European Strategy Group (ESG)

The European Strategy Group (ESG) is a body set up by the CERN Council approximately every five years to establish a proposal for the periodic update of the medium-and long-term priorities of the field which it submits to the CERN Council for approval. The ESG is assisted in this task by a Physics Preparatory Group (PPG) and drafts its update proposal taking into account, inter alia, the scientific input submitted by the PPG. The ESG is composed of all the stakeholders of the European Strategy for Particle Physics: 

 

MEMBERS

 

Member States  
Austria Prof.  Jochen Schieck
Belgium Prof.  Pierre Van Mechelen
Bulgaria Prof. Venelin Kozhuharov
Czech Republic Prof.  Rupert Leitner
Denmark Prof.  Jens-Jørgen Gaardhøje
Estonia Prof. Martti Raidal
Finland Prof.  Katri Huitu
France  Dr Christelle Roy
Germany Prof. Klaus Desch
Greece Prof. Costas Fountas
Hungary Prof. Dezső Varga
Israel Prof. Marek Karliner
Italy Prof. Antonio Zoccoli
Netherlands Prof. Eric Laenen
Norway Prof. Heidi Sandaker
Poland Prof. Tadeusz Lesiak
Portugal Prof. Mário Pimenta
Romania Dr Calin Alexa
Serbia Dr Lidija Zivkovic
Slovakia Dr Marek Bombara
Spain Dr Maria Jose Costa
Sweden Prof. Richard Brenner
Switzerland Prof. Ben Kilminster
United Kingdom Prof. Mark Lancaster

 

CERN Director-General Dr Fabiola Gianotti
CERN Director-General-Elect To be appointed in late 2024

 

Major European National Labs
CIEMAT Dr Nicanor Colino
DESY  Prof. Beate Heinemann
IJCLab Prof.  Achille Stocchi
IRFU Prof. Franck Sabatié
LNF Dr Sandra Malvezzi
LNGS Prof. Ezio Previtali
NIKHEF  Prof. Jorgen D'Hondt
PSI Prof. Klaus Kirch
STFC-RAL Prof. Dave Newbold
STFC-Daresbury Lab. Prof. Jim Clarke
Strategy Secretariat Members
Strategy Secretary (ESG Chair) Prof. Karl Jakobs
SPC Chair Dr Hugh Montgomery
LDG Chair Prof. Dave Newbold
ECFA Chair Prof. Paris Sphicas

 

ESG INVITEES

President of the CERN Council Prof. Eliezer Rabinovici
Associate Member States in the pre-stage to Membership
Cyprus Prof. Panos Razis
Slovenia Prof. Borut Paul Kerševan
Associate Member States
Brazil Prof. Leandro Salazar de Paula
Croatia Dr Budimir Kliček
India tbc
Latvia Ms Antra Gaile
Lithuania Dr Andrius Juodagalvis
Pakistan Dr Masood Iqbal/Dr Zafar Yasin
Türkiye Dr Bahadır Saygı
Ukraine Prof. Borys Grynyov
Observer States
Japan Dr Kazunori Hanagaki
United States of America Prof. Michael Tuts
Organisations with Observer status
European Commission Ms Patricia Postigo McLaughlin
Other invitees
Chair ApPEC Dr Andreas Haungs
Chair NuPECC Prof. Marek Lewitowicz
Chair ESFRI Prof. José Luis Martínez
Other members of the PPG (in addition to the Strategy Secretariat)  

 

MEETINGS