Strategy Group Remit

At a meeting in Zeuthen-Berlin from 2-5/6 May 2006, the Strategy Group shall produce a Draft Strategy Document (DSD) addressing the main lines of Particle Physics in Europe, accelerator-based and non-accelerator based, including R&D for novel accelerator and detector technologies. Representatives of the Observer States, and the chairmen of FALC, ApPEC and NuPECC will be invited to attend the meeting as observers.

The DSD shall comprise a series of ordered and concise statements, of 1-2 pages, followed by presentations and discussions of the initiatives not exceeding 25 pages.

In the DSD, the SG shall aim:

• to enhance the visibility of existing European particle physics programmes;
• to foster increased collaboration among Europe's particle physics laboratories and institutes;
• to promote a coordinated European participation in world-wide projects;
• to reiterate the CERN Council's 2004 position on the European strategy for the International Linear Collider;
• to encourage knowledge transfer to other disciplines, industries, and society;
• to outline priorities, at least implicitly;
• to consider time scales;
• to follow a thematic or project approach, whichever is more appropriate.

The SG shall submit the DSD to the CERN Council for discussion and unanimous approval at a special meeting in July 2006.

The Preparatory Group of the SG shall organize and carry out all the necessary preparatory work required to bring the Berlin meeting to a successful conclusion.

The term of office of the SG will end at the time of the special Council meeting dedicated to the discussion and approval of the Strategy Document.