Tatsuya Nakada | 17 August 2022If things had gone according to plan, the ILC would now be in its Pre-lab phase and the mandate for the International Development Team (IDT) concluded. But situation changes and plans need to be adjusted. Over the next year, IDT will strengthen efforts for advances in technology and preparation through a new network of laboratories around the world. Additionally, a newly formed group of experts will discuss intensively how a truly global accelerator project should be realised and seek a dialog with government authorities.
Shoji Asai | 22 March 2022The recent recommendations to Japan’s science ministry MEXT on the ILC by an expert panel caused worry and confusion in the ILC community. Some even thought it was the project’s death sentence. Shoji Asai, chair of ILC-Japan, a new promoting body for the International Linear Collider project, explains the report and KEK’s reaction to it. He took part in the expert panel to explain. He says it’s not as bad as it may seem, because we can forward some technical parts of ILC, and it tries to move the discussions of the cost-sharing. But researchers need to work together and do their part to make it happen.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: ILC, Japan
Tatsuya Nakada | 8 February 2022Almost one and half year has passed since the ILC International development Team was formed with the aim to prepare the ILC Preparatory Laboratory. In the coming months, we will explore and develop ideas for the Pre-lab implementation to provide information necessary for the ICFA discussion.
Andy Lankford | 26 November 2021Now is the time to get involved in the strategic process that determines the future of particle physics in the US: Snowmass. “Have your say in the future of the field”, writes Andy Lankford, for example by contributing to the white paper or attending the central meeting. It is an opportunity to show the breadth of scientific possibilities the ILC has in store.
Geoffrey Taylor | 27 July 2021Asian countries are highly engaged internationally and Asian scientists continue to be at the forefront of international science. With the ILC, the International Linear Collider, Asia has the opportunity to host the most significant global collider in the coming decades.
Tatsuya Nakada | 1 June 2021After ten months of work, the ILC International Development Team, mandated to prepare the ILC Preparatory Laboratory, is reaching the first milestone with the release of a proposal which outlines the organisational framework, an implementation model and work plan of the Pre-lab. Many scientists contributed to this effort, showing the great interest of the community in the ILC project. A signal from the Japanese government towards indicating its interest in hosting the ILC and supporting the Pre-lab would now be required for gaining stronger engagement of interested laboratories around the world.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: accelerator R&D, ICFA, ILC, Japan, Pre-Lab
Andy Lankford | 31 January 2021Over the last 15 years, Japanese support for the realisation of the International Linear Collider has grown. People of all stripes —academics, members of industry, artists and everyday science fans—have banded together to voice their support for the building the ILC in Japan. The latest in this wave of support is the formation of a new committee, which recently reported on an impressive set of efforts to promote the ILC, says Andy Lankford, regional representative for the Americas in the International Development Team IDT.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: JAHEP, Japan, Tohoku, US
Rika Takahashi | 31 January 2021Over the last 15 years, Japanese support for the realisation of the International Linear Collider has grown. People of all stripes — academics, members of industry, artists and everyday science fans — have banded together to voice their support for the building the ILC in Japan. The latest in this wave of support is the formation of a steering panel, which recently reported on an impressive set of efforts to promote the ILC.
