= LhARA Executive Board 04Feb26; 16:00 GMT =

**ZOOM:** https://cern.zoom.us/j/69273575605?pwd=K1cwVVo3UmJwL0pkVDZFSXRJcitvQT09

== Agenda ==

1. __[wiki:Research/LhARA/Governance/ExecutiveBoard/Meetings/2025/2025-12-10 Notes and actions]:__ All \\
 - **CW:** Need to pursue STFC year-end money.

2. __CDR update and actions arising:__ KL/All \\

3. __Peer-group meetings update:__ \\
 * “Particle therapy international meeting” \\
  //Advertising actions: //
   - **RA:** EFOMP, ASTRO, ESTRO, RSNA, PTCOG, IPEM, HiPhi, APM
   - **RA:** LinkedIn, Neil Burnett, Adrian Crellin, ...
   - **JPar:** Anthony Chalmers and other bio folk
   - **CW:** M.Boyd and Strathclyde folk. 
 - HiPhi?

 * “Cylindrically-symmetric strong focusing of ion beams” \\

 * “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. \\

4. __Research Council situation__ All \\

May have to cut here!
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5. __Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2026__ \\

5. __[https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/sciencefestival/ Glasgow Science Festival 2026]__ CW

6. __EUMateria__
 WWW site: https://eumateria.eu \\

7. __ELIMED proposal__
 No update this week.

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

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9. __Collaboration meeting dates:__ All
 - Spring 2026
  - 29/30 April; RAL:  Wednesday 29Apr and Thursday 30Apr morning LhARA CM.  Rutherford Lecture on 30Apr26.  
   - [https://indico.stfc.ac.uk/event/1783/ Block diagram agenda]

10. __DONM__ \\
 - Date of next meeting: 04Feb26 -- 16:00 GMT

11. __AoB__ \\

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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
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