1. Opening of the meeting

• V. Kantser

2. Implementation of the recommendations of the previous PAC meeting

• V. Kantser

3. Information on the Resolution of the 120th session of the JINR Scientific Council (September 2016) and on the decisions of the JINR Committee of Plenipotentiaries (November 2016)

• M. Itkis

4. A 15-year forward look at neutron facilities at JINR

• V. Aksenov

5. Condensed matter studies at the IBR-2 facility: review of main scientific and methodological results in 2016

• D. Kozlenko

6. Progress towards modernization of the HRFD diffractometer

• I. Bobrikov

7. Reports on themes and projects:

7.1. Concluding theme "Methods, Algorithms and Software for Modeling Physical Systems, Mathematical Processing and Analysis of Experimental Data" and proposal for its extension

• Gh. Adam

Referees: V. Kantser, N. Kardjilov, V. Melezhik, H. Safouhi

7.2. Progress report on the theme "Organization, Support and Development of the JINR Educational Programme"

• S. Pakuliak

7.3. Concluding project "Development of modern education programmes" and proposal for opening a new project "Development of an open educational environment to support research priorities in nuclear physics"

• Yu. Panebrattsev

Referees: L. Avramov, O. Culicov, A. Kovalenko, D. Sangaa

8. Information on plans for the development of applied research at the NICA complex (following the International Workshop on Biophysics and Materials, 12–13 December 2016, Dubna)

• O. Belov

9. Information about the III International Conference on Small-Angle Scattering Dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of Yu. Ostanevich (6–9 June 2016, Dubna)

• A. Kuklin

10. Information about the training course for students "Advanced material studies by neutron scattering methods" (27 August – 4 September 2016, Dubna)

• M. Balasoiu

11. Information about the 7th International Scientific School for Young Scientists and Students "Instruments and Methods of Experimental Nuclear Physics. Electronics and Automatics of Experimental Facilities" (7–11 November 2016, Dubna)

• E. Litvinenko

12. Meeting of the PAC members with the JINR Directorate

13. Scientific reports:

13.1. "Numerical investigation of vesicular systems and pion-nucleus scattering within the asynchronous differential evolution method"

• E. Zemlyanaya

13.2. "Spine dynamics in compounds with intermediate valence: comparison of inelastic scattering results to ab initio theory"

• E. Goremychkin

13.3. "Forecasting the NICA complex radiation environment"

• G. Timoshenko

15. Overview of the poster presentations

• Sh. Torosyan

16. Award of the authors of the best poster presentations made at the previous PAC meeting

17. General discussion <br><center><font style="font-size:12pt;"><u>Сlosed session:</u></font></center>

18. Proposals for the agenda of the next PAC meeting

19. PAC recommendations

20. Closing of the meeting