2. News from CERN Scanning the horizon for the next DG Search committee March Shortlist September Nomination December

3. New offers for visitors…. S’cool lab – a lab for use by visiting schools will be inaugurated later in the year A series of new visit points will start to come into use from 19 June

4. 19-24 May. Quark Matter 2-7 June. LHCP 2-9 July. ICHEP Conferences.

5. François de Rose 1910-2014

6. CERN ESA agreement

7. Alumni network

8. CERN and Society Foundation

9. Member States

10. Upcoming press release(s)

12. CERN’s 60 th anniversary

16. UNOG event in June UNESCO event 1 July UN General Assembly 20 October

18. TEDxCERN

19. Three sessions starting after lunch Using 60 th anniversary tent 1000 people Sponsored by Rolex and possibly others Speaker invitations going out New series of TED-Ed animations Last year? Most popular talks viewed over a million times TED-Ed animations all over 250k views

20. TEDxCERN

22. Beamline for schools Countryschools Italy85 Spain66 United States45 United Kingdom43 India28 Greece19 Germany17 Canada13 Poland10 Switzerland8 France7 Portugal7 Romania6 Turkey6 Netherlands6 Singapore5 South Africa5 Indonesia4 Hungary4 Austria4 Mexico4 Ireland4 Iran3 Colombia3 Estonia3 Thailand3 Egypt3 Slovakia3 New Zealand2 Czech Republic2 Brazil2 Norway2 Serbia2 Slovenia2 Bulgaria2 Australia2 Afghanistan2 Lebanon1 Jordan1 Mauritius1 China1 Kuwait1 Nigeria1 Malaysia1 Ethiopia1 Haiti1 Pakistan1 Guyana1 Peru1 Latvia1 Belgium1 Sri Lanka1 Cyprus1 Malta1 Qatar1 UAE1 Israel1 Chile1 Bangladesh1 Kenya1 Total455

23. Beamline for schools 455 became 300 300 became 48 48 became 16 16 will be judged by SPSC on 22 May

24. Beamline for schools

26. LHC restart LHC restart has begun: cooldown of sector 6-7 started on 7 May. Injector chain resumes with beam this year, starting this month with PSB. Beam available to LHC from week 4 2015. LHC re-commissioning with beam scheduled to start week 6.

27. LHC restart What shall we do? Big media event? Tweetup? In-country events? Just a press release? Other ideas?