CERN-Solvay student camp 4

5 Oct 2025, 14:00 → 11 Oct 2025, 17:00 Europe/Zurich

Guillaume Durey

The CERN-Solvay student camps are residential camps for high school students aged 16+ who are curious about CERN and want to learn more about fundamental research in particle physics. For an entire week on site, participants will have the exciting opportunity to do hands-on experiments, visit research facilities at CERN, attend lectures and Q&A sessions, explore STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers, and take part in social activities. All participants will work in small groups on dedicated research projects guided by volunteers from CERN’s scientific community. The camps will be entirely in English. They will be attended by 36 high school students from all over the world. This is the agenda for the fourth camp, which will take place from 5 October to 11 October 2025. 

More information & application form: https://cern.ch/solvay-camp

Sunday 5 October

14:00 → 19:00 Welcome to CERN!

14:00 Arrive at CERN & check-in at CERN hotel

Check-in is possible as of 14:00. If you arrive earlier, you can leave your luggage at the hotel reception.

17:00 Welcome reception

Speaker: Guillaume Durey

17:45 Discover CERN Treasure Hunt

19:00 → 20:00 Dinner

20:00 → 21:30 Introductory remarks

20:00 Walk

20:15 Introductory remarks

Speaker: Guillaume Durey

Welcome Presentation Camp 4.pdf

Welcome Presentation Camp 4.pptx

Monday 6 October

08:00 → 09:15 Registration & breakfast

All students: Bring your identity document with you.

Group 1
8:00-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-9:00 Registration

Group 2
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-9:00 Breakfast

09:15 → 10:45 Introduction to CERN

09:15 Walk

09:30 Lecture: Introduction to CERN

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

JW_CERN.pdf

10:45 → 12:45 Workshops & Visits

10:45 Walk

11:00 Lab Workshop: Electron Beams

Group 1: 18 students + 2 teachers

Speakers: Adelina Lintuluoto (CERN), Ms Joni Pham (University of Melbourne (AU))

11:00 Visit: Synchrocyclotron and ATLAS Visitor Centre

Group 2: 18 students + 2 teachers

Speaker: Ruadh Duggan (Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht)

12:45 → 13:45 Lunch break

13:45 → 17:15 Visits, Workshops & Lectures

13:45 Walk

14:00 Lab Workshop: Electron Beams

Group 2: 18 students + 2 teachers

Speakers: Adelina Lintuluoto (CERN), Ms Joni Pham (University of Melbourne (AU))

14:00 Visit: Synchrocyclotron and ATLAS Visitor Centre

Group 1: 18 students + 2 teachers

Speaker: Ruadh Duggan (Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht)

15:30 Break

16:00 Lecture: Introduction to Particle Accelerators

Speaker: Rende Steerenberg (CERN)

18:00 → 19:30 Dinner

19:30 → 20:30 Social activities

Tuesday 7 October

09:00 → 12:15 Visits & Lectures

09:00 Walk

09:15 Lecture: Introduction to the Standard Model

Speaker: Silke Van Der Schueren (CERN)

Standard_model.pdf

10:45 Walk

11:00 Visit: Low Energy Ion Ring & LINAC2

Speakers: Django Manglunki, Kevin King Priestnall, Pierre Korysko (University of Oxford (GB))

12:00 Walk

12:15 → 13:15 Lunch break

13:15 → 14:15 CERN people bingo

13:15 Walk

13:30 CERN people bingo

14:15 → 17:15 Lectures & Workshops

14:15 Walk

14:30 Lab Workshops: Cloud Chamber

Speakers: Dr Jorge Andres Villa Velez, Ruadh Duggan (Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht)

15:45 Break

16:00 Lecture: Introduction to Particle Detectors

Speaker: David Barney (CERN)

CMS-PersonalJourney_Solvay_Octo2025.pdf

CMS-PersonalJourney_Solvay_Octo2025.pptx

17:30 → 18:30 Working in science in the age of AI

NON-MANDATORY CERN Staff Association conference

Speaker: Prof. Marcel Salathe (EPFL AI Center)

18:00 → 19:30 Dinner

19:30 → 21:30 Movie night: Particle Fever

Wednesday 8 October

08:45 → 11:30 Lectures & visits

08:45 Walk

09:00 Lecture: Introduction to Medical Applications

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

Dosanjh-Physics to Medical Applications-08.10.2025.pdf

10:15 Break

10:30 Lecture: The ATLAS Particle Detector

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

11:30 → 12:30 Lunch break

12:30 → 18:30 Lectures & Visits

12:30 CMS Visit

12:30 Bus pickup in front of Hotel
13:00 Visit starts at CMS (split into three groups)
14:30 Bus pickup at CMS

Speakers: Gouranga Kole (National Taiwan University (TW)), Uttiya Sarkar (Rheinisch Westfaelische Tech. Hoch. (DE)), Varun Sharma (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)), Ziad Nader (Lebanese American University (LB))

15:00 Break

15:15 Lecture: The ATLAS Particle Detector (part 2)

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

16:15 Walk

16:30 Visit: Antimatter Factory

Group 1: 18 students + 2 teachers
Divides into two subgroups

Speakers: Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds), Tobias Patrick Treczoks (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))

16:30 Visit: Data Centre

Group 2: 18 students + 2 teachers

Speaker: Mr Jakub Jelinek

17:20 Walk

17:30 Visit: Antimatter Factory

Group 2: 18 students + 2 teachers
Divides into two subgroups

Speakers: Joos Danjeel Schoonwater, Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)

17:30 Visit: Data Centre

Group 1: 18 students + 2 teachers

Speaker: Richard Bachmann (CERN)

18:30 → 20:00 Dinner

Thursday 9 October

09:00 → 12:30 Lab discovery day: Morning session

09:00 Control rooms and Operations

Speaker: Pierre Korysko (University of Oxford (GB))

09:00 ELISA

Speakers: Annabella Zamora (Université de Lausanne), Berare Gokturk (Bogazici University (TR))

09:00 Magnetic Measurements Lab

Speaker: Lucio Fiscarelli (CERN)

09:00 Polymer Lab

Speakers: Roland Piccin (CERN), Sebastien Clement (CERN)

09:00 Theory workshop

Speaker: Silke Van Der Schueren (CERN)

CheatSheet.pdf

Particle Table.pdf

Theory_project.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 17:00 Lab discovery day: Afternoon session

13:30 Control rooms and Operations

Speaker: Pierre Korysko (University of Oxford (GB))

13:30 ELISA

Speakers: Annabella Zamora (Université de Lausanne), Berare Gokturk (Bogazici University (TR))

13:30 ISOLDE

Speaker: Victoria Vedia (CERN)

13:30 Magnetic Measurements Lab

Speaker: Lucio Fiscarelli (CERN)

13:30 Polymer Lab

Speakers: Roland Piccin (CERN), Sebastien Clement (CERN)

13:30 Theory workshop

Speaker: Silke Van Der Schueren (CERN)

18:00 → 19:00 Dinner

19:00 → 20:30 Edit your videos

Friday 10 October

08:45 → 10:45 Solvay lectures

08:45 Walk

09:00 Introduction to Solvay

Speaker: Mark Van Bijsterveld (Solvay, CPO)

Intro to Solvay.pdf

09:15 Lecture: eSolvay process for Soda Ash

Speaker: Luca Saoner (Solvay)

eSolvay_CERN_06102025_for sharing.pdf

09:45 Lecture: Chemistry of rare-earths elements

Speaker: Dr Lama Itani (Solvay)

Solvay x CERN - 2025_10_10 - Rare Earth.pdf

10:15 Q&A: Careers at Solvay

Speakers: Anne-Solenne Chapuis (Solvay), Mark Van Bijsterveld (Solvay, CPO)

Careers at Solvay.pdf

10:45 → 12:45 Workshops

10:45 Walk

11:00 Lab workshop: Superconductivity

Speakers: Adelina Lintuluoto (CERN), Ruadh Duggan (Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht)

12:30 Walk

12:45 → 13:00 Official group photo

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 18:30 Final Session

14:00 Walk

14:15 Q&A: Big science questions

Speaker: Frederik Van Der Veken (CERN)

15:15 Break

15:30 Review of videos and closing ceremony

16:15 Walk

16:30 International gift swapping game

18:30 → 21:30 Bowling & Pizza

18:30 Tram to Balexert

19:00 Bowling & Pizza

Saturday 11 October

09:00 → 11:00 Breakfast & departures

09:00 → 17:00 Science Gateway Exhibitions

You are invited to visit the Science Gateway Exhibitons on your own, at any time throughout the day, as you wait to depart for the airport :)

11:00 → 12:00 Latest possible hotel check-out