University of Latvia i2Planet

25 Aug 2025, 08:00 → 29 Aug 2025, 21:05 Europe/Zurich

3179/R-E06 (CERN)

Laura Wirtavuori

IdeaSquare Planet, or i2P for short, is a novel methodology developed at CERN IdeaSquare to enable those brave enough to tap deep into their creativity. Participants are encouraged to aim at solving complex problems applying a systems-thinking approach, using future thinking as a tool, and being inspired by the way physicists and engineers work at CERN. Contrary to what some might expect from a course held at CERN, we are not expecting you to be physicists or engineers – we truly believe that for change to be made, multidisciplinary discourse is required. As a cherry on top of the cake, visiting the CERN site is of course included.

Welcome to your interplanetary adventure!

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

When on CERN site, find your way to the car park behind the Globe. IdeaSquare is there, towards West (France). Google map is here.

For registering your laptop/mobile phone for wifi access at CERN, please connect to the CERN visitor wifi. You will receive a code as a text message. Your connection will be valid for a week. You will need to register each device separately.

Monday 25 August

11:00 → 12:30 IdeaSquare, CERN and the agenda

Arrival to airport 9:40

Speaker: Laura Wirtavuori

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Site visit: SC

Visit starts at 14.00

15:00 → 16:00 Deep dive into the challenge of the week

Speaker: Pablo Garcia Tello (CERN)

16:00 → 17:00 Teamwork

Tuesday 26 August

09:00 → 12:00 Teamwork

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 Orders of magnitude thinking and back of the envelope calculations

Speaker: Pablo Garcia Tello (CERN)

14:30 → 17:00 Teamwork

Wednesday 27 August

09:00 → 10:00 Teamwork and preparing for debate

10:00 → 12:00 Reaching consensus on how to choose: debate and arriving to agreement

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:30 Deep dive into Planet Y task

14:30 → 16:00 Teamwork on Planet Y

16:00 → 16:30 Walk to tour

16:30 → 18:30 Site visits: Data center and Antimatter Factory

Tour starts at 16.30, AD first

Thursday 28 August

09:00 → 09:30 Warm-up

09:30 → 12:00 Teamwork

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 17:00 Teamwork

Friday 29 August

09:00 → 09:30 Warm-up

09:30 → 10:30 Presenting proposal, "Interstellar Symposium"

10:30 → 11:30 Discussion on what insights could be used at home university

11:30 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 Discussion on what insights could be used at home university

14:30 → 16:00 Wrap up

plane leaves at 19.45

16:00 → 17:00 Optional: Time to visit Science Gateway and the CERN shop