International High School Teacher Programme

from Sunday, 6 July 2025 (17:00) to Saturday, 19 July 2025 (07:00)
CERN

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
6 Jul 2025
7 Jul 2025
8 Jul 2025
9 Jul 2025
10 Jul 2025
11 Jul 2025
12 Jul 2025
13 Jul 2025
14 Jul 2025
15 Jul 2025
16 Jul 2025
17 Jul 2025
18 Jul 2025
AM
07:00
Registration (until 09:00)
07:00 Early Birds & Night Owls  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30)
09:30 Introduction to the International High School Teacher Programme 2025 - Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN) Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
10:00 Concept Map Session 1 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)  
11:30 Introduction to CERN - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
09:00
Lectures (until 12:30)
09:00 Particle Accelerators - Simon Albright (CERN)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Particle Detectors - Ana Peixoto (University of Washington (US))  
08:45
Visits (until 10:30)
08:45 Magnet Test Facility Hall SM18 & CERN Control Centre  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Lectures (until 12:30) (40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr)
11:00 Engineering at CERN - Penelope Matilde Quassolo (CERN)  
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30)
09:00 SG8  
09:10 SG6  
09:20 SG9  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30)
09:30 AI in Particle Physics - Maurizio Pierini (CERN)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Introducing Particle Physics in the Classroom - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30)
09:00 SG2  
09:10 SG1  
09:20 SG7  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30)
09:30 Feynman Mathemagic - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Introduction to CMS - David Barney (CERN)  
09:00
Perimeter Workshop (until 12:00) (81/R-003B - Science Gateway Auditorium B)
09:00 Part 1/2 - Dave Fish (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Ashley McCarl Palmer (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)  
09:00
Walk to the IT Auditorium (until 09:30)
09:30
Lectures (until 10:45) (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
09:30 Computing at CERN - Hannah Short (CERN)  
11:00
Visits & Workshops (until 12:30) (513/1-024)
11:00 Data Centre & Mystery Box Workshop - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
Data Centre
Mystery Boxes
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30) (13/2-005)
09:00 SG3  
09:10 SG4  
09:20 SG5  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30) (13/2-005)
09:30 Beauty Physics at CERN - Niels Tuning (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Heavy Ion Physics at CERN - Panagiota Chatzidaki (Uppsala University (SE))  
09:00
Lectures (until 12:30) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:00 AWAKE - Marlene Turner (CERN)  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:15 Future High-Energy Collider Projects - Isabel Bejar Alonso (CERN)  
11:15 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Final Questions & Final Answers - Pippa Wells (CERN)  
09:00
Study Group Presentations (until 13:00) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:00 Introduction & Overview - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
09:15 SG3 Particle Physics - Mahesh Poudel Chhettri Vijay Shah Federico Ballanti Fatima Sabir Claudia Wenzel  
09:30 SG1 Particle Accelerators - Supanee Sangsin Sanjoy Kumar Pal Nigar Abbasova Mark Judd Iwona Nowak  
09:45 SG4 Particle Detectors - Joni Albarico Rozalina Nedyalkova Peter Olson Pedro Manuel Santos Dias Mourão Barbara Hudovernik  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 SG7 ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHCb - Albina Gerguri Víctor Curcó Murillo Matthew Leach Emel Özkök Arezou Beyrami  
10:45 SG9 Engineering at CERN - Job Israel Lino Perez Tanusree Goswami Susanne Goerke Susanne Elisabeth Wilson Georgios Zormpas  
11:00 SG2 Computing at CERN - David Thomas Akpa Thi Thuy Quynh Le Semra Sikira Gelmez Khemakhmia Abdeslem Edward Herbert Dragana Pavlovic  
11:15 --- Coffee break ---
11:45 SG6 Medical Applications of Particle Physics - Rajapakshege Asanka Pushpa Kumara Milla Unkuri Clifford Gerstman Carlos Moreno Borrallo Cansu Ece Aydınkal  
12:00 SG5 Antimatter Research - Wanyi Huang Stacey Floyd Sabina Lehocká Georg Binder Esteban Ezequiel Riquelme  
12:15 SG8 Future Particle Accelerators - Cristiane Sommer Leme Putarut Suntharanund Kuncoro Kohar Joanny Vieux Fabiola Muriel Salinas Diaz  
PM
17:00
Welcome to CERN! (until 19:00)
17:00 Welcome Reception - Dr Sascha Schmeling (CERN) Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds) Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
17:45 Discover CERN Treasure Hunt  
19:00 --- Dinner ---
20:00
Introductory Remarks (until 21:00) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
20:00 Basics @ CERN - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
13:45
Visits (until 15:30)
13:45 Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS Control Room  
16:00
Lectures (until 17:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:00 Introduction to Particle Physics - Jonathan R. Ellis (King's College London)  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 17:00)
14:00 Introduction to Study Groups - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
15:00 The Discovery of the Higgs Boson - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))  
16:30 First Questions & First Answers - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))  
18:00
Social Events (until 22:00)
18:00 Bowling & Pizza  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 15:30)
14:00 How to run the LHC? - Georges Trad (CERN)  
16:00
Study Groups (until 17:30)
16:00 SG Session 1  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Workshops & Exhibitions (until 16:30)
14:00 Cloud Chamber Workshop & Exhibitions  
16:30
Study Groups (until 18:00)
16:30 SG Session 2  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
13:30
Visits (until 16:30)
13:30 CMS  
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
Halfway Point (until 18:30)
17:00 Concept Map Session 2 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)  
18:00 Review & Outlook - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
18:30 --- Dinner ---
20:00
Social Events (until 22:00) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
20:00 Movie Night – Particle Fever  
13:00
Social Events (until 21:30)
13:00 Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt  
19:30 Official Dinner of the International High School Teacher Programme 2025   (Hotel Edelweiss)
19:30
Social Events (until 20:30)
19:30 Meet & Greet with Ashley & Dave from Perimeter Institute  
12:00 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Perimeter Workshop (until 17:00) (81/R-003B - Science Gateway Auditorium B)
14:00 Part 2/2 - Ashley McCarl Palmer (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Dave Fish (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 15:30) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
14:00 Medical Applications of Particle Physics - Manjit Dosanjh (University of Oxford (GB))  
16:00
Study Groups (until 17:30)
16:00 SG Session 3  
18:00
Social Events (until 19:30) (Microcosm Garden)
18:00 International Gift Swapping Circle  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 15:30) (13/2-005)
14:00 Antimatter Research at CERN - Dr Ina Carli (TRIUMF (CA))  
15:45
Visits & Workshops (until 18:00) (513/1-024)
15:45 Antimatter Factory & Ozobot Robotics Workshop - Anastasia Tezari (CERN)  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Study Groups (until 17:00)
14:00 SG Session 4  
17:00 --- HST2025 GROUP PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ---
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
14:30
Closing Session (until 18:00) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
14:30 Concept Map Session 3 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)  
Paper Recommendations
15:30 What's next? - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
16:15 Certificates & Goodie Bags - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds) Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
19:00
Social Events (until 21:00) (Restaurant 1 (VIP Area))
19:00 Farewell Dinner