Visit of Dr. Joachim Mnich to Latvia - Inauguration of CERN/CMS Tier-2 site of Latvia

4 Jun 2024, 12:00 → 6 Jun 2024, 17:00 Europe/Riga

Riga, Latvia

Gundega Selga Horste (Riga Technical University (LV)), Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

Tuesday 4 June

22:30 → 23:00 Prof. Mnich arrival in Riga airport and transfer to the hotel

Greeted by prof. Toms Torims

Wednesday 5 June

09:20 → 09:30 Arrival at RTU campus

09:30 → 10:30 The official ceremony - Inauguration of CERN/CMS Tier-2 site of Latvia

10:40 → 11:40 Reception

11:50 → 12:10 Transfer to the Ministry of Education and Science

12:10 → 12:55 Meeting with a representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science

Discussion topics, inter alia:
- outline of Latvia - CERN strategy
- participation of Latvia in the CERN scientific programme

Speakers: Diana Laipniece (Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia), Gundega Selga Horste (Riga Technical University (LV)), Janis Paiders (Ministry of Education and Science), Joachim Josef Mnich (CERN), Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

Latvia - CERN- state-of-play 05.06.24@IZM.pdf

Latvia - CERN- state-of-play 05.06.24@IZM.pptx

12:55 → 13:15 Transfer to Latvian National library

13:15 → 14:45 Visit to Latvian National library, incl. CERN Portal

The National Library of Latvia

14:45 → 15:15 Transfer to MikroTik

15:15 → 16:15 Visit to MikroTik

https://mikrotik.com

Speakers: Ms Alise Pika-Ozola (Industrial Liaison Officer for Latvia), Joachim Josef Mnich (CERN), Prof. Toms Torims (Riga Technical University (LV))

MikroTik

16:30 → 17:00 Transfer to hotel

19:00 → 21:00 Informal dinner hosted by Minister of Finance H.E. Arvils Ašeradens

Thursday 6 June

08:55 → 09:00 Meeting at RTU Faculty of Computer Science, Information Technology and Energy

09:00 → 11:00 Visit to the RTU Campus and laboratories

11:00 → 11:10 Final remarks and departure