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Council

The EIROforum Council is comprised of the Directors-General (or equivalents) of the member organisations. As such, the EIROforum is an authoritative and representative actor in the current process of creating the European Research Area.

EIROforum’s Directors General Assemblies take place twice a year, in spring and autumn.

EIROforum Council members

Professor Fabiola Gianotti, Director-General, CERN
Prof. Edith Heard, Director General, EMBL
Dr. Josef Aschbacher, Director General, ESA
Professor Xavier Barcons, Director-General, ESO
Professor Francesco Sette, Director of Research, ESRF
Professor Tony Donné, Programme Manager, EUROfusion
Professor Robert Feidenhans’l, Chairman of the Management Board, European XFEL
Professor Paul Langan, Director, ILL