= LhARA Executive Board 17Sep25; 16:00 BST =

**Present:**  KL, CW, PP, CJ, JP, RA, WS, RB

== Summary of actions: ==
 * **KL:** Liaise with TG re Liverpool dates
 * KL, CW, JPar:** Draft LhARA business plan
 
== Notes ==

1. __[wiki:Research/LhARA/Governance/ExecutiveBoard/Meetings/2025/2025-09-17 Notes and actions]:__ All \\
 * **KL:** Date for PPD seminar
  - **Done:**. Will be 14Jan26.
 * **KL:** Check on NLRC presentation
  - **Done.** 21Oct25
 * **KL:** Liaise with TG re Liverpool dates
  - **Ongoing.**

2. __CDR update:__ KL \\
 - Status: JMcGarrigle now working through references, LaTeX errors and text, flagging issues.  With T.Price updates now in, permissions to edit slimmed down to KL and JMcG.  Working to complete as soon as may be.
 - Author list refresh: initiate when CDR finalised.
 - Arizona State University interested to join.  Have high-power pulsed laser facility.  Interested to make short focal length activity.  All welcomed their interest; agreed to include ASU in author list refresh.

3. __Brm collaboration meeting debrief:__ JPar, All \\
 - Successful meeting; follow up in terms of money raising, engagement, etc.

4. __Business plan, intro and discussion:__ KL, All \\
 - [raw-attachment:2025-10-01a-LhARA-BusinessCase.pdf Headings]
 - Discussion of business plan: agreed to flesh out details and defined working group: KL, CW, JPar.

5. __Redrawing the logo:__ PP \\
 - Agreed to remove text and to ask D.Laird to redraw.

4. __Peer-group meetings update:__ KL \\
 [raw-attachment:LhARA-meeting-series.pptx Slide sent to LhARA comms as definition of activity] \\
 “Particle therapy international meeting” \\
 - Marco Durante: confirmed 13Feb
 - Meet next week to refocus.
 “Cylindrically-symmetric strong focusing of ion beams” \\
 - C.Dyson and P.Rucksasakchai recruited to help ortanised.
 “Novel time-resolved and high-resolution imaging” \\
 - To be organised.
 “Biology, measurement, simulation and interpretation of radiation biology” \\
 - To be organised.

4. __Articles:__ RB, KL \\
 - Frontiers in Physics
 - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
 - Ion-acoustic
 - Accelerator papers (WS) \\
 No update this week.

6. __Collaboration meeting dates:__ All
 - Spring 2026
  - Agreed to go to RAL. Try to propose dates on Friday.

7. __DONM__ \\
 - Date of next meeting: 15Oct25 -- 16:00 BST

8. __AoB__ \\
 * Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2026 proposal: [raw-attachment:2025-10-01-a-LhARA-RS-SumSciEx-26-prop.docx present draft]
 * Spark scheme; WS will re-apply.
 
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{{{#!comment
  Items to return to:
    __Planning of contribution to Frontiers in Science:__
    __CDR preparation:__
     - Discussion of title
 - Outreach Group met and have developed a 6-month plan which is being updated.  Planning round of shout-outs to institutes and flagging progress.  Planning to start with Strathclyde and success of SCAPA. 
 - RB: has proposed LhARA paper for PPCF IoP Journal; has been accepted.  We noted the invitation for a special issue that we had accepted.  Agreed that **KL and RB** would meet to discuss how to take these opportunities forward next week.
 - Applications to be considered after break:
  - RS Summer Exhibition
  - MCSA DN
  - KTP/CASE application
}}}