Committees

The AFC oversees all major administrative and financial functions of ESS, and gives advice and recommendations for decisions to the ERIC Council.

The AFC's main duties include:


• Monitoring and giving advice regarding organisational, financial legal and staff issues
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• Reviewing documents for European Spallation Source ERIC Council meetings containing recommendations for decisions
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• Reviewing and preparing recommendations regarding a legal framework and an administrative organisation for the ESS facility
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• Working out rules and procedures for partners joining the facility and the ERIC Council at a later stage, e.g. during operation of the facility.

In addition, the AFC will, among other things, examine the plans for the procedures for in-kind contributions and the balance between cash and in-kind contributions, as well as the manpower and staff profiles for the construction and operation phases of ESS.

The AFC is composed of up to two delegates of each European Spallation Source ERIC Member Country. The Chair of the Committee is appointed by the ERIC Council.

• Stéphanie Le Van (Chair)
  CNRS
  France
• Xavier Reymond (Vice Chair)
  State Secretariat for Education, Research & Innovation
  Switzerland
• Magda Pektorova
  Ministry of education youth and sports (MSMT)
  Czech Republic
• Line Bekker Poulsen
   Ministry of Higher Education and Science
  Denmark
• Morten Scharff
  Ministry of Higher Education and Science
  Denmark
• Priit Tamm
  Research Council of Estonia
  Estonia
• Phillippe Sassier
  French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
  France
• Roxanne Casemayou
  French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
  France
• Johanna Brandenburg
  Research Centre, Jülich
  Germany
• Ingo Pfeil
  Ministry of Education & Research - BMBF
  Germany
• Balazs Kápli
  National Research, Development and Innovation Office 
  Hungary
• Antonella Tajani
  National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
  Italy
• Ileana Gimmillaro
  Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste 
  Italy
• Odd Ivar Eriksen
  The Research Council of Norway
  Norway
• Michal Rybinski
  Ministry of Higher Education & Research
  Poland
• Guadalupe Córdoba Lasuncion
  Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness
  Spain
• Johan Holmberg
  Swedish Research Council (VR)
  Sweden
• Mikaela Rapp
  Swedish Research Council (VR)
  Sweden
• Simon Berger
  State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
  Switzerland
• Philippa Kingston
  UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  United Kingdom
• Laura Woodward
  UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  United Kingdom

The IKRC oversees all In-Kind Contributions (IKC) to ESS, including the corresponding implementation of rules and legal framework for the agreement, and implementation and final accreditation of IKC. The IKRC assesses the deliverables of the Work Packages as defined in the planned agreements, and evaluates whether those are in line with the ESS Programme Plan. Upon successful evaluation, the contracts are recommended for acceptance to the ERIC Council.

The Committee reviews issues related to the implementation of IKC and recommends actions to address any required changes that could affect the overall cost, scope, or schedule of the ESS project.

After delivery, the IKRC will perform a final review of the IKC and recommend it for final acceptance to the ERIC Council. Subject to this approval, the Member Country will be accredited the IKC value as part of its total contribution to ESS.

Each country participating in the ERIC Council is represented in the IKRC by one delegate. The Chair and Vice-Chair are nominated by the Committee and approved by the Council.

• Robert McGreevy (Chair)
  Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
  United Kingdom
• Fiamma García-Toriello
  (Vice Chair)
  ESS Bilbao
  Spain
• Petr Šittner
  Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - Institute of Physics
  Czech Republic
• Piret Pikma
  Tartu University
  Estonia
• Alain Menelle
  Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (LLB)
  France
• Tania Claudio Weber
  Forschungszentrum Jülich
  Germany
• Viktória Sugár
  Óbuda University
  Hungary
• Giuseppe Gorini
  University of Milano-Bicocca
  Italy
• Erik Wahlström
  Department of Physics at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  Norway
• Dariusz Bocian
  Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ-PAN)
  Poland
• Jens Birch
  Linköping University
  Sweden
• Peter Allenspach
  Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
  Switzerland
• Justin Greenhalgh
  Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
  United Kingdom

The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) is an independent advisory committee providing advice and giving recommendations to the ESS project. The SAC independently assesses the scientific goals and the overall layout, and advises on the scientific objectives, of ESS.

The SAC provides independent advice, in particular, on all relevant scientific and technical issues related to the instrument suite and the desired characteristics of the neutron beams and the accelerator performance, as well as facilities for scientific support and the scientific operation of the facility.

The SAC is composed of potential users from the science communities that will use ESS neutron beams, and scientists with expertise in neutron scattering methods, and represents the user community at large.

The SAC reports to the European Spallation Source ERIC Council. Members of the SAC are outstanding scientists not employed by or otherwise immediately connected with ESS. The members of the SAC and its Chair are appointed by the Council.

• Victoria Garcia Sakai (Chair)
  ISIS/STFC
  UK
• Elizabeth Blackburn (Vice-Chair) 
  Lund University
  Sweden
• Klaus Habicht
  Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
  Germany
• Alberto Mengoni
  ENEA & CERN
  Italy/France
• Giorgio Schiro
  CNRS
  France
• Jonathan White
  PSI
  Switzerland
• Mirijam Zobel
  RWTH Aachen University
  Germany
• Bill Stirling
  Former Director of ILL and ESRF
  France
• María Teresa Fernandez Diaz
  ILL
  France
• Fabrice Cousin
  Laboratoire Léon Brillouin CEA-Saclay
  France
• Maria Paula M.  Marques
  University of Coimbra
  Poland
• Martin Sahlberg
  Uppsala University
  Sweden
• Jacqueline Cole
  University of Cambridge
  United Kingdom
• Stephen Hall
  Lund University
  Sweden
• Annette Eva Langkilde
  University of Copenhagen
  Denmark

The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is an independent advisory committee who provide advice and recommendations to the ESS project. The TAC provides independent advice, external moderation and assessment on the technical specification and goals to be achieved by ESS based on the most recent knowledge and experience worldwide.

The TAC deals with all technical aspects and parameters of the accelerator and target, moderators and ancillary systems, and the related infrastructure with a view to construct, operate and decommission the facility in Lund, as well as assessing the technical design of the facility and providing advice on how to optimise and improve its performance in accordance with the scientific goals.

The TAC is made up of representatives with international expertise in all technologies relevant to the production of neutron beams at ESS during all phases of the project, and who are appointed based on their expertise.

The TAC reports to the European Spallation Source ERIC Council. Members of the TAC are outstanding experts not employed by or otherwise immediately connected with ESS. The members of the TAC and its Chair are appointed by the Council.

Accelerator

• Mei Bai (Chair)
  SLAC
  USA
• Glen Johns (Co-Chair)
  ORNL
  USA
• Robin Ferdinand
  GANIL
  France
• Sara Thorin
  MAX IV
  Sweden
• Joachim Grillenberger
  PSI
  Switzerland
• Mike Glover
  STFC
  UK
• Nicolas Pichoff
  CEA
  France
• Alessandro Galo
  INFN Frascati
  Italy

Controls

• Markus Janousch (Co-Chair)
  PSI
  Switzerland
• Cyrille Berthe
  GANIL
  France
• Eugenia Hatziangeli
  CERN
  Switzerland
   
• Freddie Akeroyd
  STFC
  UK

Target

• Kevin Jones
  STFC
  UK
• Graeme Murdoch (Co-Chair)
  SNS
  USA
• Michael Butzek
  FZJ
  Germany
• Masatoshi Futakawa
  JPARC
  Japan
• Christian Nyfeler
  PSI
  Switzerland
• Eric Pitcher
  LANL
  USA

The Chair's Committee (CC) provides advice to, and serves as a sounding board for, the Director General on emerging issues, challenges, and initiatives that ultimately may require the Council’s attention. The CC has no general decision-making mandate unless explicitly delegated this by the Council, which is on an ad-hoc basis.

• Lars Börjesson
• Kurt Clausen
• Marie-Hélène Mathon
• Bo Smith
• Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph
• Helmut Schober
• Michela Dell’Anno Boulton

The Committee on Employment Conditions (CEC) monitor all aspects related to employment conditions on behalf of the Council, as well as provide advise to the Director general on employments conditions.

• Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph
• Martin Müller
• Katarina Bjelke
  Host State Observer
• Bo Smith
  Host State Observer

The PAC is composed of highly qualified and experienced experts relevant for project oversight of construction of large scientific or similar complex technical facilities but not employed by or otherwise immediately connected to the Organisation. The PAC members, including the PAC Chair, are appointed by Council.

The PAC's main duties include, amongst others:


• advice on all project management related issues
• monitoring effective and optimal use of the resources for fulfilling the goals of the project relating to cost, schedule, and scope, in particular for achieving first science
• indicate remedial actions needed to address any problems as they arise
• advice on project control, risk and contingency management

• Mark Reichanadter (Chair)
  SLAC (ret.)
  USA
• Reinhard Brinkmann
  DESY
  Germany
• Stuart Henderson
  TJNAF
  USA
• Winfried Petry
  FRM II (ret.)
  Germany
• Diane Hatton
  Brookhaven National Lab (ret.)
  USA
• Lina Rodrigo Rodriguez
  CIEMAT/ITER (ret.)
  Spain/France
• Christiane Alba Simionesco
  LLB
  France
• Pedro Fernandes Tavares
  MAX IV
  Sweden