2021

• proposal: also a short GA meeting end of March 2021

14:55 → 15:00 11. Closing of the meeting