The 10th International Advisory Committee Meeting of CEPC was held (2024-10-31)

From October 29th to 30th, the 10th International Advisory Committee (IAC) Meeting of the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) was held at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Academician Wang Yifang, Chairman of the CEPC Executive Committee, committee members, project leaders, and researchers attended the meeting.

Brian Foster, Chairman of the CEPC International Advisory Committee, Professor at the University of Oxford, and Lead Designer of the International Linear Collider (ILC) management scheme, presided over the meeting. Researcher Lou Xinchou, CEPC Project Manager, first outlined the overall progress of the project and introduced the overall situation of the international review of the Accelerator Engineering Design (EDR) and Detector Technology Design (TDR); Researcher Gao Jie, CEPC Accelerator Convener, introduced the content, progress, and plans of the CEPC Accelerator EDR. Li Yuhui, Deputy Director of the Institute of High Energy Physics and CEPC Accelerator Convener, introduced the content and plans of the CEPC Accelerator R&D; Researcher Wang Jianchun, CEPC Detector Convener, introduced the content and plans of the CEPC Detector TDR, as well as related international cooperation. The meeting also heard reports and recommendations from the respective chairs of the international review committees for the EDR and TDR phases, Professor Maria Enrica Biagini, Chair of IARC from INFN in Italy, and Professor Daniela Bortoletto, Chair of IDRC from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. During the meeting, Researcher Ruan Manqi and Researcher Li Weidong from the Institute of High Energy Physics introduced the progress of the CEPC Physics White Paper and software calculations on behalf of the physics simulation and software team, respectively. Researcher Joao Costa provided an overview of the current overall international cooperation of CEPC. During the meeting, the IAC members engaged in in-depth dialogue and exchanges with the CEPC project management.

The International Advisory Committee unanimously affirmed the achievements of CEPC in the past year, including accelerator engineering design, key technology research and development, prototype development, physics research, detector and software pre-research, and provided recommendations on detector collaboration, TDR progress, international cooperation, etc. They highly praised the milestone achievements and progress made by CEPC in entering the EDR phase and provided clear and important professional guidance on EDR design.

Eighteen internationally renowned scientists, technical experts, and experienced management experts in large scientific projects from China, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Japan, Germany, the United States, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries and regions were invited to participate in the meeting in person or online.