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3rd Meeting of the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG) - Innsbruck, Austria

Europe/Zurich
Palais Claudiana

Palais Claudiana

Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3, AT-6020 Innsbruck
David Barney (CERN), Michael Kobel (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))
Description
The IPPOG Spring Meeting 2012 will take place in the city of Innsbruck, Austria from Friday, April 20th morning to Saturday, April 21st noon. It will be preceded by a Masterclass Working Group Meeting on April 19th (afternoon only), of which the agenda can be found at https://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=183969 On Saturday afternoon, all participants of the meeting are invited to an excursion to Victor Hess' historic lab on Mount Hafelekar.
    • 09:00 09:15
      Opening address 15m
      Visit of Ms. Sabine Schindler, Vice Rector, University of Innsbruck and Prof. Emeritus Dietmar Kuhn, Head of Particle Physics Group, Innsbruck
      Speakers: Prof. Dietmar Kuhn (Head of Particle Physics Group, University of Innsbruck), Ms Sabine Schindler (Vice Rector, University of Innsbruck)
    • 09:15 09:25
      Practical Details, News, Plan for Day 10m
      Speaker: David Barney (CERN)
      Slides
    • 09:25 10:05
      WG Update - IPPOG Masterclasses 40m
      Outcomes of the Thursday, 19 April pre-meeting session on International Masterclasses
      Speakers: Kenneth William Cecire (University of Notre Dame (US)), Uta Anna Elisabeth Bilow (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))
      Slides
    • 10:05 10:25
      WG Update - IPPOG Identity & Membership 20m
      IPPOG "Members" & "About" webpages
      Slides
    • 10:25 10:45
      Country Contact Lists 20m
      Country Contact List idea - decision and next steps(?)
      Speaker: Ms Lisa Mc Carthy (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))
      Slides
    • 10:45 11:05
      Coffee Break 20m
    • 11:05 12:05
      WG Update - IPPOG@Conferences 1h
      Speakers: Konrad Jende (TU Dresden), Uta Anna Elisabeth Bilow (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))
      IPPOG @ESOF (Dublin)
      Status of Working Group
    • 12:05 12:45
      IPPOG Outreach Database 40m
      Speaker: Ms Lisa Mc Carthy (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))
      Slides
    • 13:00 14:00
      LUNCH 1h
    • 14:00 15:30
      Discussion Groups 1h 30m
      Topics: 1. Higgs Field/Higgs Boson; 2. Discovery Science; 3. 'Roadshow' Masterclasses; 4. IPPOG & the Use of Social Media; 5. Other (to be determined on day)
      Speakers: Achintya Rao (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Mrs Claudia Marcelloni De Oliveira (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)), David Barney (CERN), Marjorie Bardeen (Fermilab), Michael Kobel (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))
      Discovery Science
      Higgs animation / description
      Masterclass spin-offs
      Social media
    • 15:30 15:50
      Coffee Break 20m
    • 15:50 16:45
      Discussion Groups continued... 55m
    • 16:45 18:00
      Discussion Group Reports 1h 15m
      Each discussion group has 15 min to address large group (5 min presentation/ 10 min discussion)
      Speakers: David Barney (CERN), Michael Kobel (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))
      Discovery Science
      Higgs animation / description
      (mini) Masterclasses
      Social Media
  • Saturday 21 April
    • 09:00 09:15
      Innsbruck Outreach Activities 15m
      Speakers: Emmerich Kneringer (University of Innsbruck (AT)), Patrick Jussel (University of Innsbruck (AT))
      Slides
    • 09:15 09:30
      New UK Outreach Initiatives 15m
      Overview of new initiatives including new initiative to link the outreach work of STFC with science centers
      Speaker: Prof. Peter Watkins (University of Birmingham (GB))
      Slides
    • 09:30 09:45
      Celebrating Cosmic Ray Education at APS 15m
      This year we have two sessions at the APS April Meeting on "100 Years of Cosmic Rays: Educational Opportunities." A variety of ideas and activities of interest to our colleagues in Europe will be shared.
      Speaker: Marjorie Bardeen (Fermilab)
      Slides
    • 09:45 10:00
      Animation Demo 15m
      A particle collision animation on the quark-gluon level
      Speaker: Prof. Erik Karl Johansson (Stockholm University (SE))
      Slides
    • 10:00 10:20
      New CMS Outreach Initiatives 20m
      Google Hangouts, P5 activities, hands-on-demos, and more...
      Speakers: Achintya Rao (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), David Barney (CERN)
      Slides
    • 10:20 10:40
      Coffee Break 20m
    • 10:40 11:10
      New ATLAS Outreach Initiatives 30m
      Speakers: Mrs Claudia Marcelloni De Oliveira (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)), Steven Goldfarb (University of Michigan (US))
      Slides
    • 11:10 11:20
      New ALICE Outreach Initiatives 10m
      Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN)
      Slides
    • 11:20 11:35
      EU Educational Programs & ATLAS 15m
      Speaker: Christine Kourkoumelis (University of Athens (GR))
      Slides
    • 11:35 12:00
      IPPOG Business & Wrap Up 25m
      IPPOG chair, future IPPOG meetings (Spring 2013, October 2012), IPPOG Members & any other business
    • 12:00 12:30
      Country Reports - Documentation Only 30m
      Denmark
      France
      Germany
      Greece
      Italy
      Netherlands
      Spain
      Sweden