International Teacher Weeks Programme

3 Aug 2025, 17:00 → 16 Aug 2025, 07:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Jeff Wiener (CERN)

The International Teacher Weeks Programme 2025 will take place from 3-16 August 2025. Lectures, on-site visits, exhibitions, and hands-on workshops will introduce its participants to cutting-edge particle physics. We hope our participants will go back to their countries as ambassadors, who pass on the subject to our next generation of physicists, engineers, IT specialists...

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International Teacher Weeks Programme 2025: 
https://indico.cern.ch/e/ITW2025

Teacher Programmes Manager:
Jeff Wiener: 0041 75 411 9010

In case of emergency:
CERN fire brigade: 0041 22 76 74444

Sunday 3 August

Welcome to CERN!

1 Welcome Reception

Speakers: Jeff Wiener (CERN), Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds), Dr Sascha Schmeling (CERN)

2 Discover CERN Treasure Hunt

19:00 Dinner

Introductory Remarks

3 Basics @ CERN

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

Monday 4 August

Registration

4 Early Birds & Night Owls

Ground floor of Building 33 (Bring your passport with you and don't forget to smile!:)

Lectures

5 Introduction to the International Teacher Weeks Programme 2025

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

6 Concept Map Session 1

Speaker: Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)

7 Introduction to CERN

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

12:30 Lunch break

Visits

8 Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS Control Room

The whole group meets in the Main Building at 13:45!

Group 1
13:45-14:00 Walk from the Main Building to the SC
14:00-14:30 Synchrocyclotron
14:30-14:45 Walk from the SC to ATLAS
14:45-15:15 ATLAS control room
15:15-15:30 Walk from ATLAS to the Main Building

Group 2
13:45-14:00 Walk from the Main Building to ATLAS
14:00-14:30 ATLAS control room
14:30-14:45 Walk from ATLAS to the SC
14:45-15:15 Synchrocyclotron
15:15-15:30 Walk from the SC to the Main Building

Lectures

9 Introduction to Particle Physics

Speaker: Jonathan R. Ellis (King's College London)

Tuesday 5 August

Lectures

10 Particle Accelerators

Speaker: Simon Albright (CERN)

10:30 Coffee break

11 Particle Detectors

12:30 Lunch break

Lectures

12 Introduction to Study Groups

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

13 The Discovery of the Higgs Boson

Speaker: Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))

14 First Questions & First Answers

Speaker: Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))

Social Events

15 Bowling & Pizza

Meet at the tram stop outside of CERN at 18:00!
We take tram 18 and exit at BALEXERT.
thebowlingbalexert.ch

Wednesday 6 August

Visits

16 Magnet Test Facility Hall SM18 & CERN Control Centre

The bus leaves in front of the CERN hotel (Building 39) at 08:45!

Group 1
08:45-09:00 Transport from the CERN hotel to SM18
09:00-09:30 SM18
09:30-09:45 Transport from SM18 to the CCC
09:45-10:15 CCC
10:15-10:30 Transport from the CCC to the CERN hotel

Group 2
08:45-09:00 Transport from the CERN hotel to the CCC
09:00-09:30 CCC
09:30-09:45 Transport from the CCC to SM18
09:45-10:15 SM18
10:15-10:30 Transport from SM18 to the CERN hotel

10:30 Coffee break

Lectures

17 Engineering at CERN

Speaker: Raymond Veness (CERN)

12:30 Lunch break

Lectures

18 How to run the LHC?

Study Groups

19 SG Session 1

Thursday 7 August

Study Groups Report-Out

20 SG

21 SG

22 SG

Lectures

23 AWAKE

10:45 Coffee break

24 Introducing Particle Physics in the Classroom

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

12:30 Lunch break

Workshops & Exhibitions

25 Cloud Chamber Workshop & Exhibitions

The whole group meets in front of Science Gateway at 14:00!

Group 1
14:00-15:15 Cloud Chamber Workshop
15:15-16:30 Science Gateway Exhibitions

Group 2
14:00-15:15 Science Gateway Exhibitions
15:15-16:30 Cloud Chamber Workshop

Study Groups

26 SG Session 2

Friday 8 August

Study Groups Report-Out

27 SG

28 SG

29 SG

Lectures

30 Feynman Mathemagic

Speaker: Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))

10:30 Coffee break

31 Introduction to CMS

Speaker: Piotr Traczyk (CERN)

12:30 Lunch break

Visits

32 CMS

The bus leaves in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39) at 13:30!

13:30-14:00 Transport from the CERN Hotel to CMS
14:00-16:00 CMS service cavern
16:00-16:30 Transport from CMS to the CERN Hotel

16:30 Coffee break

Halfway Point

33 Concept Map Session 2

Speaker: Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)

34 Review & Outlook

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

18:30 Dinner

Social Events

35 Movie Night – Particle Fever

Saturday 9 August

Social Events

36 Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt

We will provide you with your personal treasure hunt brochure. You will need to buy the "Tout Genève 9h" ticket at the CERN tram stop for 8 CHF. Once you successfully finish the treasure hunt, there will be a delicious cheese fondue and a treasure waiting for you!

37 Official Dinner of the International Teacher Weeks Programme 2025

Although it is the formal dinner of the programme, please wear clothes you feel comfortable in. The treasure hunt will lead you directly to the:

Hotel Edelweiss
Place de la Navigation 2
1201 Genève
www.hoteledelweissgeneva.com

Monday 11 August

Welcome to Week #2!!

38 Meet in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39)

Lectures

39 Computing at CERN

Visits & Workshops

40 Data Centre & SGW Workshop

Group 1
11:00-11:45 Data Centre
11:45-12:30 SGW Workshop

Group 2
11:00-11:45 SGW Workshop
11:45-12:30 Data Centre

12:30 Lunch break

Lectures

41 Data Analysis in Particle Physics

Speaker: Flavia de Almeida Dias (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

Study Groups

42 SG Session 3

Tuesday 12 August

Study Groups Report-Out

43 SG

44 SG

45 SG

Lectures

46 Beauty Physics at CERN

10:45 Coffee break

47 Heavy Ion Physics at CERN

Speaker: Panagiota Chatzidaki (Uppsala University (SE))

12:30 Lunch break

Visits

48 ALICE Exhibition & LHCb Exhibition

The bus leaves in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39) at 14:00!

Group 1
14:00-14:30 Transport from the CERN Hotel to ALICE
14:30-15:15 ALICE
15:15-15:45 Transport from ALICE to LHCb
15:45-16:30 LHCb
16:30-17:00 Transport from LHCb to the CERN Hotel

Group 2
14:00-14:30 Transport from the CERN Hotel to LHCb
14:30-15:15 LHCb
15:15-15:45 Transport from LHCb to ALICE
15:45-16:30 ALICE
16:30-17:00 Transport from ALICE to the CERN Hotel

Social Events

49 International Gift Swapping Circle

Wednesday 13 August

Lectures

50 AI in Particle Physics

10:30 Coffee break

51 Medical Applications of Particle Physics

12:30 Lunch break

Lectures

52 Antimatter Research at CERN

Speaker: Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

Visits

53 Antimatter Factory & Low Energy Ion Ring

Group 1
15:45-16:00 Walk from Building 13 to LEIR
16:00-16:45 LEIR
16:45-17:00 Walk from LEIR to the AD
17:00-17:45 AD
17:45-18:00 Walk from the AD to the CERN hotel

Group 2
15:45-16:00 Walk from Building 13 to the AD
16:00-16:45 AD
16:45-17:00 Walk from the AD to LEIR
17:00-17:45 LEIR
17:45-18:00 Walk from LEIR to the CERN hotel

Thursday 14 August

Lectures

54 The Future of Particle Physics

10:30 Coffee break

55 Final Questions & Final Answers

12:30 Lunch break

Study Groups

56 SG Session 4

17:00 ITW2025 GROUP PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday 15 August

Study Group Presentations

57 Introduction & Overview

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

58 SG

59 SG

60 SG

10:00 Coffee break

61 SG

62 SG

63 SG

11:15 Coffee break

64 SG

65 SG

66 SG

13:00 Lunch break

Closing Session

67 Concept Map Session 3

Speaker: Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)

68 What's next?

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

69 Certificates & Goodie Bags

Speakers: Jeff Wiener (CERN), Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)

Social Events

70 Farewell Dinner