SSVI Teacher Programme

Feb 11, 2026, 6:30 PM → Feb 14, 2026, 2:30 PM Europe/Zurich

CERN

Jean-Pierre Grootaerd, Jeff Wiener (CERN)

The SSVI Teacher Programme 2026 will take place from 11-14 February 2026. 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 Belgium as ambassadors, who pass on the subject to our next generation of physicists, engineers, IT specialists...

SSVI Teacher Programme 2026: 
https://indico.cern.ch/e/SSVITP26

Teacher Programmes Manager:
Jeff Wiener: 0041 75 411 9010

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

Wed, February 11

7:30 PM → 9:00 PM Welcome to CERN!

7:30 PM SSVI

Speaker: Jean-Pierre Grootaerd

Thu, February 12

8:45 AM → 10:30 AM Visits

8:45 AM Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS control room

The whole group meets outside the CERN Hotel (Building 39) at 08:45!

08:45–09:00 Walk from the CERN Hotel to the SC
09:00–09:30 Synchrocyclotron
09:30–09:45 Walk from the SC to ATLAS
09:45–10:15 ATLAS Control Room
10:15–10:30 Walk from ATLAS to Building 160

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Lectures

11:00 AM Computing at CERN

Speaker: Markus Joos (CERN)

12:30 PM → 1:45 PM Lunch Break

1:45 PM → 3:30 PM Visits

1:45 PM Cloud Chamber Workshop

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

13:45-14:00 Walk to Science Gateway
14:00-15:15 Cloud Chamber Workshop
15:15-15:30 Walk to Building 160

3:45 PM → 5:30 PM Lectures

3:45 PM Medical Applications of Particle Physics

Speaker: Manjit Dosanjh (University of Oxford (GB))

Fri, February 13

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Visits

8:30 AM Data Centre & Antimatter Factory

The whole group Leaves from the CERN hotel (Building 39) at 08:30!

08:30–08:45 Walk from the CERN Hotel to the Data Centre
08:45–09:15 Data Centre
09:15–09:30 Walk from the Data Centre to the AD
09:30–10:15 Antimatter Factory
10:15–10:30 Walk from the AD to Building 4

11:00 AM → 12:15 PM Lectures

11:00 AM Introduction to Particle Detectors

12:15 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch break

1:30 PM → 3:30 PM Visits

1:30 PM 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
14:00–15:00 CMS
15:00–15:30 Transport from CMS to the CERN Hotel

4:00 PM → 5:30 PM Lectures

4:00 PM The ATLAS Particle Detector

Speaker: Clara Nellist (University of Amsterdam and Nikhef (NL))

5:30 PM → 7:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM → 9:00 PM Movie night

7:00 PM Particle Fever

Sat, February 14

10:00 AM → 12:00 PM Exhibitions

10:00 AM Science Gateway