On 10–12 September, some 500 physicists attended an open symposium in Krakow for the purpose of updating the European Strategy for Particle Physics, which was adopted by CERN Council in 2006. The meeting provided an opportunity for the global particle-physics community to express views on the scientific objectives of the strategy in light of developments over the past six years. With the aid of a local organizing committee, it was arranged by a preparatory group chaired by Tatsuya Nakada (see Viewpoint Charting the future of European particle physics).
