1. Report from the chairman
M. Krammer
HEPHY, Vienna, Austria
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

2. Linear Collider Collaboration ECFA Study for the Linear Collider
ICFA Matters
Linear Collider Collaboration
ECFA Study for the Linear Collider
ECFA Workshop HL-LHC
Joint EPS-HEPP PECFA Session
School in Serbia
HEPTECH Observer
Meetings in 2013
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

3. ICFA Meeting of ILCSC/LCB and ICFA in Vancouver Feb. 21/22
Last meeting of ILCSC and first meeting of LCB (handover)
Final GDE Report
Including ILC TDR value estimate (only construction cost of accelerator for 500 GeV, using Purchasing Power Parity)
2 numbers: investment and person-hours
Worldwide ILC event June 12, 2013
Continued strong interest by Japan to host ILC
Official launch of the Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC)
If construction in Asia: M ILCU M person-hours
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

4. Linear Collider Collaboration
Director: Lyn Evans
Deputy Director: Hitoshi Murayama
Directors: Mike Harrison Steinar Stapnes Hitoshi Yamamoto
+ 3 regional advisors/directors (to be defined)
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

5. Linear Collider Collaboration
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

6. Linear Collider Board Members
Chair: Sachio Komamiya (University of Tokyo) Americas: Jonathan Bagger (Johns Hopkins University) The Fermilab Director (currently Pier Oddone) David MacFarlane (SLAC) Lia Merminga (TRIUMF) Hugh Montgomery (Jefferson Lab) Asia: Jie Gao (IHEP, Beijing) Rohini Godbole (Indian Institute of Sciences) Sunkee Kim (RISP) Atsuto Suzuki (KEK) Yifang Wang (IHEP, Beijing) Europe: The CERN Director-General (currently Rolf Heuer) The DESY Director of Particle Physics (currently Joachim Minch) The JINR Director (currently Victor Matveev) Francois Le Diberder (IN2P3) Lenny Rivkin (PSI)
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

7. European LCB Advisory Board
During the process of defining the European members of the LCB we decided to set up an “European Advisory Board” to enable the involvement of more European members of the LC community (ILC and CLIC) in the discussions and decisions.
Proposed procedure:
European members of LCB invite additional colleagues.
RECFA should receive this list to take note and if appropriate make additional suggestions.
ELCSC (European Linear Collider Board) will be dissolved once LCB and the European Advisory Board is in operation.
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

8. European LCB Advisory Board
I asked the ELCSC members and the European LCB members to propose names. Received so far:
Jean Claude Brient
Phil Burrows
Philippe Chomaz
Klaus Desch
Zdenek Dolezal
Umberto Dosselli
Eckhard Elsen
Jan Kalinowski
Lucie Linssen
Strategy Secretary (?)
Olivier Napoli For discussion:
Valery Rubakov Mandate
Alberto Ruiz Chairman
Grigory Shirkov All lab directors?
Alexandre Skrinsky Official country reps.?
Jan Timmermans
Mark Thomson
Norbert Wermes
John Womersley (? Funding agency)
After your input we should try to converge at our next RECFA meeting.
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

9. ICFA other issues Report from FALC meeting
Discussion on new common fund for LCC, request to ICFA/LCB to prepare a proposal
ICFA chair for the period July 13 – Dec. 14
Decided that next Fermilab director will continue ICFA chair term
ICFA Neutrino Panel
Members of panel were endorsed
ICFA Panel on Instrumentation
Approval of Forum in support of detector R&D / XII ICFA School in Columbia Dec / ICFA-ECFA Instrumentation School in Serbia
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

10. Study extended in Nov. 2010 until end of 2013
Mandate of chair Juan Fuster expires Nov. 2013
We need to decide on the continuation of the ECFA study and if positive select a new chair.
Part of Worldwide Study of the Physics and Detectors for future linear e+ e- colliders (WWS), ECFA Study is counterpart to North American Study (ALCPG) and Asian Study (ACFA)
Propose to invite Juan Fuster to our next RECFA meeting.
(Any correlation with a possible ECFA TLEP study? I have been contacted already by A. Blondel)
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

11. ECFA Workshop HL-LHC: Physics and Technologies
3 day workshop, October 1st – 3rd !
Venue (still not decided)
Steering committee being set up:
2 (1) official members from each of ATLAS/CMS (LHCb/ALICE)
Spokespersons (or designated deputies)
M. Mangano, P. Jenni, J. Virdee, M. Krammer, S. Bertolucci
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

12. Joint EPS PECFA Session
Proposal for agenda (during EPS Conf. Stockholm, Sat. Sept. 20, 14:30-18:30)
“Particle Physics after the European Strategy Update”
EPS-HEPP Board (P. Sphicas) 10’
ECFA (M.K.) ’
The Update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics (T. Nakada) 20’+10’
CERN, quo vadis? (R. Heuer) ’+10’
Japanese High Energy and Astroparticle Physics Program (x.x.) 20’+10’
Strategy Discussion in the US (x.x.) ’+10’
Neutrinos – future projects (x.x.) ’+10’
Accelerator R&D for future machines (x.x.) ’+10’
Particle physics with a light Higgs or
The world with a light Higgs (F. Zwirner) ’+10’
Short RECFA meeting prior to the session 11:00 – 13:00 (13:30)
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

13. ECFA-ICFA School in Serbia
Following the discussion during the RECFA visit in Belgrade
a meeting was held with Prof. M. Veskovic (Rector of University of Novi Sad), Ariella Cattai, Phillip Bloch, MK reaching the following agreements:
Instrumentation school be held in Novi Sad, 1st week in September 2014
Aim for 60 participants (20 from Serbia, 20 from the danube region, 20 international)
Duration one week, three or four hands-on laboratories
Some discussion on the program: industry and spin-off oriented
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

14. HEPTECH observer in RECFA?
Suggestion received by G. Mikenberg: Dear Manfred: following our conversation during the CERN Council week, I would like to propose that the Coordinator of the HEPTECH Network, which follows and encourages Technology Transfer between European HEP and Industry (see attached transparencies presented during the September CERN Council Session), Dr. Ian Tracey be invited as an observer to the RECFA Country visits. This would allow the network (which needs to report yearly to the council) to have a better overview of the Industrial and Technology Transfer activities in HEP within the Member States, which could lead to a possible improvement in the subject. I would be thankful if you could discuss this possibility during your next RECFA meeting. Best regards, George
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris

15. RECFA/PECFA Meetings 2013 Country visits: France March 15/16 ✓
Denmark May 3/4
Hungary October 4/5
4th visit not decided yet (Cyprus if ratification in time)
Plenary ECFA meetings:
Joint EPS-ECFA session at the EPS conference in Stockholm July 20
2nd Plenary ECFA at CERN, November 21/22
March 16, 2013
RECFA Paris