Summary of Session 6 "Machine Protection in 2011 and beyond"

The programme of session 6 was designed to provide a synthesis of the experience acquired during the commissioning and operation of the LHC machine protection system during the initial run in 2010. While the focus was on reaching the initial goal for the stored energy of 30MJ, the session aimed as well at identifying possible limitations or show-stoppers to increase the beam intensities beyond the 2010/11 targets. Special attention was given to ongoing work for the understanding of fast beam loss events observed for the first time in the LHC during the 2010 run as well as improvements for injection protection to overcome the present limitation of 48 bunches.