Special ePIC Collaboration Council Meeting

Tuesday 2 Jun 2026, 10:30 → 12:15 US/Eastern

Thomas Ullrich (BNL), Renee Fatemi (University of Kentucky)

Date and Agenda are preliminary. 

This is an open CC meeting. All ePIC members are welcome. Connect via Zoom.

Minutes from the ePIC Collaboration Council Meeting on June 2, 2026

Mode : online

Agenda: https://indico.bnl.gov/event/33024/

The following minutes refer to the agenda above and only record the discussion and questions not contained in the posted talks. This meeting is a continuation of May 29th meeting.

10:30 → 10:35 Welcome

Speaker: Thomas Ullrich (BNL)

10:35 → 10:50 Presentation of New Institution Proposal: Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (TIFPA)

Speaker: Dr Enrico Serra

TIFPA-Application-2026.pdf

10:50 → 11:05 Presentation of New Institution Proposal: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Speakers: Dr Stefan Diehl (JLU Giessen and UCONN), Stefan Diehl (JLU Giessen and UCONN)

Giessen-Application-2026.pdf

11:05 → 11:20 Presentation of New Institution Proposal: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

Speakers: Charlotte Van Hulse, Charlotte Van Hulse, Charlotte Van Hulse

VUB-Application-2026.pdf

11:20 → 11:35 Presentation of New Institution Proposal: Egyptian Center for Theoretical Physics (ECTP)

Speaker: Abdel Nasser Tawfik (Islamic University of Madinah)

ACU-ECTP-MembershipB.pdf

11:35 → 11:55 Status of Policy Update (Conference & Talks Committee)

Speakers: Brian Page (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Prof. Daniel Brandenburg (Ohio State University)

ePIC-Conference-and-Talks-Policy Draft 2026 Revision .docx

11:55 → 12:15 Status of Policy Update (Publication Policy)

Speakers: Annalisa Mastroserio (Università degli Studi di Foggia and INFN), Xin Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)