TOPIC:At CERN Two new members elected to the Senior Staff Consultative Committee (“The Nine”) in 2026 Elections for The Nine are held every year, ensuring an annual rotation of members Written by: Giovanna Vandoni and Thorsten Wengler — 01 October, 2026 From left to right: Jean-Paul Burnet, Benjamin Couturier (Image: CERN) Jean-Paul Burnet (Beams Department) and Benjamin Couturier (Experimental Physics Department) are the two new elected members of the Senior Staff Consultative Committee, also known as The Nine. The electronic voting process closed at midnight on Sunday, 23 August 2026. Their terms of office will run from September 2026 to August 2029, replacing the outgoing members Sophie B...