About Brian Foster
European Director in the LCC
Brian Foster | 26 April 2012
Roadmaps, like many things in life, become outdated and eventually misleading and useless. The only way to avoid this is to update them when it is clear that the landscape has, or is about to, change significantly.
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CLIC, European Strategy for Particle Physics, LHC, physics case
Brian Foster | 23 June 2011
Winner of a Humboldt Professorship, Brian Foster has just taken up his work at DESY and University of Hamburg as a joint professor for experimental physics, focusing on accelerators for very high energies. He intends to spend the 5 million Euros for five years to the greatest effect, and the ILC will play a very strong part in his plans.
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DESY, FLASH, Germany, HERA, Humboldt Professorship, University of Hamburg, XFEL, ZEUS
Brian Foster | 29 July 2010
By governance we mean all the disparate elements required to found a convincing ILC laboratory organisation, with clear aims, transparent and accountable management and supportive governments and funding agencies. It forms an essential part of the overall "Project Implementation Plan"...
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ILC governance
Brian Foster | 29 October 2009
...I am... [at] the "Accelerators for America's Future" meeting held in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the US Department of Energy. The meeting is intended to raise the profile and set the strategy for the future of accelerator physics in the US. The morning's talks have been in turn illuminating, amusing, and infuriating.
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accelerators, cost estimate
Brian Foster | 26 February 2009
Although 2009 is not yet two months old, I seem to have already fitted in enough trips to fill a year - but such is the life of an ILC Director.
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Europe
Brian Foster | 31 July 2008
My last Director's Corner in January summarised the situation in Europe as far as it could be discerned through the still-settling dust after "Black December". Six months later, it is appropriate and useful to revisit the new landscape in Europe.
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Director's Corner | Tagged:
Europe, ILC HiGrade, Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC, UK budget
Brian Foster | 31 January 2008
It looks as if last month will be classified as "Black December" as far as the ILC is concerned.
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Europe, Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC, UK funding
Brian Foster | 7 June 2007
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.
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DESY, Europe, Germany, ILC07, LCWS, LCWS07, overview
Brian Foster | 18 January 2007
The holiday period has been a busy time for the GDE. Shortly before Christmas many of us gathered at SLAC to have a first look at the RDR and its costings with some distinguished external reviewers.
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Europe, EUROTeV, MAC, Machine Advisory Committee
Brian Foster | 9 November 2006
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 its tri-annual joint meetings, reviewing progress and the status following the Vancouver meeting last July.
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Director's Corner | Tagged:
overview, Spain, Valencia
