= LhARA Executive Board 26Nov25; 16:00 GMT =

**Present:** CJ, KL, JPar, CW, WS, PP

== Agenda ==

1. __[wiki:Research/LhARA/Governance/ExecutiveBoard/Meetings/2025/2025-11-12 Notes and actions]:__ All \\
 * **KL:** Liaise with TG re Liverpool dates
  - ** Stands. **
 * **KL, CW, JPar:** Draft LhARA business plan
  - ** Stands. **

2. __CDR update:__ KL \\

3. __LhARA collaboration business plan:__ KL, All \\
 Standing agenda item.

4. __Redrawing the logo:__ PP \\
 - Low resolution versions now posted on wiki.  High resolution versions in preparation (D.Laird et al).

5. __Peer-group meetings update:__ KL \\
 * “Particle therapy international meeting” \\
  - 

 * “Cylindrically-symmetric strong focusing of ion beams” \\
  - No update; status remains: progress to find next meeting of organisers by end of the week. \\

 * “Novel time-resolved and high-resolution imaging” \\
  - To be returned to later. \\

 * “Biology, measurement, simulation and interpretation of radiation biology” \\
  - To be returned to later. \\

6. __Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2026__
 - New standing item

7. __Raising resource__

8. __Articles:__ RB, KL \\
 - Frontiers in Physics
  - Solicited again by the journal. KL to reply; need to finish CDR.
 - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
 - Ion-acoustic
 - Accelerator papers (WS) \\

 No other updates this week.

9. __Collaboration meeting dates:__ All
 - Spring 2026
  - 29/30 April; RAL:  Wednesday 29Apr and Thursday 30Apr morning LhARA CM.  Rutherford Lecture on 30Apr26.  
 - Autumn 2026:

10. __DONM__ \\
 - Date of next meeting: 10Dec25 -- 16:00 GMT

11. __AoB__ \\
 * SB .. restart
 * IPAC abstract

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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
}}}