1. RD 51 Collaboration News Leszek Ropelewski (CERN), Maxim Titov (CEA Saclay) 10 th RD51 Collaboration Meeting, Stony Brook, USA, October 1-4, 2012 80 RD51 Member Institutes; ~ 450 Participants

2. 10 th RD51 Collaboration Meeting (Stony Brook, October 1-4, 2012): https://indico.cern.ch/conferenceProgram.py?confId=179611 Monday, October 1 Monday, October 1 09:00 - 12:00 Opening session 09:00 - 12:00 Opening session 14:00 – 19:00 WG1 MPGD Technologies and New Structures 14:00 – 19:00 WG1 MPGD Technologies and New Structures 18:00 - 19:30 Collaboration Board Meeting 18:00 - 19:30 Collaboration Board Meeting  Tuesday, October 2 09:00 - 13:00 WG5 - Electronics 09:00 - 13:00 WG5 - Electronics 14:30 - 15:30 WG7- Test Beams 15:30 – 17:30 WG6 - Production 14:30 - 15:30 WG7- Test Beams 15:30 – 17:30 WG6 - Production 18:00 – 21:00 Collaboration Dinner 18:00 – 21:00 Collaboration Dinner  Wednesday, October 3 - excursion  Thursday, October 4 09:00-13:00 WG2 – Physics Issues 09:00-13:00 WG2 – Physics Issues 14:00-18:30 WG4 - Simulation & software 14:00-18:30 WG4 - Simulation & software no WG parallel sessions  no WG summaries

3.  20 – 22 February: RD51 Collaboration Meeting (CERN)  26 – 27 April:  26 – 27 April: Industrial Applications of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (Annecy)  13 June: RD51 Presentation to LHCC  13 - 15 June: RD51 Mini-Week (CERN)  1 – 4 October: RD51 Collaboration Meeting (Stony Brook)  NEW: 3-5 DECEMBER: RD51 Mini-Week (CERN) RD51 Official Communications:  RD51 Collaboration Meetings Agenda: http://rd51-public.web.cern.ch/RD51-Public/Meetings/CollaborationMeetings.html http://rd51-public.web.cern.ch/RD51-Public/Meetings/CollaborationMeetings.html  CB minutes: https://espace.cern.ch/test-RD51/CB%20meeting%20minutes/Forms/AllItems.aspx https://espace.cern.ch/test-RD51/CB%20meeting%20minutes/Forms/AllItems.aspx https://espace.cern.ch/test-RD51/CB%20meeting%20minutes/Forms/AllItems.aspx https://espace.cern.ch/test-RD51/CB%20meeting%20minutes/Forms/AllItems.aspx  MB minutes: https://espace.cern.ch/test-RD51/MB%20meetings/Forms/AllItems.aspx

4. RD51 Report in the LHCC Open Session on June 13, 2012 RD51 Report in the LHCC Open Session on June 13, 2012 http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=194183 LHCC Committee, Draft Minutes Draft Minutes(CERN/LHCC-2012/008)

5. Consolidation around common projects: large area MPGD R&D, CERN/MPGD production facility, common electronics developments, software tools, beam tests RD51 Large area (MM, GEM, THGEM) Design optimization (e.g. THGEM, Resistive MM) “RD51 Common Projects” (Generic R&D) Software and Simulation MPGD SRS MPGD SRSElectronics CERN MPGD Workshop & Industrialization RD51 Common Test Beam Facility WG5: WG4: WG1: WG2: WG7: WG6:

6. RD51 Feb. 2009 @ CERN: RD51 GEM & Micromegas & assembly and training Jan. 2010 @ RD51 Simulation School Contributions to the EDIT School: 2011 @ CERN; 2012 @ Fermilab

7. T. Kawamoto – 25/09/2012 1x1m 2 MM in test beam Full size 1x2 m 2 MM will be built and tested this year. Large MicroMegas : built with PCB technology Industrialization is a next important step.

9. GLACIER SiD HCAL A. Cattai @ TOTEM T2K Kloe COMPASS size of the single GEM/  M foil total area produced a foster industrial large scale production A 9 A. Cattai, Detector R&D Talk

10. https://espace.cern.ch/test-RD51/RD51%20internal%20notes/Forms/AllItems.aspx We encourage everybody to submit results of your work (before journal publication) and internal documentation as RD51 internal notes RD51 Notes: 9 in 2012 17 in 2011; 17 in 2011; 9 in 2010; 9 in 2010; 7 in 2009 7 in 2009

11. 2011: 4 proposals approved under the call for Project Funding from the RD51 CF  Thin and high-pitch laser-etched mesh manufacturing and bulking (Saclay / CERN / Bari)  Development of innovative resistive GEM alpha detectors for earthquakes prediction and homeland security (INFN Bari / UNAM, Mexico / INFN Padova / INFN Frascati) and homeland security (INFN Bari / UNAM, Mexico / INFN Padova / INFN Frascati)  MPGDs technology laboratory for training, development, fabrication, applications and innovation (Universidad Antonio Nariño, Columbia / Brookhaven National Laboratory/ and innovation (Universidad Antonio Nariño, Columbia / Brookhaven National Laboratory/ Helsinki Institute of Physics / HEPTech / GSI Helmholtzzentrum) Helsinki Institute of Physics / HEPTech / GSI Helmholtzzentrum)  A low mass microbulk with real XY strips structure (NCSR Demokritos / Saclay/ Laboratorio de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, Universidad de Zaragoza / CERN )  See P. Colas, V. Peskov, R. Gutierrez and T. Geralis (plenary talks & status of the Projects) 2012: New Call for 2012 Common Project Proposals  extended deadline October 1, 2012  Selection/decision shortly after the RD51 Collaboration Meeting in October

12. GEM Technology GEM Technology New Flex (Korea, Seoul) New Flex (Korea, Seoul) Tech-ETCH (USA, Boston) Tech-ETCH (USA, Boston) Techtra (Wroclaw, Poland) Techtra (Wroclaw, Poland) Scienergy (Japan, Tokyo) Scienergy (Japan, Tokyo) Keerthi Industries (India) Keerthi Industries (India) MicroMetal GmbN (Germany, Muellheim)MicroMetal GmbN (Germany, Muellheim) Micromegas Technology TRIANGLE LABS (USA, Nevada) TRIANGLE LABS (USA, Nevada) ELTOS S.p.A. (Italy) ELTOS S.p.A. (Italy) SOMACIS (Italy, Castelfidarco) SOMACIS (Italy, Castelfidarco) CIREA (France, CHOLET) CIREA (France, CHOLET) THGEM Technology – ELTOS S.p.A. (Italy) PRINT ELECTRONICS (Israel) PRINT ELECTRONICS (Israel) New developments / results:  Summary of Recent Contacts with NewFlex, ELTOS, Techtra, Cirea Legal documents required for the SRS distribution to the RD51 institute are prepared and has to be signed by CERN Directorate (Sergio Bertolucci)  every institute has to sign this document with RD51 before getting SRS from CERN

13.  The initial validity of the present RD51 MoU covers the period until the 31st of December 2013  If RD51 would like to continue beyond 2013  need to ask for extension LHCC and CERN Research Board (RB);  Preliminary discussions with LHCC  will not need to write new RD51 proposal  prepare executive summary (10-15 pages) to describe future RD51 program  Received a lot of contributions from individual groups and RD51 WG conveners – THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INPUTS ! WG conveners – THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INPUTS !  Document to be submitted to the LHCC by the November’2012  extension discussed/(approved) by LHCC/RB in March/June 2013 extension discussed/(approved) by LHCC/RB in March/June 2013

14.  Generic R&D (new structures, ideas, detector physics) – RD51 Common Projects (WG2)  Applications – new proposal: organization of series of specialized workshops disseminating MPGD applications beyond fundamental physics – RD51, potential users and industry (e.g. dosimetry, neutron detection, medical physics, …) (WG3)  Development and Maintenance of Software & Simulation Tools; basic studies & software support for the RD51 community (WG4) software support for the RD51 community (WG4)  Development and Maintenance of the SRS Electronics (WG5) MPGD Industrialization - GEM, Microgemas, Thick GEM (WG6)  MPGD Industrialization - GEM, Microgemas, Thick GEM (WG6)  Maintenance of the RD51 Test-Beam Infrastructure (WG7)  MPGD Education and Training – new proposal: organization of schools for students and newcomers & academic training outside CERN, covering specific areas of the RD51/MPGD activities

15. 10 th RD51 Collaboration Meeting (Stony Brook, October 1-4, 2012): https://indico.cern.ch/conferenceProgram.py?confId=179611 Monday, October 1 - 09:00 - 12:00 Opening session Monday, October 1 - 09:00 - 12:00 Opening session 09:00 -09:10 Opening and Welcome (K. Dehmelt) Opening and WelcomeOpening and Welcome 09:10 – 09:40 RD51 Collaboration News (L. Ropelewski/ M. Titov) RD51 Collaboration NewsRD51 Collaboration News 09:40 - 09:45 MPGD 2013 Conference in Spain (Y. Giomataris) 09:45 – 09:55 - Development of innovative resistive GEM alpha detectors for earthquakes (V. Peskov) Development of innovative resistive GEM alpha detectors for earthquakesDevelopment of innovative resistive GEM alpha detectors for earthquakes 09:50 – 10:05 - A low mass microbulk with real XY strips (T. Geralis) A low mass microbulk with real XY stripsA low mass microbulk with real XY strips 10:05 – 10:15 - Thin and high-pitch laser-etched mesh manufacturing and bulking (P. Colas) Thin and high-pitch laser-etched mesh manufacturing and bulkingThin and high-pitch laser-etched mesh manufacturing and bulking 10:15 – 10:25 MPGDs technology laboratory for training, development, fabrication, applications and innovations in Colombia (R. Gutierrez) –MPGDs technology laboratory for training, development, fabrication, applications and innovations in Colombia–MPGDs technology laboratory for training, development, fabrication, applications and innovations in Colombia 10:25 -10:45 Coffee Break 10:45 – 11:15 Recent developments with Gridpix (J. Timmermans) Recent developments with GridpixRecent developments with Gridpix 11:15 – 12:00 Detector Technologies in PHENIX at RHIC: Past Developments and Future Plans (Th. Hemmick) Detector Technologies in PHENIX at RHIC: Past Developments and Future PlansDetector Technologies in PHENIX at RHIC: Past Developments and Future Plans