Tatsuya Nakada | 25 June 2025As Europe moves forward with its next update to the European Strategy for Particle Physics (ESPPU2026), the International Linear Collider (ILC) remains part of the conversation. While new proposals and shifting priorities have added complexity, the ILC’s strong technical groundwork and global support continue to position it as a candidate for future international collaboration. How Europe engages will help shape the next phase of global particle physics planning.
Tatsuya Nakada | 30 January 2025As Europe updates its strategy for the future of high-energy physics with a special focus on the next flagship machine at CERN, there will be several input documents about linear collider facilities, says Tatsuya Nakada – both in Japan and in Europe.
Jenny List | 29 November 2024At the LCWS2024, held at Tokyo University from 8 to 11 July, around 350 members of the linear collider community discussed for the first time a new global vision towards a linear collider facility, and how to make it happen somewhere in the world – in Japan or elsewhere. Ideas are concept-independent and everybody is invited to take part. This Director’s Corner summarises the discussion and gives an outlook on the next steps.
Shinichiro Michizono | 27 November 2023During the recent kick-off meeting of the ILC Technology Network ITN at CERN, some 20 research and R&D labs from around the world came together to see whether they would like to contribute to the network, and if so, what. Shin Michizono, head of all things acceleration in the International Development Team, sees great potential in the ITN, not only for progress on the ILC accelerator itself, but also for the participating labs and many varied fields of potential application.
Tatsuya Nakada | 29 September 2023While cooperation in technology is advancing with CERN joining the ILC Technology Network, and the ILC being generally ready to start further development work, there’s a lack of progress on political aspects like international discussions at a governmental level, the International Committee for Future Accelerators learnt at the recent meeting in Australia. IDT Chair Tatsuya Nakada reports on the ILC aspects.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: ICFA, IDT, ITN
Barry Barish | 26 June 202312 June 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of the ILC Technical Design Report. To commemorate the occasion, Barry Barish, who led ILC's global effort to complete this difficult job at the time, contributed this article to the ILC NewsLine.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: GDE, TDR
Jenny List | 17 November 2022The International Development Team has a new member: Jenny List from DESY has taken over the leadership of the Physics and Detector Working Group. In her first Corner, she describes the changing future collider landscape and calls for a readjustment of the priorities and the role of the Physics and Detector community. State-of-the-art technologies and excellent software are essential for any future project, but a sharpened physics case for a Higgs factory is just as essential, she says.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: International Development Team, P5, physics and detectors, Snowmass, WG3
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.
