Name: Belgian Teacher Programme
Start: 2026-04-12T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-17T14:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Belgian Teacher Programme

from Sunday 12 April 2026 (17:00) to Friday 17 April 2026 (14:00)

Monday 6 April 2026
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Thursday 9 April 2026
Friday 10 April 2026
Saturday 11 April 2026
Sunday 12 April 2026

17:00 Welcome to CERN!

17:00 - 21:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

Monday 13 April 2026
09:00 Lectures
09:00 - 12:30
Room: 61/1-009 - Room C
Contributions

09:00 Film Discover CERN

09:15 Introduction to CERN - Francois Briard (CERN)

10:00 Data Science (TBC)
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:45
13:45 Visits
13:45 - 17:45
Contributions

13:45 CERN Control Centre & Magnet Test Facility Hall SM18

16:00 Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS control room
18:00 Social Events

18:00 - 20:00
Room: 500/1-201 - Mezzanine
Tuesday 14 April 2026
09:00 Lectures
09:00 - 12:30
Room: 180/1-N51
Contributions

09:00 Magnets - An essential component of particle accelerators - Frederic Savary (CERN)

09:50 The third long shutdown (LS3) of the CERN accelerator complex - Jean-Philippe Tock (CERN)

11:00 Introduction to the Physics of Accelerators - Frederik Van der Veken (CERN)

12:00 VIsit of the Large Magnet Facility - Frederic Savary (CERN)
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:45
13:45 Visits
13:45 - 17:00
Contributions

13:45 Cloud Chamber Workshop & Science Gateway Exhibitions
19:30 Social Events: Film screening
Film screening
19:30 - 21:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Wednesday 15 April 2026
08:30 Visits
08:30 - 10:15
Contributions

08:30 Antimatter Factory & Data Centre
10:15 Lectures
10:15 - 12:30
Room: 508/1-001
Contributions

10:30 Research with radioactive ion beams at ISOLDE/MEDICIS - Hanne Heylen (CERN) Sven De Man (CERN)
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Social Events
14:00 - 21:30
Contributions

14:00 Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt

19:30 Official Dinner of the Belgian Teacher Programme 2026
Thursday 16 April 2026
09:00 Lectures
09:00 - 12:30
Room: 4/S-030
Contributions

09:00 The Standard Model of Particle Physics - Frederik Van der Veken (CERN)

10:45 Detectors (TBC)
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Visits
13:30 - 16:00
Contributions

13:30 CMS
18:00 Social Events: Reception (TBC)
Reception (TBC)
18:00 - 20:00
Friday 17 April 2026
09:00 Lectures
09:00 - 11:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

09:00 FCC Feasibility study - Jerome Pierlot (CERN)

09:45 Careers and internship opportunities

10:45 CERN and the environment - Benoit Delille (CERN)
11:30 Closing session
11:30 - 12:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

11:30 What's next? - Jeff Wiener (CERN)

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