The ILC promises extraordinary power in the study of the
Terascale. The annihilation of an electron and its antiparticle,
the positron, allows the understanding of collisions to an
unparalleled level of detail and precision. As others have
comprehensively documented, the ILC view of the Terascale,
complementary to the LHC's perspective, makes the ILC an
essential tool for unraveling new phenomena discovered at these
extreme energies. It makes the ILC the top priority at Fermilab
for a future global facility. A superconducting ILC cavity
Credit: Fermilab Visual Media Services The ILC's opportunities
for discovery have motivated the global particle physics
community to come together in an effort to design the
accelerator and its experimental program. The completion of the
Reference Design Report in early 2007 and the structuring of a
collaborative worldwide R&D program represent successful
community efforts. Fermilab has contributed strongly to this
effort: the design of the accelerator; the development of supe