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| CERN chooses its next Director General | CERN chooses its next Director General |
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| This morning CERN Council selected Fabiola Gianotti as the Organization’s next Director-General. The appointment will be formalised at the December session of Council, and Dr Gianotti’s mandate will begin on 1 January 2016 and run for a period of five years. | This morning CERN Council selected Fabiola Gianotti as the Organization’s next Director-General. The appointment will be formalised at the December session of Council, and Dr Gianotti’s mandate will begin on 1 January 2016 and run for a period of five years. |
| The decision was made rather quickly. Or, as the press release puts it, “Council rapidly converged in favour of Dr Gianotti.” I don’t usually draw so heavily on press releases but I was in council and helped write this one, so I think it’s excusable. So here goes (with a few tweaks of my own, of course): | |
| We were extremely impressed with all three candidates put forward by the search committee | We were extremely impressed with all three candidates put forward by the search committee |
| said President of Council Agnieszka Zalewska. The current Director-General, Rolf Heuer, said | said President of Council Agnieszka Zalewska. The current Director-General, Rolf Heuer, said |
| Fabiola Gianotti is an excellent choice to be my successor. It has been a pleasure to work with her for many years. I look forward to continuing to work with her through the transition year of 2015, and am confident that CERN will be in very good hands. | Fabiola Gianotti is an excellent choice to be my successor. It has been a pleasure to work with her for many years. I look forward to continuing to work with her through the transition year of 2015, and am confident that CERN will be in very good hands. |
| And then Fabiola herself... | And then Fabiola herself... |
| It is a great honour and responsibility for me to be selected as the next CERN Director-General following 15 outstanding predecessors. CERN is a centre of scientific excellence, and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world. CERN is also a cradle for technology and innovation, a fount of knowledge and education, and a shining, concrete example of worldwide scientific cooperation and peace. It is the combination of these four assets that renders CERN so unique, a place that makes better scientists and better people. I will fully engage myself to maintain CERN’s excellence in all its attributes, with the help of everybody, including CERN Council, staff and users from all over the world. | It is a great honour and responsibility for me to be selected as the next CERN Director-General following 15 outstanding predecessors. CERN is a centre of scientific excellence, and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world. CERN is also a cradle for technology and innovation, a fount of knowledge and education, and a shining, concrete example of worldwide scientific cooperation and peace. It is the combination of these four assets that renders CERN so unique, a place that makes better scientists and better people. I will fully engage myself to maintain CERN’s excellence in all its attributes, with the help of everybody, including CERN Council, staff and users from all over the world. |
| Fabiola was leader of the ATLAS experiment from March 2009 to February 2013, covering the period in which the LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS announced the long-awaited discovery of the Higgs boson, recognised by the award of the Nobel Prize to François Englert and Peter Higgs in 2013. She is a member of many international committees, and has received many prestigious awards. She will be the first woman to hold the position of CERN Director-General. | Fabiola was leader of the ATLAS experiment from March 2009 to February 2013, covering the period in which the LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS announced the long-awaited discovery of the Higgs boson, recognised by the award of the Nobel Prize to François Englert and Peter Higgs in 2013. She is a member of many international committees, and has received many prestigious awards. She will be the first woman to hold the position of CERN Director-General. |
| There will be a press conference at CERN’s Globe of Science Innovation this afternoon at 15:00, at which Fabiola will be joined by the President of CERN Council and the CERN Director-General. | There will be a press conference at CERN’s Globe of Science Innovation this afternoon at 15:00, at which Fabiola will be joined by the President of CERN Council and the CERN Director-General. |
| Actually, it took a lot longer to agree on the wording of the press release than on the choice of Director-General. Here we are breathing a sigh of relief after it is all done... | Actually, it took a lot longer to agree on the wording of the press release than on the choice of Director-General. Here we are breathing a sigh of relief after it is all done... |
| (Apart from formalising it in December of course.) | (Apart from formalising it in December of course.) |
| Jon Butterworth has written a book about being involved in the discovery of the Higgs boson, Smashing Physics, available here . Some interesting events where you might be able to hear him talk about it etc are listed here. Also, Twitter. | Jon Butterworth has written a book about being involved in the discovery of the Higgs boson, Smashing Physics, available here . Some interesting events where you might be able to hear him talk about it etc are listed here. Also, Twitter. |