Lithuanians at CERN IdeaSquare

21 Sept 2025, 09:00 → 27 Sept 2025, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

3179 (CERN)

Christoph Schaefer (CERN), Laura Wirtavuori

Students from Vilnius and Kaunas universities come to IdeaSquare to widen their horizons and go on an imaginary adventure to a different planet. What happens when you start to push the boundaries, think radically, and challenge yourself to go beyond? How to look at the impact of a project, and what are the different types of values a project can bring?

Students will work in mixed teams, without forgetting visiting CERN.

For more information, please contact: Laura Wirtavuori (@cern.ch)

Directions on how to get to CERN you can find here: https://home.cern/directions 

IdeaSquare is located next to the Globe visitor parking lot, to reach there form the tram, walk around the Globe and cross the parking lot.

For getting access to CERN, please register to the event.

Sunday 21 September

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner and getting to know each other at R1

Monday 22 September

09:00 → 09:20 Welcome to IdeaSquare

Speaker: Laura Wirtavuori

09:20 → 10:00 CERN, IdeaSquare, and the agenda

Speaker: Laura Wirtavuori

10:00 → 10:45 teambuilding activity

10:45 → 11:00 Breathe

11:00 → 12:30 Introduction to challenge and choosing sub-challenge for your team

Speaker: Pablo Garcia Tello (CERN)

12:30 → 13:45 Lunch

13:45 → 14:45 Teamwork

14:45 → 17:30 Visit 1 - SC and CMS

Speaker: Prof. Christoph Schaefer (CERN)

Tuesday 23 September

09:00 → 09:20 Energizer

09:20 → 12:00 Teamwork: Planet B

Speaker: Laura Wirtavuori

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:30 Introduction to prototyping

What is a communications prototype, and starting to create one

Speaker: Dina Zimmermann

14:30 → 15:30 Teamwork: Planet B

15:30 → 17:00 Visit to Science Gateway

Wednesday 24 September

09:00 → 09:20 Energizer

09:20 → 12:00 teamwork: planet B

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Presenting Planet B plans

30min for presentation and discussion per team

Maximum 5 slides per team and showing the prototype

Speaker: Laura Wirtavuori

15:00 → 15:30 Reflection moment on learnings so far

15:30 → 17:00 Visit 2: AD and data centre

19:00 → 22:00 Fondue at Buvette des Bains

Thursday 25 September

09:00 → 09:20 Energizer

09:20 → 12:00 Introduction to Back to Earth challenge and teamwork

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:30 Scientific talk: ie Dark Matter / black holes / research into antimatter

14:30 → 17:00 Teamwork: Back to Earth

Friday 26 September

09:00 → 09:20 Energizer

09:20 → 12:00 Teamwork: Planet Earth

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 Presentations: Back to Earth

14:30 → 16:00 Clean Up and wrap up

Goodbyes and pictures