| Open for Submissions on scientific issues | 1 February 2012 |
| Submissions closed for the Open Symposium | 31 July 2012 |
| All submissions will be made available to the speakers and the session-chairs of the Open Symposium. | |
| Open Symposium (Krakow, Poland) - website | 10-12 September 2012 |
| Submissions closed for being included in the Briefing Book to the Strategy Group | 15 October 2012 |
| Strategy Group meeting to draft Update of Strategy (Erice, Italy) | 21-26 January 2013 |
| Finalizing Update of Strategy by CERN Council | March 2013 |
| Special Council Session to adopt Update of European Strategy in Brussels | May/June 2013 |