International Teacher Weeks Programme

from Sunday, August 3, 2025 (5:00 PM) to Saturday, August 16, 2025 (7:00 AM)
CERN

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Aug 3, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
Aug 5, 2025
Aug 6, 2025
Aug 7, 2025
Aug 8, 2025
Aug 9, 2025
Aug 11, 2025
Aug 12, 2025
Aug 13, 2025
Aug 14, 2025
Aug 15, 2025
AM
7:00 AM
Registration (until 9:00 AM)
7:00 AM Early Birds & Night Owls  
9:30 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM)
9:30 AM Introduction to the International Teacher Weeks Programme 2025 - Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN) Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
10:00 AM Concept Map Session 1 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)  
11:30 AM Introduction to CERN - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
9:00 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
9:00 AM Particle Accelerators - Simon Albright (CERN)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Particle Detectors - Veronika Kraus (Vienna University of Technology (AT))  
8:45 AM
Visits (until 10:45 AM)
8:45 AM Magnet Test Facility Hall SM18 & CERN Control Centre  
10:45 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM)
11:00 AM Engineering at CERN - Raymond Veness (CERN)  
9:00 AM
Study Groups Report-Out (until 9:30 AM) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
9:00 AM SG4  
9:10 AM SG5  
9:30 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
9:30 AM Medical Applications of Particle Physics - Manjit Dosanjh (University of Oxford (GB))  
11:00 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:15 AM Introducing Particle Physics in the Classroom - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
9:00 AM
Study Groups Report-Out (until 9:30 AM) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
9:00 AM SG1  
9:10 AM SG2  
9:20 AM SG8  
9:30 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM)
9:30 AM Feynman Mathemagic - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Introduction to CMS - Piotr Traczyk (CERN)  
9:00 AM
Welcome to Week #2!! (until 9:15 AM)
9:00 AM Meet in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39)  
9:15 AM
Lectures (until 10:45 AM) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
9:15 AM Computing at CERN - Markus Joos (CERN)  
10:45 AM
Visits & Workshops (until 12:30 PM) (31/S-023)
11:00 AM Data Centre & Mystery Box Workshop  
Data Centre
Mystery Boxes
9:00 AM
Study Groups Report-Out (until 9:30 AM) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
9:00 AM SG3  
9:10 AM SG6  
9:20 AM SG7  
9:30 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
9:30 AM Beauty Physics at CERN - Patrick Koppenburg (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
10:45 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:15 AM Heavy Ion Physics at CERN - Panagiota Chatzidaki (Uppsala University (SE))  
9:00 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
9:00 AM AI in Particle Physics - Maurizio Pierini (CERN)  
10:15 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:45 AM Radiation Protection at CERN - Claudia Ahdida  
9:00 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
9:00 AM The Future of Particle Physics - Michael Benedikt (CERN)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Final Questions & Final Answers - Dr Sascha Schmeling (CERN)  
9:00 AM
Study Group Presentations (until 1:00 PM) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
9:00 AM Introduction & Overview - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
9:15 AM SG4 Particle Physics - Trygve Ugelstad Mr Plácido Cobo Romero Phebe Lenthall Maura Zanetti Cristine Mae Rendon  
9:30 AM SG7 Particle Accelerators - Will Stoll Suman Banerjee Nour Jaffan Marija Siriški Aili Kruusaauk  
9:45 AM SG1 Particle Detectors - Ramya Madhuri Janapati Matin Honardoost Eren Büktel Emese Hanolné Toldy Christopher Hatten  
10:00 AM --- Coffee break ---
10:30 AM SG6 ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHCb - Thi Thu Thuy Trinh Tasha Richardson Olivia Macovei Karen Romina Avalos John Meloni  
10:45 AM SG2 Engineering at CERN - Dina Paula Furtado Bravo Seromenho de Cintra Oyuntugs Tseveledorj Natia Akhvlediani Francisco Hettige Damion Samantha Silva Ahmed Sayed  
11:00 AM SG8 Computing and Data Analysis at CERN - Veronica Micai Seratti Cristofoletti Vanesa Parmenopoulou Timothy Fitzgibbon Mahesh Kumar Leki Wangmo  
11:15 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:45 AM SG5 Medical Applications of Particle Physics - Paweł Józef Dyniec Nattaporn Tongpun Michela Bisaglia Claire Allen Aysel Gökce  
12:00 PM SG3 Future Particle Accelerators - Nava Haviv Estrugo Martin Vysohlid Loh Boris-Edmond Bohteh Lenka Zigon Jessica Hostiadi  
PM
5:00 PM
Welcome to CERN! (until 7:00 PM)
5:00 PM Welcome Reception - Dr Sascha Schmeling (CERN) Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds) Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
5:45 PM Discover CERN Treasure Hunt  
7:00 PM --- Dinner ---
8:00 PM
Introductory Remarks (until 9:00 PM) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
8:00 PM Basics @ CERN - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
1:45 PM
Visits (until 3:30 PM)
1:45 PM Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS Control Room  
4:00 PM
Lectures (until 5:15 PM) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
4:00 PM Introduction to Particle Physics - Jonathan R. Ellis (King's College London)  
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
2:00 PM
Lectures (until 5:00 PM) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
2:00 PM Introduction to Study Groups - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
3:00 PM The Discovery of the Higgs Boson - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))  
4:30 PM First Questions & First Answers - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))  
6:00 PM
Social Events (until 10:00 PM)
6:00 PM Bowling & Pizza  
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
2:00 PM
Lectures (until 3:30 PM)
2:00 PM How to run a Particle Accelerator? - Bettina Mikulec (CERN)  
4:00 PM
Study Groups (until 5:30 PM)
4:00 PM SG Session 1  
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
2:00 PM
Workshops & Exhibitions (until 4:30 PM)
2:00 PM Cloud Chamber Workshop & Exhibitions  
4:30 PM
Study Groups (until 6:00 PM)
4:30 PM SG Session 2  
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
1:30 PM
Visits (until 4:30 PM)
1:30 PM CMS  
4:30 PM --- Coffee break ---
5:00 PM
Halfway Point (until 6:30 PM) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
5:00 PM Concept Map Session 2 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)  
6:00 PM Review & Outlook - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
6:30 PM --- Dinner ---
8:00 PM
Social Events (until 10:00 PM) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
8:00 PM Movie Night – Particle Fever  
1:00 PM
Social Events (until 9:30 PM)
1:00 PM Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt  
7:30 PM Official Dinner of the International Teacher Weeks Programme 2025   (Hotel Edelweiss)
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
2:00 PM
Lectures (until 3:30 PM) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
2:00 PM Data Analysis in Particle Physics - Flavia de Almeida Dias (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
4:00 PM
Study Groups (until 5:30 PM)
4:00 PM SG Session 3  
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
2:00 PM
Visits (until 5:00 PM)
2:00 PM ALICE Exhibition & LHCb Exhibition  
6:00 PM
Social Events (until 7:30 PM)
6:00 PM International Gift Swapping Circle  
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
2:00 PM
Lectures (until 3:30 PM) (40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie)
2:00 PM Taming the very small - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))  
3:45 PM
Visits (until 6:00 PM)
3:45 PM Antimatter Factory & Low Energy Ion Ring  
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
2:00 PM
Study Groups (until 5:00 PM)
2:00 PM SG Session 4  
5:00 PM --- ITW2025 GROUP PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ---
1:00 PM --- Lunch break ---
2:30 PM
Closing Session (until 6:00 PM) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
2:30 PM Concept Map Session 3 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)  
3:30 PM What's next? - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
4:15 PM Certificates & Goodie Bags - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds) Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
7:00 PM
Social Events (until 9:00 PM) (Restaurant 1 (VIP Area))
7:00 PM Farewell Dinner