The yearly international Linear Collider Workshop took place from 6 to 10 October 2014 in Belgrade, organised by the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences. The workshop gathered researchers from Europe, Asia and America primarily involved in the linear collider projects ILC and CLIC. Approximately 200 participants took part from 84 institutions in 21 countries. The […]
The 2014 ICFA seminar in Beijing
The ICFA seminar is a meeting held every three years, rotating through the Americas, Asia and Europe. The last meeting in 2011 was held at CERN, and the most recent one in Asia at the Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP) in Beijing from 27 to 30 October. The next meeting in 2017 will be […]
Voice your dream for the ILC!
As you probably know, the International Linear Collider is under discussion in Japan. Expert panels are evaluating whether Japan should host the project. The panel is seeking compelling and articulate arguments to justify a project of this scale. Of course, the scientific case and technical and social value of the ILC are important, however, the […]
Science for Peace
I was very honoured when I received an invitation to speak at the United Nations Headquarters on 20 October in an event titled “Science for Peace and Development.” I will be speaking right after Kofi Annan! (More about this later.) Because of this responsibility, I was eager to learn what role science has played for […]
Efforts for the ILC to be matured “from Design to Reality”
The 2014 International Workshop on Future Linear Colliders (LCWS’14) hosted by Vinca Institute of Nuclear Science, Serbia will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, next week from 6 to 10 October. The workshop will mark an important step for accelerator and detector design to be further optimised and prepared for the best physics case. The workshop […]
ILC: What’s happening in Japan
This article contains more detailed information and updates concerning the on-going ILC decision process in Japan. The main components of this process were already introduced by Hitoshi Yamamoto in the 24-July issue of LC NewsLine. In September 2013, the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) published a report on the ILC. This report contains two key […]
In preparation for LCWS 14
One of the challenges involved in an international project is that of maintaining good communication among the collaboration members. While the detector community has learned over the years to adapt to this situation, typically accelerator design has been centred at a host laboratory that provided the technical leadership. The ILC design team with its global […]
Linear Collider School switches lakes
The great cathedrals of medieval Europe are often cited as the physical monuments to an Age of Faith; similarly, the mammoth particle accelerators of our day are sometimes said to be the parallel physical manifestations of our Age of Science. It is particularly appropriate therefore that this year’s Linear Collider School was held in the […]
Supporting political developments in Japan
On 1st May 2014, Japan’s Ministry for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) established an expert committee to investigate various issues raised by the Science Council of Japan regarding the ILC. Then, two subcommittees were created: one, the ILC particle & nuclear physics subcommittee, to investigate the physics case of the ILC, and the […]
Challenges and goals for the LCWS14 in Belgrade 6-10 October
As the summer conferences are taking place, providing – we hope – further physics guidance for us, it is also time to start thinking about the autumn linear collider programme. The highlight for the linear collider community is the yearly international Linear Collider Workshop which in 2014 will take place from 6 to 10 October […]