CERN as a World Laboratory: From a European Organization to a global facility

1. CERN as a World Laboratory:From a European Organizationto a global facility CERN openlabBoard of Sponsors July 2, 2010 Rüdiger Voss CERN Physics Department &External Relations Office

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 United Kingdom and CERN / February 2010 2

3. 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? CERN openlab Board of Sponsors | July 2, 2010

4. The CERN Convention (1953) “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 openlab Board of Sponsors | July 2, 2010

5. CERN in Numbers

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9. 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 CERN needs to adapt its institutional framework: ● Reflect the globalization of the LHC ● Prepare for large-scale post-LHC projects CERN openlab Board of Sponsors | July 2, 2010

10. CERN Council decision (June 2010): 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 CERN openlab Board of Sponsors | July 2, 2010