Getting the best people from all over the world is one of the biggest challenges to realise the International Linear Collider, the next-generation electron-positron collider. That’s why there’s a new working group on human resources, called into being by Japan’s ILC Advisory Panel, to tackle the issue before the ILC has even been approved. On […]
Expert puts report into context
Satoru Yamashita is professor for particle physics at the University of Tokyo. He is also the chair of the ILC Strategy Council of Japan and as such acts as go-between, interpreter and commentator between worlds. He is familiar with the world of science ministries, in particular the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and […]
Japan’s expert panel for the ILC has published its summary report
Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has released on 5 August its summary report of the discussions by the expert panel (ILC Advisory Panel) to investigate various issues regarding the ILC. The panel was established in May last year, with two subcommittees: one, the ILC particle & nuclear physics subcommittee, to investigate […]
Learn from the experience of others – Tohoku University campus planning group visits DESY
German national laboratory Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY) welcomed three Japanese visitors on 30 June, 2015, who asked to be introduced to DESY – its campus and organizational structure as an example of a research institute. The group is studying the size and needs of a possible International Linear Collider (ILC) campus in Tohoku. Tokiko Onuki, […]
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 […]
Survey reveals ILC-related hopes and fears of high school kids
If the ILC comes to Iwate prefecture, one of the major challenges will be to inform the local community about their big new science neighbour. The prefectural government and the councils of the host town have already set up up ILC task forces, and an expat grassroots support committee actively promotes the project in the […]
Japanese diet members go to Washington
There was a visit by Japanese Diet members to Washington DC from 26 to 29 April (see “Discussions at the political level over the ILC in US and Europe” in this issue of LC NewsLine). I attended two of those meetings, one on 28 April at the Hudson Institute and one on 29 April at […]
Discussions at the political level over the ILC in US and Europe
Right after the Asian Linear Collider Workshop (ALCW) 2015 and ILC Tokyo Event, another big milestone for the ILC happened in the United States. From 26 to 30 April, three members of the Diet and members of Japan’s Federation of Diet Members for Promotion of the ILC, Takeo Kawamura, Ryu Shionoya and Shun-ichi Suzuki visited […]
Steven Weinberg and Gerard ‘t Hooft join #mylinearcollider
“Nature is a lot smarter than we are,” says theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Gerard ‘t Hooft n his contribution to the #mylinearcollider campaign. As a theorist, it’s in his interest to figure out how the laws of nature work, and no matter how hard we think about them – we need experimental evidence for […]
Field trip to a model lab
A delegation from Kesen-Numa City, from Japan, led by the Mayor Mr. Shigeru Sugawara, visited CERN and the area around it from 18 to 20 May. The group consisted of 16 representatives from the city’s Council, the Commercial and Industry Association, the Board of Education, the Reconstruction and Policy Planning Division and many other official bodies. […]