Abid Patwa, the DOE manager of the High Energy Physics office, informed the US Higgs Factory coordinators in an email about exciting news from Washington DC:
“As an FYI — Today afternoon, April 26, 2024, a joint “Statement of Intent between the United States of America and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) concerning Future Planning for Large Research Infrastructure Facilities, Advanced Scientific Computing, and Open Science” was signed at The White House. The US-CERN SOI was signed by Deirdre Mulligan, The White House Principal Deputy Chief Technology Officer, and Fabiola Gianotti, the CERN Director-General. Among other topics, the SOI expresses an intention by the United States to collaborate on a future FCC Higgs Factory should the CERN Member States determine the project feasible.”
