Robert Kephart
ILC Program Director

"The future of high energy physics depends upon the development of accelerators operating at the highest possible energy and intensity.

Recent national and international review panels have endorsed the International Linear Collider (ILC) and given it the highest priority as the world’s next new large accelerator facility. A Global Design Effort (GDE) will complete a Reference Design by the end of 2006. This will be followed by a detailed technical design and industrialization of the technology. International expressions to host the facility are expected a few years later.

Discoveries at the ILC are expected to revolutionize our understanding of the fundamental nature of the universe in which we live. Previous high-energy physics projects have also produced far-reaching practical applications and technologies. The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has endorsed the scientific priority of the ILC and has stated that Fermilab is the U.S. candidate site for the ILC.

My responsibility is to direct all ILC activities at Fermilab. The Fermilab ILC Research and Development program is a large and growing program that is expected to involve to a substantial portion of the lab. The Beams and Technical Divisions provide accelerator design and component development for ILC. The Computing and Particle Physics Divisions provide efforts on simulation, controls, Physics, and Detector Development. The Facilities Engineering Services Section leads the ILC site development studies and design of conventional facilities for ILC. Together they form the Fermilab team that will work with the Global Design Effort to develop the ILC design. My goal is to lead this team such that we establish U.S. credentials as the host region, and position Fermilab as the preferred host laboratory. I will be assisted by two deputies: Shekhar Mishra and Sergei Nagaitsev."