Baltic Teacher Programme

from Sunday, March 15, 2026 (5:00 PM) to Friday, March 20, 2026 (2:00 PM)
CERN

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Mar 15, 2026
Mar 16, 2026
Mar 17, 2026
Mar 18, 2026
Mar 19, 2026
Mar 20, 2026
AM
9:00 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM) (13/2-005)
9:00 AM Introduction to CERN - Prof. Christoph Schaefer (CERN)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Introduction to Particle Physics - Jonathan R. Ellis (King's College London)  
9:00 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM) (13/2-005)
9:00 AM Introduction to Particle Detectors - Adelina Lintuluoto (CERN)  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM Medical Applications of Particle Physics - Manjit Dosanjh (University of Oxford (GB))  
8:30 AM
Visits (until 11:00 AM)
8:30 AM CMS  
11:30 AM
Lectures (until 1:00 PM) (40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr)
11:30 AM Turning noise into data with ATLAS - Vilius Čepaitis (Université de Genève (CH))  
9:30 AM
Lectures (until 11:30 AM) (13/2-005)
9:30 AM Antimatter Research - Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))  
11:30 AM --- Lunch break ---
9:00 AM
Lectures (until 12:30 PM) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
9:00 AM Concepts of particle physics at school - Dr Aleksas Mazeliauskas (Heidelberg University (DE))  
10:30 AM --- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM What's next? - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
11:45 AM Certificates & Goodie Bags  
PM
5:00 PM
Welcome to CERN! (until 9:00 PM) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
5:00 PM Welcome Reception  
5:30 PM Basics @ CERN - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
6:00 PM Programme Objectives - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
1:45 PM
Visits (until 5:45 PM)
1:45 PM CERN Control Centre & Magnet Test Facility Hall SM18  
3:30 PM --- Coffee Break ---
4:00 PM Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS control room  
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
1:45 PM
Visits (until 5:00 PM)
1:45 PM Cloud Chamber Workshop & Science Gateway Exhibitions  
1:00 PM --- Lunch break ---
2:00 PM
Social Events (until 9:30 PM)
2:00 PM Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt  
7:30 PM Official Dinner of the Baltic Teacher Programme 2026   (Hotel Edelweiss)
1:30 PM
Visits (until 3:15 PM)
1:30 PM Antimatter Factory & Data Centre  
3:15 PM --- Coffee Break ---
4:00 PM
Lectures (until 5:30 PM) (13/2-005)
4:00 PM Introducing Particle Physics in the Classroom - Jeff Wiener (CERN)