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Electron-Ion Collider Resource Review Board Meeting June 2026 at MEXT

Asia/Tokyo
MEXT - Toyko, Japan

MEXT - Toyko, Japan

Description

The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) Resource Review Board (EIC-RRB) is organized by the EIC Host Laboratories, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), and supported by participation by the EIC project and the EIC experiment collaboration. The EIC-RRB is comprised of the representatives of the international funding agencies supporting institutions collaborating on the EIC detector(s) and representatives from the two host labs.

The EIC-RRB will provide coordination during detector development, construction, and operations. The 7th meeting of the EIC-RRB is on June 9-10, 2026.

  • RRB Co-Chairs: Franck Sabatié (CEA-IRFU, Co-Chair), David Dean (Jefferson Lab, Co-Chair), and Abhay Deshpande (BNL, Chair)

  • Meeting Organizers & Hosts: Akira Henda (Director, Office for Particle and Nuclear Research Promotion, MEXT), Taku Gunji (Professor, University of Tokyo), Yuji Goto (Senior Scientist, RIKEN), Abhay Deshpande (Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear and Particle Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory), David Dean (Deputy Director for Science, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), Franck Sabatié (Director of CEA-IRFU), Jim Yeck (EIC Project Director, Associate Laboratory Director)

Event ID: E000007582

Note: This meeting falls under Exemption E. Meetings such as Advisory Committee and Federal Advisory Committee meetings. Solicitation/Funding Opportunity Announcement Review Board meetings, peer review/objective review panel meetings, evaluation panel/board meetings, and program kick-off and review meetings (including those for grants and contracts).

This meeting also falls under Exemption 142.3B-3c(2)(d) for EIC virtual meetings, including project reviews and collaboration meetings.

  • Wednesday 10 June
    • 09:00 09:15
      Recap of Goals for Day 2 15m
    • 09:15 10:30
      Common Funds, Global Outreach Strategy & Scrutiny Group Session
      Convener: David Dean (Jefferson Lab)
      • 09:15
        Common Funds proposal – WG Presentation 15m
        Speakers: Prof. Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University & BNL), John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Paolo Giubellino (INFN), Rolf Ent (Jefferson Lab)
      • 09:30
        Further Discussion on Common Funds, Computing & Software Integration, Oversight 10m
      • 09:40
        Global Outreach Strategy– WG Presentation 20m
        Speaker: Elke Aschenauer (BNL)
      • 10:00
        Further Discussion on Global Outreach Strategy 10m
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 11:00 12:00
      Comments by Members, Observers & DOE 1h

      • Canada: CFI, NSERC
      • Czech Republic: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
      • France: CEA Saclay
      • France: IN2P3/CNRS
      • Italy: Istituto Nazionale de Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
      • Japan: MEXT
      • Poland: Department of Innovation and Development, Ministry of Science and Higher Education
      • South Korea: Korea Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)
      • United Kingdom: UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
      Taiwan
      • United States of America: DOE Office of Science

    • 12:00 13:00
      Hosted Lunch 1h