9–13 Sept 2024
ETH Zürich
Europe/Zurich timezone

【35】A sustainable future in High-Energy physics

13 Sept 2024, 11:30
30m

Speaker

Patrick Koppenburg (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

Description

The climate crisis and the degradation of the world's ecosystems require humanity to take immediate action. The international scientific community has a responsibility to limit the negative environmental impacts of basic research. The HECAP+ communities (High Energy Physics, Cosmology, Astroparticle Physics, and Hadron and Nuclear Physics) make use of common and similar experimental infrastructure, such as accelerators and observatories, and rely similarly on the processing of big data. Our communities therefore face similar challenges to improving the sustainability of our research. This talk will reflect on our work practices and research infrastructure and identify the opportunities and challenges, with a particular emphasis on the long-term future of particle physics.

Author

Patrick Koppenburg (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

Presentation materials