Meeting 17 January 2014

• Participants: Georg Schwering (Aachen), Guido Haefeli EPFL), Pascal Perret (Clermnt Ferrand), Nicoleta Dinu (Orsay), Marcel Merk (Nikhef). Christian Joram (CERN, chair, summary). Excused: Stefan Schael, Fred Blanc, Yasmine Amhis.

Agenda

• questions arising from reading guide for applicants (if any)
• update on network composition, feedback from Orsay
• Ketek case, feedback from CERN legal and procurement services
• Another company as beneficiary, other companies as partners ?
• how to proceed with potential associated partners ?
• feedback from your management (if any)
• agree on working acronym
• agree on coordinator
• ITN Proposal writing course, 5 - 6 Feb at CERN
• New ideas for the proposal content
• Volunteers for editing team
• INOFFICAL MS Word template (attached)
• Doodle for further meeting dates/times ?

Short summary and decisions

• questions arising from reading guide for applicants (if any) => question of secondments was discussed.

• update on network composition, feedback from Orsay ==> Posoitive feedback from Y. Amhis and M.H. Schune. Option of a SiPM lab contribution through Nicoleta Dinu under discussion.

• Ketek case, feedback from CERN legal and procurement services ==> CERN legal and procurement services see no formal problems in including KETEK in a ETN. Later tendering process would be unaffected. Question of IP must be properly addressed, possibly by Non-disclosure agreements. No discussion yet with T. Nakada, as he is travelling.

• Another company as beneficiary, other companies as partners ? ==> Nothing concrete for the time being. CAEN (Italy). Discussion on 22 Jan, together with P. Campana. Possibly interest in commercialization of compact scint fibre planes. 3M, French branch, producer of environment friedlier coolants.

• how to proceed with potential associated partners ? ==> Current list of potential partners: Kurchatov (>> discuss with Rolf), Rio (discuss with Antonio), Heidelberg, MSE (company), FACC (company)

• feedback from your management (if any) ==> positive feedback from Clermont and Lausanne.

• agree on working acronym ==> SciFiNet

• agree on coordinator ==> Christian

• ITN Proposal writing course, 5 - 6 Feb at CERN. Free of charge. Programme and link for registration distributed by mail.

• New ideas for the proposal content ==> applications of scifi techno outside HEP to be emphazised: muon tomorgraphy, Beam Gas Vertex

• Volunteers for editing team ==> Guido and Pascal

• Doodle for further meeting dates/times ? ==> A Doodle will be set-up.

HOMEWORK !!!

• every institute should do a first iteration (just keywords) on capacities (ch. 5 of proposal)
• every institute should do a first iteration (just keywords) on work packages for Researchers (ch. 4.1)

-- ChristianJoram - 17 Jan 2014