Director’s Corner 11 September 2008 Barry Barish US National Science & Technology Summit The US government policy for support of science and technology is being developed around the 2007 America Competes Act, a consensus policy to strengthen long-term US economic competitiveness through science and technology. This act calls for a substantial increase in US investment […]
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 […]
Uniting Asian collaboration
Director’s Corner 28 August 2008 Kaoru Yokoya Uniting Asian collaboration Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Kaoru Yokoya, GDE Asian Regional Director. Since the establishment of Global Design Effort in 2005, I have been a member of Executive Committee as Accelerator Leader. In August 2008, I earned a new title, Asian Regional Director, taking […]
FALC meets in Rome
Director’s Corner 21 August 2008 Barry Barish FALC meets in Rome The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders held their semi-annual meeting in Rome at INFN headquarters on 14 July 2008. The meeting was notable in that it marked the FALC release of their first annual report and the appointment of a new chairperson, Pierre Coulombe. […]
Spain’s increasing involvement in large international science
Director’s Corner 14 August 2008 Barry Barish Spain’s increasing involvement in large international science Did you know that Spain joined CERN as a Member State in 1961, but left seven years later? The modern era in Spanish particle physics was marked by Spain rejoining CERN in 1983, and the country’s investments and programme in particle […]
Greetings to Kaoru and thanks to Mitsuaki
Director’s Corner 7 August 2008 Barry Barish Greetings to Kaoru and thanks to Mitsuaki I am sorry to announce today that Mitsuaki Nozaki of KEK is stepping down as our Regional Director for Asia, while at the same time I am pleased to announce the appointment of Kaoru Yokoya, also of KEK, as our new […]
New hope for Europe
Director’s Corner 31 July 2008 Brian Foster New hope for Europe Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Brian Foster, GDE European Regional Director. 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 […]
ILCSC approves new MOU at the Dubna meeting
Director’s Corner 24 July 2008 Barry Barish ILCSC approves new MOU at the Dubna meeting The International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC) met on 4 June 2008 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia, in parallel with the first day of our Global Design Effort meeting. We began the day with […]
A personal tribute to Yoji Totsuka
Director’s Corner 17 July 2008 Barry Barish A personal tribute to Yoji Totsuka High-energy physics lost a giant in our field – and I lost a very good personal friend – when Yoji Totsuka, the former Director General of KEK, died of cancer at the age of 66 last week. I would like to pay […]
The proposed Russian ILC site
Director’s Corner 10 July 2008 Barry Barish The proposed Russian ILC site One of the most difficult and tricky issues for the Global Design Effort in carrying out our design work is how to approach the siting issue for the ILC before proposals are actually solicited for hosting the machine. Conventional facilities are a major […]