1. Opening of the meeting

• D. L. Nagy

2. Implementation of the recommendations of the previous PAC meeting

• D. L. Nagy

3. Information on the Resolution of the 121st session of the JINR Scientific Council (February 2017) and on the decisions of the JINR Committee of Plenipotentiaries (March 2017)

• M. Itkis

4. Work plan for the development of a concept for JINR's new neutron source

• A. Vinogradov

5. User demands on the parameters of a future neutron source at JINR

• N. Kučerka

6. Reports and proposals on concluding themes and projects:

6.1. Theme "Investigations of Condensed Matter by Modern Neutron Scattering Methods" and proposal for its extension

• D. Kozlenko

Referees: P. Alekseev, V. Osipov, V. Skuratov 10'

6.2. Proposal for opening a new project "A system for neutron <i>operando</i> monitoring and diagnostics of materials and interfaces for electrochemical energy storage devices at the IBR-2 reactor"

• M. Avdeev

Referees: L. Rosta, D. Sangaa, K. Stevenson 10'

6.3. Theme "Development of Experimental Facilities for Condensed Matter Investigations with Beams of the IBR-2 Facility" and project "Development of PTH sample environment system for the DN-12 diffractometer at the IBR-2 facility" and proposal for their extension<br><br>Proposal for opening a new project "Development of a wide-aperture backscattering detector (BSD) for the HRFD diffractometer"

• S. Kulikov

Referees: R. Hall-Wilton, A. Kulikov, A. Kurbakov 10'

6.4. Theme and project "Multimodal Platform for Raman and Nonlinear Optical Microscopy and Microspectroscopy for Condensed Matter Studies"<br><br>Proposal for opening a new theme "Modern Trends and Developments in Raman Microspectroscopy and Photoluminescence for Condensed Matter Studies" and project "Ultrasensitive SECARS microspectroscopy and luminescent core-shell nanostructures"

• G. Arzumanyan

Referees: М. Dubničková, V. Fedosyuk, V. Smirnov 10'

6.5. Theme and project "Research on the Biological Effect of Heavy Charged Particles with Different Energies" and proposal for its extension

• E. Krasavin

Referees: R. Aroutiounian, М. Dubničková, O. Orlov 10'

6.6. Theme and project "Novel Semiconductor Detectors for Fundamental and Applied Research" and proposal for their extension

• S. Kotov

Referees: N. Kardjilov, A. Vorobjev, N. Zamyatin 10'

6.7. Project "Experiment technology development and applied research with slow monochromatic positron beams (project PAS)" and proposal for its extension

• P. Horodek

Referees: D. Nagy, V. Skuratov, E. Syresin 10'

7. Meeting of the PAC members with the JINR Directorate

8. Scientific reports:

8.1. "Fermi surface reconstruction in underdoped cuprates"

• E. Kochetov

8.2. "Magnetic phenomena in intermetallic compounds RCo₂: studies of the limits of the itinerant electron metamagnetism concept"

• S. Kichanov

8.3. "Simulation of damage threshold and structure in swift heavy-ion tracks in Al₂O₃"

• R. Rymzhanov

10. Overview of the poster presentations

• O. Belov

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

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

13. Proposals for the agenda of the next PAC meeting

14. PAC recommendations

15. Closing of the meeting

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