Belgian Teacher Programme

12 Apr 2026, 17:00 → 17 Apr 2026, 14:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Francois Briard (CERN), Jeff Wiener (CERN)

The Belgian Teacher Programme 2026 will take place from 12-17 April 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...

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Belgian Teacher Programme 2026: 
https://indico.cern.ch/e/BETP26

Teacher Programmes Manager:
Jeff Wiener: 0041 75 411 9010

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

Sunday 12 April

Welcome to CERN!

Monday 13 April

Lectures

1 Film Discover CERN

2 Introduction to CERN

Speaker: Francois Briard (CERN)

09:45 Coffee break

3 Data Science (TBC)

12:30 Lunch break

Visits

4 CERN Control Centre & Magnet Test Facility Hall SM18

The bus leaves in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39) at 13:45!

13:45–14:00 Transport from the CERN hotel to SM18
14:00–14:30 SM18
14:30–14:45 Transport from SM18 to the CCC
14:45–15:15 CCC
15:15–15:30 Transport from the CCC to the CERN hotel

15:30 Coffee break

5 Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS control room

The whole group meets outside the Main Building at 16:00!

16:00–16:15 Walk from the CERN Main Building to the SC
16:15–16:45 Synchrocyclotron
16:45–17:00 Walk from the SC to ATLAS
17:00–17:30 ATLAS Control Room
17:30–17:45 Walk from ATLAS to the Main Building

Social Events

Tuesday 14 April

Lectures

6 Magnets - An essential component of particle accelerators

Speaker: Frederic Savary (CERN)

7 The third long shutdown (LS3) of the CERN accelerator complex

Speaker: Jean-Philippe Tock (CERN)

10:40 Coffee break

8 Introduction to the Physics of Accelerators

Speaker: Frederik Van der Veken (CERN)

9 VIsit of the Large Magnet Facility

Speaker: Frederic Savary (CERN)

12:30 Lunch break

Visits

10 Cloud Chamber Workshop & Science Gateway Exhibitions

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

13:45-14:00 Walk to Science Gateway
14:00-15:30 Cloud Chamber Workshop
15:30-17:00 Science Gateway Exhibitions

Social Events: Film screening

Wednesday 15 April

Visits

11 Antimatter Factory & Data Centre

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
09:30–10:00 Antimatter Factory
10:00–10:15 Walk from the AD to Building 6

Lectures

12 Research with radioactive ion beams at ISOLDE/MEDICIS

Speakers: Hanne Heylen (CERN), Sven De Man (CERN)

12:30 Lunch break

Social Events

13 Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt

We will provide you with your personal treasure hunt brochure. Please prepare 8 CHF to buy the "Tout Genève 9h" ticket. Once you successfully finish the treasure hunt there will be a delicious cheese fondue waiting for you!

14 Official Dinner of the Belgian Teacher Programme 2026

Although it's the formal dinner of the programme, please wear clothes that you feel comfortable in. The treasure hunt will lead you directly to the

Cave Valaisanne – Chalet Suisse
BD Georges-Favon, 23
1204 Genève
www.chaletswiss.ch

Thursday 16 April

Lectures

15 The Standard Model of Particle Physics

Speaker: Frederik Van der Veken (CERN)

10:15 Coffee break

16 Detectors (TBC)

12:30 Lunch break

Visits

17 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
14:00–15:30 CMS
15:30–16:00 Transport from CMS to the CERN Hotel

Friday 17 April

Lectures

18 FCC Feasibility study

Speaker: Jerome Pierlot (CERN)

19 Careers and internship opportunities

10:30 Coffee break

20 CERN and the environment

Speaker: Benoit Delille (CERN)

Closing session

21 What's next?

Speaker: Jeff Wiener (CERN)

12:00 Certificate & Goodie Bags