Meeting of The Division of Particle Physics

24.10.2013 at Kumpula Campus, University of Helsinki

1.
The chairman of the division, Sami Lehti, opened the meeting at 15:30. Sami Lehti was selected to be
the chairperson of the meeting. Terhi Järvinen was chosen to be the secretary. Tapio Lampen and Eija
Tuominen were selected as vote counters.

2.
The agenda was accepted without changes.

3.
The board of the 2014 was selected. The board members were selected to be

Sami Lehti
Kimmo Tuominen
Terhi Järvinen
Kenneth Österberg
Jan Rak

The chairperson will be selected among the board members by later on.

4.
The activities pursued in year 2013:

Higgs talk at Ursa, 19.11.2013 (Sami Lehti)
Higgs talk for Keski-Uudenmaan tähtiharrastajayhdistys Altair in the Järvenpää library, 19.9.2013 (Sami Lehti)
Hiukkasen kiinnostaa -event at Tietomaa, Oulu, 27.-28.10.2013
Collaboration and ongoing organisation with Heureka considering Higgs weekend at Heureka in autumn
2014

5.
Meetings organised by Finland in 2013

POETIC IV, Physics Opportunities at an ElecTron-Ion Collider
2.-5.9.2013, Jyväskylä, 29 participants

EDS Blois, Elastic and diffractive scattering
9.-13.9.2013, Saariselkä, 41 participants

6.
The Division of Particle Physics may participate to organisation of Physics Days 2014 through the
Finnish Physical Society. Invitation of Nobelist F. Englert to Physics Days 2014 was discussed.

7.
Prof. P. Eerola gave an update of (R)EFCA in the morning session of Particle Physics day.

8.
The constitution of The Division of Particle Physics was asked to be linked again to the division's
webpage.

9.
Sami Lehti closed the meeting at 15:50.