1. ICFA Report to FALC June to November 2015 J. Mnich (DESY)

2. Secretary: R. Rubinstein
ICFA Membership
November 2015:
(no changes since June)
CERN Member States
H. Abramowicz
R. Heuer
J. Mnich (Chair)
USA
N. Lockyer
D. MacFarlane
I. Shipsey
Japan
T. Mori
M. Yamauchi
Russia
A. Bondar
S. Ivanov
Canada
M. Roney
China
Y. Wang
Other Countries
M. Cho
L. de Paula
V. Matveev
C11
J. Fuster
Secretary: R. Rubinstein

3. Meetings
LCB and ICFA meetings took place during the Lepton-Photon Symposium on August 19 at Ljubljana

4. International Linear Collider
ICFA continues to closely follow the progress of the ILC
ILC Advisory Panel of MEXT:
Interim report called „Summary of the ILC Advisory Panel‘s Discussion to Date“ discussed in detail
Short immediate answer: letter by ICFA
In preparation: clarification of issues raised before the end of this year

5. International Linear Collider
LCB and LCC mandates:
The current mandate of the Linear Collider Board (LCB), which incorporates the Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC), has a three year term which will end in February ICFA extended the mandate of LCB and LCC to the end of 2016, so that the membership and mandate of both entities can be reviewed during 2016
More on ILC see talks by Lyn & Masanori

6. New IUPAP WG Proposed IUPAP Working Group on Accelerator Science
IUPAP is forming an interim working group to recommend a mandate and membership for the proposed IUPAP Working Group on Accelerator Science. Several organizations have been asked to suggest members of the interim group, including ICFA
Reminder from June meeting:
ICFA as an existing IUPAP Working Group involved in accelerator-related issues was asked for comments:
ICFA represents the major labs worldwide that carry out research at the energy frontier
ICFA has well-established Panels very relevant to many aspects, including generic, of accelerator R&D
ICFA would welcome a new IUPAP working group which covers a broader area of accelerators than ICFA itself does; the new group should have links to ICFA and duplication should be avoided
ICFA Panels can be a bridge to the new group.

7. ICFA Panels ICFA Panels
Discussion has started on the appropriateness of each of ICFA’s Panels and their mandates
Proposed ICFA Panel on Sustainable Accelerator/Collider Infrastructure
The designs of future colliders and accelerators have large power consumption and thus large operating costs. An ICFA Panel has been proposed which could systematize and develop figures of merit, and also evaluate promising R&D activities which could lead to lower power consumption. An ICFA subgroup was encouraged to suggest a mandate and membership for such a Panel

8. Other Matters
Reports
Reports were made to the ICFA meeting by FALC, and on studies of the very large circular colliders currently under study in China and Europe

9. Future ICFA/LCB Meetings
25/26 February 2016, in Japan
3-10 August 2016, Chicago (ICHEP 2016, exact date tbc)
16/17 February 2017, Valencia (tbc)
Next ICFA seminar: Vancouver (2017)
ICFA web page:

10. Backup Slides

11. Next ICFA Seminar Vancouver, fall 2017
Add link to ICFA webpage
ICFA web page:

12. ICFA Panels Reports from ICFA panels Proposed:
Standing Committee on Interregional Connectivity
Beam Dynamics Panel
Instrumentation Innovation and Development Panel
Advanced and Novel Accelerators Panel
The Study Group on Data Preservation in High Energy Physics
Neutrino Panel
Proposed:
Panel on Sustainable Accelerators and Colliders

13. ICFA Web Page and Mandate
ICFA: International Committee for Future Accelerators
Web site:
Mandate:
promote international collaboration on very high energy accelerators
organize regularly world-inclusive meetings for the exchange of information on future plans
organize workshops for the study of problems related to super high-energy accelerators