International Teacher Weeks Programme

from Sunday 3 August 2025 (17:00) to Saturday 16 August 2025 (07:00)
CERN

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
3 Aug 2025
4 Aug 2025
5 Aug 2025
6 Aug 2025
7 Aug 2025
8 Aug 2025
9 Aug 2025
11 Aug 2025
12 Aug 2025
13 Aug 2025
14 Aug 2025
15 Aug 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 Teacher Weeks 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  
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)
11:00 Engineering at CERN - Raymond Veness (CERN)  
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 SG  
09:10 SG  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:30 Medical Applications of Particle Physics - Manjit Dosanjh (University of Oxford (GB))  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Introducing Particle Physics in the Classroom - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 SG  
09:10 SG  
09:20 SG  
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 - Piotr Traczyk (CERN)  
09:00
Welcome to Week #2!! (until 09:15)
09:00 Meet in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39)  
09:15
Lectures (until 10:45) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
09:15 Computing at CERN  
10:45
Visits & Workshops (until 12:30) (31/S-023)
11:00 Data Centre & SGW Workshop  
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:00 SG  
09:10 SG  
09:20 SG  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:30 Beauty Physics at CERN - Patrick Koppenburg (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Heavy Ion Physics at CERN - Panagiota Chatzidaki (Uppsala University (SE))  
09:00
Lectures (until 12:30) (13/2-005)
09:00 AI in Particle Physics - Maurizio Pierini (CERN)  
10:15 --- Coffee break ---
10:45 OQI  
09:00
Lectures (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 The Future of Particle Physics  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Final Questions & Final Answers  
09:00
Study Group Presentations (until 13:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 Introduction & Overview - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
09:15 SG  
09:30 SG  
09:45 SG  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 SG  
10:45 SG  
11:00 SG  
11:15 --- Coffee break ---
11:45 SG  
12:00 SG  
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 17:15) (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) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
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?  
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) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
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 Teacher Weeks Programme 2025   (Hotel Edelweiss)
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 15:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:00 Data Analysis in Particle Physics - Flavia de Almeida Dias (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
16:00
Study Groups (until 17:30)
16:00 SG Session 3  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Visits (until 17:00)
14:00 ALICE Exhibition & LHCb Exhibition  
18:00
Social Events (until 19:30)
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 - Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))  
15:45
Visits (until 18:00)
15:45 Antimatter Factory & Low Energy Ion Ring  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Study Groups (until 17:00)
14:00 SG Session 4  
17:00 --- ITW2025 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)  
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