Laboratory Directors Group

19 Feb 2026, 08:00 → 20 Feb 2026, 16:00 Europe/Berlin

Seminar Room 4 (DESY Hamburg)

Mike Seidel

The Lab Directors Group (LDG) has been charged by the CERN Council to develop a roadmap for accelerator research and development for Europe. This roadmap has been first presented to the community in 2022.

The further development of the accelerator roadmap and its alignment with the European Strategy will be discussed during the first day of this meeting. On the second day an internal LDG meeting will be held and the topic of non-collider collaboration options will be discussed.

The meeting is open to members and associated members of LDG, the chairs of the accelerator panels. Co-opted members from the community can  participate in addition. 

Hotelliste2024_DESY.pdf

Thursday 19 February

09:00 → 12:30 Morning Session

09:00 Welcome and Introduction

Speakers: Mike Seidel, NN (DESY)

09:10 High Field Magnets

Speakers: Bernhard Auchmann (PSI), Ezio Todesco (CERN)

09:50 Discussion

10:10 High Gradient RF Structures and Systems

Speakers: Giovanni Bisoffi (INFN), Peter McIntosh (STFC)

10:50 Discussion

11:10 Coffee Break

11:40 High Gradient Plasma and Laser Accelerators

Speakers: Rajeev Pattathil, Wim Leemans (M (Beschleuniger))

12:10 Discussion

12:30 → 13:40 Luch Break

13:40 → 17:00 Afternoone Session 1

13:40 Bright Muon Beams and Muon Colliders

Speakers: Daniel Schulte (CERN), Steinar Stapnes (CERN)

14:10 Discussion

14:30 Energy-Recovery Linacs

Speakers: Achille Stocchi, Jorgen D'Hondt (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

15:00 Discussion

15:20 Coffee Break

15:50 Sustainability Panel

Speakers: Dr Caterina Bloise (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati), Maxim Titov (CEA Saclay, Irfu)

16:20 Discussion

16:40 Wrapup Day 1

17:00 → 18:30 DESY Tour

19:00 → 22:00 LDG DInner

Friday 20 February

09:00 → 13:00 Morning Session 2

09:00 Summarizing Panel Mandates

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Beyond Collider Activities at CERN

Speaker: Gianluigi Arduini (CERN)

11:30 Non-Collider Activities at LDG Labs

12:00 Discussion of Collaboration Ideas

13:00 → 14:10 Joint Lunch

14:10 → 14:20 Adjourn