IdeaSquare Planet workshop in NYC with Ramaz high school

10 Nov 2025, 09:00 → 13 Nov 2025, 17:00 US/Eastern

Laura Wirtavuori

IdeaSquare Planet - 🌎 🪐 

Embark on an adventure of a lifetime to a distant exoplanet - within this immense challenge you will focus on specific questions related to your trip.

After solving complex systemic challenge on the exoplanet, you will journey back to Earth. What can we learn from this imaginary adventure of creativity?

Be curious, be open, learn.

Monday 10 November

09:00 → 10:30 Opening talk: On curiosity

Speaker: Mario Livio

10:30 → 11:30 CERN and IdeaSquare

Speaker: Laura Wirtavuori

11:30 → 12:00 Getting to know each other and forming teams

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch and meeting your team

13:00 → 14:00 Your adventure starts here

Presenting the first part of the adventure

Speaker: Pablo Garcia Tello (CERN)

14:00 → 17:00 teamwork

Tuesday 11 November

09:00 → 09:30 Morning coffee and stories from physics and CERN

Speaker: Pablo Garcia Tello (CERN)

09:30 → 12:00 teamwork

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 15:00 teamwork and preparing to present

15:00 → 16:30 First presentations - Planet Y

Wednesday 12 November

09:00 → 10:00 Reflection on first part of adventure

Speaker: Laura Wirtavuori

10:00 → 11:00 Coming back to Earth - presentation of second part of the adventure

11:00 → 13:00 teamwork

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Teamwork

Thursday 13 November

09:00 → 11:30 Teamwork

11:30 → 12:30 Lunch

12:30 → 14:00 Presentations on coming back to Earth

14:00 → 14:30 Reflection

Speaker: Laura Wirtavuori

14:30 → 16:00 Closing talk: is the Earth exceptional?

Speaker: Mario Livio