Status of Linear Collider Activities Rika Takahashi on behalf of the LC Communicators

1. Status of Linear Collider Activities Rika Takahashi on behalf of the LC Communicators Interactions meeting @SLAC, US

2. Coming up … • Development of the project since Spring • Development at LCB • Development at LCC • Development in KEK • How the communication of International Lab should be? Interactions meeting @SLAC, US

3. Development of the project since Spring • Lyn Evans said; • “You may think nothing is going on, but many things are happening under the surface.” Interactions meeting @SLAC, US

4. Jun 12, Official button-toss from GDE to LCC • In three consecutive ceremonies in Asia, Europe and the Americas, the authors of the Technical Design Report for the LC officially handed the report over to the international oversight board for projects in particle physics, the International Committee for Future Accelerators ICFA. Interactions meeting @SLAC, US

5. Development at LCB • PAC • （Project Advisory Committee） • Members has been elected • First meeting in Feb 2014 • Producing a road-map for International authorization • ＬＣＢ⇒ＩＣＦＡ⇒ＩＵＰＡＰ⇒ＯＥＣＤ/ＵＮＥＳＣＯ？ • Discuss the ILC Lab organization（Governance、Project Management etc..） Interactions meeting @SLAC, US

6. MOU for LCC • LCB is discussing the LCC common fund and the signing of the MOU • Signing with several lab have been settled, and with others in discussion. • Common fund will be taken care by CERN Interactions meeting @SLAC, US

7. 23 August, Japan’s site selection made • The ILC site evaluation committee of Japan announced the result of the assessment on the two candidate sites in Japan. As a location, they recommended the Kitakami mountains in the Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. Interactions meeting @SLAC, US

8. Development at LCC • Started the site specific design based on Japan’s Kitakami site. • LCC executives visited the site in 17 Oct, and confirmed that the site fulfills technical requirements. • On the same day, LCC met members of the Diet members association for the ILC, and high level government officials including Foreign ministry. Interactions meeting @SLAC, US

9. Development in Japan • 23 Aug, site evaluation in Japan • 30 August, Science Council of Japan’s submission of the report on the ILC (English translation being prepared) • 17 Oct, submitted the TDR, Site report, Organizational proposal to Science Ministry. (Official proposal to the government from scientific community) Interactions meeting @SLAC, US

10. 2015~6 2012 2013 2014 • Prepare the organization corresponding to LCC and LCB in Japan • Establish ILC Preparation center at KEK • Expand the KEK lab to ILC Pre-Lab. Research community • Site selection in Japan • Gain understanding from SCJ • Proposal to government EstablishInt’l lab Start construction Official statement from government Government review Other Promotional bodies • Refining the recommendations • Modeling of the global science city We are here! Expectation for detailed study

11. Possibleroad-map for International authorizationas a Global Project ICFA IUPUP OECD UNESCO(?) Inter-governmental discussion ILC Preparation organization in Japan (Pre-intergovernmental discussion, government-lab talks)

12. New ILC organization being planned atKEK • Organizational study for International lab (legal, human resources, procurement..) • Prepare roadmap for International approval. Management office Deputy Director Director LCB Project Office Director Deputy • R&D • Conventional facility design • Site specific accelerator design • Write up project proposal • Industrial-academia cooperation Accelerator, Detector, CFS, EDMS LCC Industrial cooperation

13. LCC Communication? • Team 4 communicators: Yilin LIU (IHEP), Barbara Warmbein(DESY/CERN) PerrineRoyole-Degieux(CNRS/IN2P3) Rika Takahashi (KEK) Interactions meeting @SLAC, US

14. What we should do next? • Need to think the way to promote ILC as a global project • Planning to organize communication advisory team • Your comments, inputs are more than welcome! Interactions meeting @SLAC, US