The design, construction, and future upgrades of the EIC present exciting scientific and technical challenges, creating opportunities for a closely connected global accelerator R&D community. The EIC Accelerator Collaboration will help realize the full potential of these opportunities, benefiting the EIC project, its collaboration partners, and the wider accelerator community, while also maximizing the long-term performance of the EIC facility.
The EIC Accelerator Collaboration was launched in 2024 at the IPAC kick-off meeting, with the goals outlined above in mind.
The EICAC is led by two co-chairs—an international co-chair and a project co-chair—and its structure includes the Institutional Collaboration Board, which currently represents more than 20 institutions worldwide. The EICAC Charter is available here and the structure of the ICB will be available here (the link to Indico page will be added).
Originally co-chaired by Prof. Carsten Welsch of the University of Liverpool, who served as the inaugural international co-chair until October 2024, the international co-chair position is now held by Prof. Tatiana Pieloni from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Andrei Seryi from Jefferson Lab serves as the co-chair representing the EIC project.
