The UK Committee on CERN (UKCC) meets shortly before each round of CERN Council meetings, which take place in March, June, September and December each year. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss the items likely to appear on the agendas of CERN Council and Finance Committee with all relevant parties, to get direction and where possible to agree the UK line.
Terms of reference
The UKCC’s remit is to consider questions arising from the UK participation in CERN and to brief:
- the UK delegation to the CERN Finance Committee
- the UK delegation to the CERN Council.
Membership
Membership of UKCC includes representatives from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), STFC and members of the particle physics community.
The current membership is:
- Mark Thomson, Chair (STFC)
- Shabana Haque, Deputy Chair (DSIT)
- Jess Atkinson (STFC)
- Grahame Blair (STFC)
- Daniela Bortoletto (University of Oxford)
- Philip Burrows (University of Oxford)
- Jon Butterworth (University College London)
- Karen Clifford (STFC)
- Sinead Farrington (STFC)
- Richard Farrow (STFC)
- Monir Gani (UKRI)
- Nigel Glover (Durham University)
- Felicity Howe (DSIT)
- Osian Lewis (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
- Matthew Puttick (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
- Mark Lancaster (The University of Manchester)
- Becky Lee, Secretariat (STFC)
- Chris Matthews (DSIT)
- Jocelyn Monroe (Royal Holloway)
- Andy Parker (Cambridge)
- Mitesh Patel (Imperial College London)
- David Snell (DSIT)
- Sarah Verth (STFC)
Contact
Becky Lee
Email: rebecca.lee@stfc.ukri.org
Last updated: 20 August 2024