CERN as a World Laboratory:From a European Organization

to a global facility

CERN openlabBoard of Sponsors

July 2, 2010

Rüdiger VossCERN Physics Department &

External Relations Office

United Kingdom and CERN / February 2010 2 2

CERN was founded 1954: 12 European States

Today: 20 Member States• ~ 2300 staff• ~ 790 other paid personnel• > 10000 users• Budget (2010) ~1’100 MCHF

• 20 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

• 1 Candidate for Accession to Membership of CERN: Romania

• 8 Observers to Council: India, Israel, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Turkey, the European Commission and UNESCO

CERN TODAY: THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

20 European Member States, sharing the base budget prorata NNI One candidate (Romania) Five applications pending (Cyprus, Israel, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey)

8 Observers 6 countries (some with ‘enhanced rights’) 2 International Organisations

~ 40 International Co-operation agreements Mostly non-European countries Basis for Non-Member State (NMS) collaboration & contributions to CERN projects

(LHC experiments, GRID computing)

~ 10 other countries with active scientific contacts/collaborations Clear distinction between –

European membership based on funding of recurrent budget Non-European co-operation based on ad-hoc co-operation and project-oriented

funding

Why?

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The CERN Convention (1953)

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“The Organization shall provide for collaboration among European States in nuclear research of a pure scientific and fundamental character, and in research essentially related thereto”

CERN in Numbers

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NMS: CONTRIBUTIONS TODAY AND TOMORROW

Non-Member States (NMS) today contribute ~ 1/3 to CERN’s current research programm:

~ 1/3 of the CERN User community (~ 10’000) ~ 1/3 of collaborating institutes (~ 650) ~ 1/3 of LHC detectors construction cost

Physicist vote with their feet: large increases of NMS participations catalyzed by unique world-class flagship projects – LEP and LHC

Post-LHC megascience projects can only be built in truly global collaboration (as opposed to regional organization with ad-hoc extensions)

Will require substantial infrastructure investments from present NMS

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CERN needs to adapt its institutional framework:

● Reflect the globalization of the LHC

● Prepare for large-scale post-LHC projects

GEOGRAPHICAL ENLARGEMENT OF CERN

Full Membership open to ANY state, irrespective of its location European members to retain majority!

New schemes of Associate Membership: Pre-stage to full membership

Compulsory transition phase (> 2 years) to full membership > 25% of “theoretical MS contribution” (at least 1 MCHF)

Long-term Associate Membership ‘per se’ > 10% of “theoretical MS contribution” (at least 1 MCHF)

NO right to vote in Council Entitled to industrial contracts, CERN Staff positions etc. pro rata financial contributions

Present scheme of International Collaboration Agreements to be retained Present Observer status to be retained only for (international)

organizations

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CERN Council decision (June 2010):