Speaker
Description
The DRD1 Collaboration aims to promote the development and application of gaseous-detector technologies for futurecollider experiments and broader scientific applications, following the General Strategic Recommendations outlined in the 2021 ECFA Detector R&D Roadmap. Its strategic R&D programme is organised in application-oriented Work Packages, bringing together institutes with shared interests in specific areas, including detector applications, performance challenges, and technologies. These activities are supported by a transversal R&D backbone formed by Working Groups, which coordinate common developments, tools and expertise of broad benefit to the gaseous-detector community.
DRD1 is now approaching the end of its first three-year approval period and is preparing for re-approval, providing a timely opportunity to review the progress achieved and the evolution of the programme. The contribution will present the current status of the DRD1 Collaboration, its Work Packages and Working Groups, and highlight the ongoing and planned R&D activities and priorities for the next period. The strong and long-standing contribution of the US community to gaseous-detector development, together with the growing participation of US groups in DRD1, provides an important opportunity to further strengthen transatlantic collaboration and build a critical mass for gaseous-detector R&D in the US and internationally.