RD-FCC is the acronym of CSN1 which deals with research and development to define both the detectors necessary for future large colliders (in particular FCC and its first phase FCC-ee), and to define some of the components of the accelerators themselves. RD-FCC proposed a new detector concept, called IDEA, for a large lepton collider, which attracted great international interest and was documented in FCC-ee’s Conceptual Design Report. RD-FCC also plays a central role in creating connections and collaborations with foreign institutes to internationalize the IDEA collaboration.

The responsibility of RN of RD-FCC falls during a particularly important period which will culminate with the next European Strategy Update for high energy physics, which will hopefully lead to the approval of the next large collider for high energy physics.

Congratulations from the entire section go to Paolo and “good luck” for the work to be done in the coming years.