First Meeting of the oPAC Steering Committee

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The first meeting of the Steering Committee took place on 11th July by video conference and successfully reviewed the progress of the Network to date. Recruitment of Fellows was discussed and the positions offered, so far, from the 22 vacancies available. The recruitment process is ongoing and the latest deadline for applicants is 30th September 2012. Details of all vacancies are available from the oPAC web site.

The oPAC Consortium decided to enrol all fellows joining the network in one of two internationally renowned accelerator schools; the CERN Accelerator School (CAS) in Granada, Spain 28th October – 9th November or the Joint Universities Accelerator School (JUAS) in Archamps, France 7th January – 15th March 2013. These schools will provide fellows with a sound training background as they commence their projects within the network. A further training event, on complementary skills, will be provided to all Fellows and will take place at the University of Liverpool in June 2013.

Also, the Network’s Topical Workshop series was discussed in detail and workshops on ‘Beam Physics’, ‘Beam Instrumentation’ and ‘Simulation Tools’ shall all be organized in the first half of 2013. These typically take place over two days and include talks from experts in each particular field in addition to providing training to the oPAC Fellows.