Government Relations
The Government Relations Subcommittee is responsible for the organization of an annual spring trip to Washington, D.C. to promote science and high energy physics (HEP) to members of the legislature and discuss plans with the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). For these activities, the P5 report is a crucial instrument to represent the plans of our community.
Users and Affiliates Meeting
The Users and Affiliates Meeting Subcommittee organizes the annual Fermilab Users and Affiliates Meeting. Its main task is to invite the whole scientific community once a year to show what new results were obtained by HEP at Fermilab or with Fermilab involvement. It highlights the past and future experiments and gives young scientists a platform to present themselves to the user and affiliate community.
Education and Public Engagement
The Education and Public Engagement Subcommittee aims to broaden and enhance the existing education and public engagement efforts at the lab through user participation and raise science literacy among the general public, educators, and students internationally through various stimulating science and technology education and outreach programs.
Quality of Life
The Quality of Life Subcommittee aims to improve the quality of life for users at Fermilab. The subcommittee’s mission is to address user and affiliate concerns and find ways to improve living and working conditions for everyone at the laboratory.
Science Mission (ad-hoc)
The ad-hoc Science Mission subcommittee was recently created to strengthen the connection between the scientific goals of users and affiliates and Fermilab’s long-term strategic direction. This subcommittee will define the charge for a proposed permanent Science Mission subcommittee by gathering community input.
Charter Development (ad-hoc)
The ad-hoc Charter Development subcommittee was recently created to deliver a new charter for the UAEC, updating the original charter that was written in 1969 to better serve the present-day needs of users and affiliates.