The ILC is still very much a dream and the path to a real project remains highly uncertain, even though the scientific case is as strong as ever and we continue to meet all our highest priority goals. Hopefully, the world political and economic climate will improve before too long and there will once again […]
Reflections on the New Year
Director’s Corner 7 January 2010 Barry Barish Reflections on the New Year As we enter the New Year, it is a good time to review and reflect on our accomplishments during 2009, as well as the present status and prospects for the ILC. I wish I could boldly state that we have made big strides […]
The ILC in 2009
Reviewing a year that is coming to an end can be a bit like time travel. While some events seem like they happened only yesterday others seem so long ago that it is hard to believe they happened only a few months ago. Here are some events and developments that were not only important this […]
A New Year
Director’s Corner 8 January 2009 Barry Barish A New Year Greetings and best wishes for the New Year! We all greet each New Year with hopes, dreams and anticipation of things to come. As we all know, this was just not the case for the ILC community as we entered 2008 a year ago. In […]
A year in the life of the ILC
Director’s Corner 18 December 2008 Nick Walker A year in the life of the ILC Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Nick Walker, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. By chance I find myself with the job of writing the last Director’s Corner of 2008. The holiday season is now almost upon us […]
High Energy Physics in Philadelphia – ICHEP 08
Director’s Corner 4 September 2008 Barry Barish High Energy Physics in Philadelphia — ICHEP 08 There are many conferences in high-energy physics, maybe too many! The International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) however, once affectionately called the Rochester Conference, is considered central in our field. It takes place every second year. This year the […]
The path forward
Happy new (Gregorian) year 2008!
Director’s Corner 10 January 2008 Ewan Paterson Happy new (Gregorian) year 2008! Today’s issue features a corner from Ewan Paterson, EDR Integration Scientist and Member of the GDE Executive Committee. As our year ends and we enter a new one, it is common practice to reflect on the past and dream of or plan the […]
LCWS 2007 & ILC 2007
Director’s Corner 7 June 2007 Brian Foster LCWS 2007 & ILC 2007 Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Brian Foster, GDE European Regional Director. Hamburg put on its best face to greet the more than 600 registered guests who arrived at DESY last week for the big annual ILC get-together; blue skies and sunny […]
GDE and WWS meet at Valencia
Director’s Corner 9 November 2006 Brian Foster GDE and WWS meet at Valencia Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Brian Foster from the University of Oxford. On Tuesday a momentous meeting for the future of the ILC began in Valencia. Under cloudy skies and occasional rain, the ILC family has gathered for one of […]