1. European Physical Society Accelerator Group General Assembly
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Agenda
Introduction and Status Report of Activities (G. Arduini) – 12:45 – 13:05
Peer Review Pilot Project at IPAC’17 (R. Assmann) – 13:05 – 13:20 
Report of the EPS-AG Treasurer (A. Jansson) – 13:20 – 13:30
Report of the EPS-AG Internal Auditors (G. Bisoffi) - 13:30 – 13:40
Any other business – 13:40 – 13:45
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Aims of EPS-AG
The aims of the EPS Accelerator Group are:
to promote research and development of all kinds of particle accelerators and the associated technology, as well as their applications;
to encourage contacts between specialists in the field in European and non-European institutions, in particular through the organization of the International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC) when held in Europe;
to stimulate international co-operation and exchange of information;
to promote efficient and effective use of resources and foster high standards
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Who are we?
EPS-AG:
250 members to date
The EPS-AG is managed by an Elected Board (18 Members). Elections to the Board are held every three years, and a General Assembly takes place during each IPAC in Europe.
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5. Elected Board Members (2014-17)
Board Chair
Gianluigi Arduini, CERN
Board Chair-Elect
Mike Seidel, PSI
Former Board Chair, Ex-officio
Andy Wolski, U. Liverpool, Cockcroft Institute
CERN
Paul Collier, Maurizio Vretenar, Frank Zimmermann
France
Philip Bambade, LAL
Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie, SOLEIL
Germany
Ralph Assmann, DESY
Oliver Boine-Frankenheim, GSI
Anke-Susanne Müller, FZK/ANKA
Italy
Giovanni Bisoffi, INFN/LNL
Susanna Guiducci, INFN/LNF
Spain
Angeles Faus-Golfe, IFIC/LAL
Montse Pont, CELLS
Sweden
Andreas Jansson, ESS
Switzerland
Hans-Heinrich Braun, PSI UK
Deepa Angal-Kalinin, STFC/DL/ASTeC
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6. Elected Board Members (2017-20)
Board Chair
Mike Seidel, PSI
Board Chair-Elect
To be elected on 17 May
Former Board Chair, Ex-officio
Gianluigi Arduini, CERN
CERN
Paul Collier, Maurizio Vretenar, Frank Zimmermann
France
Philip Bambade, LAL
Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie, SOLEIL
Germany
Ralph Assmann, DESY
Mei Bai, GSI
Sara Casalbuoni. KIT
Italy
Giovanni Bisoffi, INFN/LNL
Cristina Vaccarezza, INFN/LNF
Russia
Eugene Levichev, BINP
Spain
Ubaldo Iriso, CELLS
Sweden
Andreas Jansson, ESS
Switzerland
Sven Reiche, PSI UK
Jim Clarke, STFC/DL
Peter McIntosh, STFC/DL
Eugene Levichev - Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
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IPAC
EPS-AG has organized the European Particle Accelerator Conferences (EPAC) since 1988
Strong support to the creation of an International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC)
Aim: provide a comprehensive world-wide overview of the field of particle accelerators, as well as presentations of progress in all technologies involved.
Since year cycle:
Americas
Asia (including Oceania)
Europe (including Russia, Middle-East and Africa).
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IPAC
MoU for the Coordination of IPACs in the three regions brought into effect at IPAC’15 (invaluable contribution by A. Wolski)
The MoU defines a common set of rules for organizing IPACs, still leaving enough room for development.
Formalizing an effort of coordinating actions on subjects of common interest, e.g.:
Publications
Student support
Approach towards Industry
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9. EPS Accelerator Group Prizes, 2017
Aimed at recognizing/highlighting the work of colleagues at different levels in their career as a model for the community  promotion of our field
The Rolf Wideröe Prize for “outstanding work in the accelerator field without age limit” is awarded to Dr. Lyndon Evans, Retired from CERN, currently Director of the Linear Collider Collaboration and Guest Professor Imperial College London
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10. EPS Accelerator Group Prizes, 2017
The Gersch Budker Prize, for “a recent significant, original contribution to the accelerator field, with no age limit,” is awarded to Dr. Pantaleo Raimondi, ESRF, Director, Accelerator and Source Division
The Frank Sacherer Prize, for “an individual in the early part of his or her career, having made a recent significant, original contribution to the accelerator field,” is awarded to Dr. Anna Grassellino, FNAL, USA
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11. EPS Accelerator Group Prizes, 2017
A Prize for a student registered for a PhD or diploma in accelerator physics or engineering or a trainee accelerator physicist or engineer in the educational phase of their professional career, for the quality of work and promise for the future. Awarded to Fabrizio Giuseppe Bisesto, INFN/LNF From this year onwards the prize is dedicated to the memory of Bruno Touschek.
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EPS Fellows
EPS Fellows from the accelerator domain:
Patrizio Antici
Caterina Biscari
Reinhard Brinkmann (2016)
Albert Hoffmann
Kurt Hübner
Eberhard Keil
Steve Myers
Mike Poole
Sergio Tazzari
Reinhard Brinkmann is the director of the accelerator department at DESY. Under his directorship the European XFEL was build and it was just successfully commissioned and lased for the first time. Before he was HERA-e coordinator and strongly involved in the TESLA LC study.
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13. Engagement with Students
Favour the interaction among students and Accelerator Scientists
Particularly important for small Centres/Universities/Countries entering the field
Student poster session is the highlight of the IPAC conferences (~100 participants)
EPS-AG is coordinating the collection of funds among the various European Laboratories to finance the grants for European Students
EPS-AG is heavily involved in the organization of the Student Poster Session in particular in the IPAC taking place in Europe
Grat opportunity to exchange experience
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14. Engagement with Students
Student programme:
Floor for students to present their work and establish contacts with Universities, Research Institutes and Industries for their possible professional development
Relying on the strong support of the European Laboratories:
Student grants (to European Students): IPAC’14: 89 (54), IPAC’15: 82 (30), IPAC’16: 77 (27), IPAC’17 95 (41)
Among the European Student Grant recipients: best JUAS student
How to extend/guarantee sustainability to the student programme?
Sponsorship by Industries  Being pursued in general for the IPAC series
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IUPAP
The mission of IUPAP (International Union of Pure an Applied Physics) is to assist in the worldwide development of physics, to foster international cooperation in physics, and to help in the application of physics toward solving problems of concern to humanity.
IUPAP carries out this mission by sponsoring international meetings; fostering communications and publications; encouraging research and education; fostering the free circulation of scientists; promoting international agreements on symbols, units and nomenclature; and cooperating with other organisations on disciplinary and interdisciplinary problems.
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IUPAP – WG14
Recognition of Accelerator Science:
as a “cross cutting field of Physics”
for its impact in the progress of many branches of science (material, nuclear, elementary particle sciences) as well as of medical and environmental applications
IUPAP at its 28th General Assembly (7/11/2014) has mandated a Working Group (WG14)
To recommend to the IUPAP what structure (Working Group or Commission) it should put in place at its 2017 General Assembly to adequately cover accelerator science
To recommend how to ensure that the new structure put into place will cooperate with, but not duplicate the work of, WG1, ICFA
To recommend Initial membership of the proposed new structure
EPS-AG is participating to this activity
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17. Open Access Publications
The recognition of the quality of research in the field of accelerator physics and technology depends also on our capability to disseminate the results of our research:
Importance of new publications
Importance of acknowledging previous work  references!!
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams is the reference journal for High Quality Publications.
IPAC JACoW proceedings are the optimum channel to communicate rapidly recent incremental progress in the field
Recent Initiatives:
More space provided for references in JACoW IPAC proceedings and stricter guidelines for their format
Survey among the EPS-AG members to collect feedback concerning the PRAB publication criteria/policies and on possible means to enhance its visibility and impact.
Peer Review Pilot Project (see Ralph Assmann’s presentation)
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PRAB Survey
Rather limited feedback (12 replies although in some cases representative of an institute). Your voice is important!!
Summary:
Impact factor is becoming more and more important but it is not (yet) a strong drive for the selection of the journal  importance of proper citation of previous work!!
PRAB acceptance criteria are considered adequate/sometimes too strict (in particular for technology/engineering papers)
Time from submission to publication is not a real issue (also thanks to the good complementarity with JACoW ....and the new refereed version of the IPAC proceedings?)
Encouragement to include
Special Conference editions
Review papers
Need referees to support this activity. You?
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Next General Assembly
May-June 2020 Caen
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