ECFA Chairman’s report

T. Nakada

EPFL

New members• Romanian members

e-mail ratification on 17.2.2010 by the ECFA members – R/PECFA member: Dr. Calin ALEXA, National Institute

of Physics and Nuclear Engineering - IFIN HH– PECFA members: Dr. Ionel LAZANU, University of

Bucharest, Faculty of Physics– Dr. Florin-Dorian BUZATU, Institute of Atomic Physics

• RECFA visit to Romania still this year?

ICFA/ILCSC• ILC Post-TDR organization, 2013 – Consortium of existing laboratories versus dedicated

organization with an independent budget line?–Movement toward LC, i.e. relation with CLIC?–Working group set-up: European input via ECFA chair

• ICFA seminar at CERN, 3-6 October 2011– RECFA members should provide people to be invited:

government, funding agencies, scientific community– Session conveners appointed: SM and beyond, HEP and Dark

matter&Dark energy, Fundamental asymmetries, QCD, QGO, Heavy flavour, Neutrinos, Accelerators, …

ICFA/ILCSC• ICFA Guideline #5: using national facilities – Now: “Operating laboratories should not require experimental

groups to contribute to the running costs of the accelerators or colliding beam machines nor to the operating costs of their associated experimental areas”

– New: "Operating laboratories should not require experimental groups to contribute to the running costs of the accelerators or colliding beam machines nor to the operating costs of their associated experimental areas. However, in particular for a large global facility, allocation of operating costs should be agreed by the project partners before project approval, while still allowing open access for experimental groups."

ICFA/ILCSC• ICFA Brochure for HEP global opportunities – Pier Oddone Joachim Mnich, Sachio Komamiya and

members of InterAction– Global picture on HEP opportunities– Audience includes government official and funding

agencies– Draft to be approved during the next ICFA meeting

ECFA-EPS Joint session (23.7)• 14:30-14:40 Welcome F.

Zwirner• 14:40-14:55 Introduction to the European Strategy and its update S.

Stapnes• 14:55-15:05 Recent developments on the regional Flavour Factories

followed by ECFA T. Nakada

• 15:05-15:10 Questions• 15:10-15:30 Particle theory G.

Altareli• 15:30-15:50 Discussion• 15:50-16:10 Accelerator S. Myers• 16:10-16:30 Discussion• 16:30-17:00 Coffee break• 17:00-17:20 Experiments at high energy frontier P. Wells• 17:20-17:40 Discussion• 17:40-18:00 Neutrino physics D. Wark• 18:00-18:15 Report by ECFA Neutrino Review Panel F. Halzen• 18:15-18:25 Discussion• 18:25-18:45 Overall discussion and concluding remarks

ECFA Panel for Detector R&D• Chair candidates for discussion later– Daniel Fournier– Jim Virdee– Guy Wormser– George Mikenberg– Marcella Diemoz– Leonardo Rossi– Werner Riegler– Jordan Nash– Els Koffeman– Phil Allport – Nessi Marzio– Yannis Karyotakis

ECFA Neutrino Panel• Chair and members in place• EUROnu Midterm report, IDS-NF Interim report

basically ready• Meeting dates, venue fixed• Generous offer by STFC• Detail by Ken

RECFA membership• Follow up of the discussion in November – Current members:• CERN member states (including CERN)• Russia and Israel• CERN: DG, Research Director, Head of external relation,• DESY: Director for Particle and Astroparticle Physics• Frascati: Director• Chair of EPS-HEP board

– Possible addition:• Associate states with intention to become a CERN member• Scientific Secretary for Strategic Session of Council

3 country visits 4 country visits per year⇒

AoB• Letter to Bulgaria, written but not sent• Nomination of ECFA members for the Strategy

Update preparatory group during the May RECFA meeting Steinar⇒

• Coming meetings• May 27-28 RECFA, Slovakia• July 23 ECFA-EPS joint session, France Grunoble• October 7-8, RECFA, Spain• November 24-25, RECF+PEFA, CERN

AoB• 2012 Country visit– Italy– Netherlands– Poland– one of the new associate states?