47th CERN School of Computing - Latin America 2026

Welcome and Opening Ceremony

12 Jan 2026, 09:00

1h 30m

Lo Contador Campus

Official

Speakers

Alberto Pace (CERN) Enrica Maria Porcari (CERN) Felipe Andres Olivares Leon (Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High Energy Frontier (CL)) Francisca Garay Walls (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (CL))

Description

• Opening remarks by Felipe Olivares León, Executive Director of SAPHIR and local organizer of the school (5 mins).

• Remarks by Magdalena Vicuña, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies (5 mins).

• Remote Welcome from Enrica Porcari, CERN Chief information Officer (5 mins).

• Short Presentation of CERN and its research by Alberto Pace, Director, CERN School of Computing (15 min).

• Remarks by Ignacio Silva, Head of the Emerging Technologies Division of the Ministry of Science (5 mins).

• Remarks by María Montt Strabucchi, Vice-Rector for International Affairs at the Pontifical Catholic University (5 mins).

• SAPHIR presentation by Francisca Garay, Deputy Director of SAPHIR (20 min).

• Presentation of the CERN School of Computing by Alberto Pace, School Director (20 min).

Presentation materials

2026-01-12-Santiago-Director-Slides-Opening-v05.pdf

2026-01-12-Santiago-Director-Slides-Opening-v05.pptx

CSC26 FG presentation.pdf