Insights from the Cockcroft Institute Director's Remarks – January 2006

1. Director’s Remarks http://www.lancs.ac.uk/cockcroft-institute/ John Dainton • Overall Situation • Mission and means • Management and Governance • Staff • Building • Organisation

2. Programme Tower Seminar Room, Daresbury Laboratory Thursday January 12th 2006 13:00 Buffet lunch 14:00 Directors’ Information Session JBD and MWP Questions expected, suggestions welcome 15:00 Research Strategy ASTeC MWP Cockcroft RGC 15:30 Tea/Coffee 16:00 ILC (and LHC) Co-ordinator: RA 16:00-16:05 Rob Appleby   Introduction16:05-16:15 Adriana Bungau        Collimation16:15-16:30 Roger Barlow           Wakefields16:30-16:50 Ian Bailey             e+ topics16:50-17:00 Leo Jenner           LW/emittance17:00-17:15 Grahame Burt         Crab cavities17:15-17:35 Brian  Cox         FP420 17:35 Education & Training Co-ordinator: RWT 18:00 end – day 1 19:30 Dinner: Red Lion, Moore

3. Programme • Tower Seminar Room, Daresbury Laboratory • Friday January 13th 2006 • 09:00 RF projects (incl. NF and proton driver) Co-ordinator: RS • 09:00-09:10 S Crane (Lancaster)   Radial IOTs • 09:10-09:30 R Jones (Manchester) Wakefields in the main L-band • linacs of the ILC • 09:30-09:50 R Seviour (Lancaster) RF Cavity Research • 09:50-10:10 S Smith (ASTEC)       ERLP • 10:10-10:30 J Clarke (ASTEC)      4GLS • 10:30 Coffee • 11:00 New mathematical modelling Co-ordinators: RWT, DB and JG • and ultra relativistic charge • R Tucker • D Burton • J Gratus • 11:45 New initiatives, opportunities, further discussion, better • organisation, weekly meetings? etc etc? • 12:30 Lunch

4. 1. Overall 15 months of “existence” - governance and management functioning talks and first pubs appearing - seehttp://www.lancs.ac.uk/cockcroft-institute/ research programme developing from initial projects - identity building internationally - new projects beginning - collaborators/visitors “happening” seamless, essential, interface with ASTeC in place  education and outreach building - 2004/5 “tutorial dominated” (thanx ASTeC) - 2005/6 3+ courses, 18 “students” new staff working/arriving

5. Overall A very warm welcome to all newcomers to the CI/ASTeC Pioneers !

6. 2. Mission and Means  “strategy” – more from Richard Carter – developed by the Management Committee – endorsed by the CI Board – not yet understood by PPARC ! – too complicated for CCLRC ! – just right! means – core funding PPARC CCLRC NWDA univs – project funding: grants RCs industry overseas – infrastructure (“overheads”) discussions advancing

7. Mission and Means • The Institute’s “mission” is summarised in the following “deliverables”: • generic R&D in Accelerator Science and Technology (AST); • project specific R&D in AST • (e.g. a linear collider and a Neutrino Factory); • leadership and management of national deliverables to • international facilities (which may be UK-situated); • competence in crucial and specific technologies; • technology transfer to industry; • staff complement of internationally acknowledged expertise; • seamless involvement of the HEI and CCLRC sectors; • education and training to ensure a flourishing staff • supply side.

8. Institute Board Director Advisory Councils Group Leader Lancaster Group Leader Liverpool Group Leader Manchester Group Leader ASTeC Management Committee Lancaster Projects Liverpool Projects Manchester Projects ASTeC Projects PM - Linear Collider Linear Collider Projects PM - Neutrino Factory Neutrino Factory Projects 3. Management and Governance • Notes: • The Group Leaders are the line managers for staff in their groups. • The Programme Managers (PM) co-ordinate activities across the groups. • Solid lines indicate reporting lines. • Broken lines indicate information flows. • Additional programmes will be set up as required. • Activities in the groups will also include projects which are external to the Institute. …… light source Nuclear physics neutrons

9. Management and Governance Board functioning (every 3 months) – decision approving – papers on web – talks on web – some science Management Committee functioning (every 2 weeks) – decision making – your parliament; press your rep! Advisory Committees (every 6 months) – yet to meet – business and scientific

10. 4. Staff as proposed – Director + 3×4 senior (univs) + 2 CCLRC 5 now appointed – 12 research appointments underway – new project staff (~ another 12) preparing (incl. and beyond PPARC/CCLRC) anticipated – new institutions discussions with four univs advancing other RDAs?

11. 5. Building fit-out “on schedule” (info Jan 11th 2005) – completion/hand-over April 10th 2006 occupation thereafter – organisation team in place  peaceful occupation please ! – building operation funding agreed and in place major opening/launch event (final corporate image!) – organisation teamin place (“Pavilion”?)

12. 5. Organisation great admin team Sue – ASTeC Liz - CI weekly meetings colloquia? seminars (ASTeC)? seamless ! information flow ownership us/we are CI/ASTeC us/we decide

13. My door is always open for as long as possible whenever possible Pioneers in a great new adventure !

14. Pioneers in a great new adventure ! We are beginning to understand who and what we are, and what we deliver ! Some immediate issues so that we get even better even faster.

15. Organisation ? please ensure that overheads go to web DB weekly meeting ? When ? colloquia – Ed and Training proposal NM et al. seminars (ASTeC) ? NM et al. preprints – any papers please get DB to post as Cockcroft preprint with numbers – VERY important ? abstracts for conferences – next EPAC ? use the web (liaise with DB aware of relaunch) - password to all CI/ASTeC staff for as much as possible - update CI/ASTeC staff membership start to plan for move – coordinate with team!