The next annual meeting of world scientists working on the linear collider development will be held in Sendai, Japan. On 21 May, Lyn Evans, Director of Linear Collider Collaboration announced at the press conference held in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. This year, the Linear Collider Workshop (LCWS) will take place from 28 October to […]
Successful visit to Europe: one big step for ILC realisation
“In short, it was a big success,” said Satoru Yamashita, project professor at the University of Tokyo, who was a member of a Japanese delegation that visited France and Germany in early January this year. The Japanese delegation consisted of 18 persons – Diet members, government officials, industry leaders, and scientists – and toured two […]
Science First with the ILC- Keynote speech by Takeo Kawamura
Here is the speech delivered by Takeo Kawamura, member of the House of Representatives, on the opening day of LCWS2016.Translation thanks to the workshop local organising committee. “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m honored to be here and to speak about the ILC. I am Takeo Kawamura, a member of the House of Representatives. I […]
Videos of the ILC Tokyo Event available on YouTube
It is time to prepare for the LCWS 2015 to be held in Whistler, BC, Canada. But let’s look back a while for the last Linear Collider conference held in Japan in Spring. Videos of the Tokyo Event are now available on TouTube. Check out the “ILC Tokyo Event” playlist on ILCCommunication YouTube channel. One […]
Towards the realisation of the International Linear Collider
At the ILC Tokyo Symposium, held on 22 April 2015 at the Ito International Hall, Tokyo, Japan, the Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC) and the more than 300 participants from around the world at the Asian Linear Collider Workshop (ALCW) 2015 decided to issue a statement confirming their conviction of the scientific justification for a prompt […]
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 […]
LCWS13 – a timely linear collider workshop
The international linear collider workshop LCWS13 will be hosted by the University of Tokyo from 11 to 15 November. In June 2013, the ILC TDR was completed and the new international linear collider organisation LCC has fully taken over from the GDE (Global Design Effort) and RD (Research Directorate) that coordinated the activities to produce the […]
Concentrating our energy towards the realisation of the ILC
Jie Gao, chair of the Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee summarises the progress achieved in Asia in the last months towards the realisation of the ILC.
The official completion of the technical design for the International Linear Collider on 12 June 2013 marked the start of a new boosting engine for the ILC. The ILC was launched in 2005 in Snowmass, Colorado, after it was baptised in August 2004 at the technology decision by the ITRP panel. Now all engines are […]
The welcoming season
These days of late summer and early autumn are the best season of the year in Beijing! The sun is shining high over the blue sky, and green leaves that are reflected through the sunshine dance to the tune of the cool winds. As we wave goodbye to the hot August, we are starting to […]
China’s roadmap for ILC international cooperation discussed
From 29 to 30 May, the Institute of High Energy Physics held China’s second Linear Collider Workshop (CLCWS12) in Xijiao Hotel, Beijing. Following their first gathering in Beijing in 2010, this time, over thirty front-line scientists from theoretical physics, experimental physics, detectors and accelerators met again to exchange their ideas and have a comprehensive discussion […]