Tech Forward IdeaSquare Planet

26 May 2025, 09:00 → 30 May 2025, 22:00 Europe/Zurich

3179/R-E06 (CERN)

Pablo Garcia Tello (CERN)

IdeaSquare Planet, or i2P for short, is a novel methodology developed at CERN IdeaSquare in collaboration between its partners and staff to enable those brave enough to tap deep into their creativity. Participants are encouraged to aim at solving complex problems by removing barriers to creativity, 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.

This time, the method will be applied to further explore the different scenarios and technology applications already discovered by the students of the Tech Forward programme.

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 Science Gateway visitor 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 26 May

09:00 → 10:30 Welcome to CERN and IdeaSquare!

Speaker: Laura Wirtavuori

10:30 → 12:00 Introduction and deep dive into the challenge

Getting started with teamwork

Speaker: Pablo Garcia Tello (CERN)

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:30 Teamwork

15:30 → 15:40 walk to tour

15:40 → 16:40 Visit to SC

In two groups, one starts at 14.00 one at 14.30

16:40 → 18:00 Wrap-up: make a plan for the next days. Plan team warm-up or reflection moment

16:55 → 18:00 Plenary for teachers

Tuesday 27 May

09:00 → 09:30 Warm-up by student group y and instructions for the day

09:30 → 11:00 Orders of magnitude exercise - in mixed teams! YAY!

Speaker: Pablo Garcia Tello (CERN)

11:00 → 12:30 Teamwork

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Optional: Visit to Science Gateway or Teamwork

On your own time - you can already get back to work on your projects

15:00 → 15:30 Introduction to prototyping: prototyping as a tool for ideation, communication, and user testing

15:30 → 17:30 Teamwork and prototyping

17:30 → 18:00 Reflection session by students group x

Wednesday 28 May

09:00 → 09:30 Warm-up by student group z and instructions for the day

09:30 → 12:00 Teamwork

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:30 Teamwork: test with Polish teachers

15:30 → 16:00 Walk to tours

16:00 → 18:00 Experiment visit: AD and the data centre

first tour 16.15-17.00, swap, second tour 17.15-18.00

18:00 → 18:30 Preparing for Apero

18:30 → 20:00 Apero at CERN cafeteria and testing with CERNies - bring your prototypes!

18:30 → 23:00 IdeaSquare closed - no entry

Thursday 29 May

09:00 → 09:30 Warm-up by team q and instructions for the day

09:30 → 12:30 teamwork: iteration and preparing to present

10:30 → 12:00 teachers discussion: tech to X

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:15 Warm-up for presenting by team Ö

14:15 → 16:30 Presenting Planet Y

16:30 → 17:30 Wrap - up and reflection by teaching team

20:00 → 22:00 Dinner at Bains des Paquis

Friday 30 May

09:00 → 09:30 Warm-up by team w and instructions for the day

09:30 → 10:30 Deep dive into Coming back to Earth challenge

10:30 → 12:00 Teamwork

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:30 teamwork

14:30 → 15:30 Discussion on Back to Earth challenge - thinking about how to move forward

15:30 → 16:00 Cleaning up

16:00 → 17:00 Reflection and group picture