Introduction | European Strategy for Particle Physics

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The deadline for the submission of community input was set at 31 March 2025, with the goal to conclude the process in June 2026.</p> <p>In June 2024, the Council elected Professor Karl Jakobs (University of Freiburg) as Strategy Secretary for the Strategy and established both the <a href="https://europeanstrategyupdate.web.cern.ch/strategy-secretariat">Strategy Secretariat</a> and the <a href="https://europeanstrategyupdate.web.cern.ch/european-strategy-group-esg">European Strategy Group</a>.</p> </div> <section> </section> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer role="contentinfo"> <div class="row cern-footer"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3 footer-first-col"> <div class="region region-footercolumn1"> <section id="block-cern-overwrite-block-1" class="block block-block-content block-block-contenta17a8c66-617c-4891-800d-8463c8249c93 clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Related websites</h2> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span>► </span><a href="https://europeanstrategy.cern/" target="_blank"><span>The European Strategy for Particle Physics</span><span aria-label="(link is external)" class="ext"></span></a></p> <p><span>► </span><a href="http://council.web.cern.ch/en" target="_blank"><span>CERN Council</span></a></p> <p><span>► </span><a href="http://ecfa.web.cern.ch/" target="_blank"><span>European Committee for Future Accelerators</span></a><span> (ECFA)</span></p> <p><span>► </span><a href="http://www.esfri.eu/" target="_blank"><span>European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures</span><span aria-label="(link is external)" class="ext"></span></a><span> (ESFRI)</span></p> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-md-8 col-lg-8 footer-second-col"> <div class="row">  <div class="col-sm-5 col-md-4 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-4 col-lg-offset-0"> <div class="region region-footercolumn2"> <section id="block-cern-overwrite-block-2" class="block block-block-content block-block-content9431bb7e-85fc-4114-8592-c21e4406ccfd clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> </p> <p class="rteright"><span style="color:#FAEBD7;">contact:</span> <a href="mailto:eppsu.2024@cern.ch">eppsu.2024@cern.ch <span aria-label="(link sends e-mail)" class="mailto"></span></a></p> </div> </section> </div> </div>  <div class="col-sm-6 col-sm-offset-1 col-md-4 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-4"> <div class=" mb-4"> </div> </div>  <div class="col-sm-6 col-sm-offset-6 col-md-4 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-4 col-lg-offset-0"> <div class=" mb-4"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-1 col-sm-1 col-md-1 col-lg-1 footer-last-logo"> <a href="https://home.cern/" title="CERN" target="_blank"><img src="/themes/custom/cern-theme/logo.svg" alt="CERN"/></a> </div> </div> <div class="copy-wrapper light"> <a href="https://copyright.web.cern.ch/"> Copyright </a>  © 2025 CERN</div> </footer> </div> <script type="application/json" data-drupal-selector="drupal-settings-json">{"path":{"baseUrl":"\/","pathPrefix":"","currentPath":"node\/8","currentPathIsAdmin":false,"isFront":false,"currentLanguage":"en"},"pluralDelimiter":"\u0003","suppressDeprecationErrors":true,"ajaxPageState":{"libraries":"eJxljusOgzAIhV-oyiMZakmtw0JaNPr2q7otJvtB4DuHmxexagUVVFQ2Ks7_FBNhS-pGKnkItA3V0NYKJ3eNu5tv_2z2WOAJl-OxEkQWj9wGDk45XvrIhPnPkEA1J1UyeNT9lOLELWxu56QQhLIqch8SssQeZ9wd7dZ2vL7WB92CJovAnVw9qtEC51Nv2sping","theme":"cernclean","theme_token":null},"ajaxTrustedUrl":[],"matomo":{"disableCookies":false,"trackMailto":true},"data":{"extlink":{"extTarget":true,"extTargetNoOverride":false,"extNofollow":false,"extNoreferrer":true,"extFollowNoOverride":false,"extClass":"0","extLabel":"(link is external)","extImgClass":false,"extSubdomains":true,"extExclude":"","extInclude":"","extCssExclude":"","extCssExplicit":"","extAlert":false,"extAlertText":"This link will take you to an external web site. 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