Name: International High School Teacher Programme
Start: 2026-07-05T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-18T07:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Monday, 29 June 2026
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
Thursday, 2 July 2026
Friday, 3 July 2026
Saturday, 4 July 2026
Sunday, 5 July 2026
17:00 Welcome to CERN!
17:00 - 19:00
Room: 500/1-201 - Mezzanine
Contributions

17:00 Welcome Reception - Anja Kranjc Horvat

17:45 Discover CERN Treasure Hunt
19:00 Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 20:00
Room: Restaurant 1
20:00 Introductory Remarks
20:00 - 21:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

20:00 Basics @ CERN - Anja Kranjc Horvat

Monday, 6 July 2026
07:00 Registration
07:00 - 09:00
Contributions

07:00 Early Birds & Night Owls
09:30 Lectures
09:30 - 12:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

09:30 Introduction to the International High School Teacher Programme 2026 - Jeff Wiener (CERN) Mark Thomson (CERN)

10:15 Concept Map Session 1

11:30 Introduction to CERN - Julia Woithe (CERN)
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Visits
13:30 - 15:15
Contributions

13:30 Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS Control Room
16:00 Lectures
16:00 - 17:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

16:00 Introduction to Particle Physics
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
09:00 Lectures
09:00 - 12:30
Room: 13/2-005
Contributions

09:00 Introduction to Particle Accelerators - Simon Albright (CERN)

11:00 Introduction to Particle Detectors - Claire Lee (HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU))
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Lectures
14:00 - 17:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

14:00 Introduction to Study Groups - Anja Kranjc Horvat

15:00 The Discovery of the Higgs Boson - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))

16:30 First Questions & First Answers - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))
18:00 Social Events
18:00 - 22:00
Contributions

18:00 Bowling and Pizza
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
08:45 Visits
08:45 - 10:30
Contributions

08:45 Magnet Test Facility Hall SM18 & CERN Control Centre
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Lectures
11:00 - 12:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

11:00 How to run the LHC? - Georges Trad (CERN)
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Lectures
14:00 - 15:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

14:00 Engineering at CERN - Raymond Veness (CERN)
16:00 Study Groups
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 SG Session 1
Thursday, 9 July 2026
09:00 Study Groups Report-Out
09:00 - 09:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

09:00 SG

09:15 SG
09:30 Lectures
09:30 - 12:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

09:30 Medical Applications of Particle Physics - Manjit Dosanjh (University of Oxford (GB))

11:30 ATLAS vs CMS - Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne (AU)) David Barney (CERN)
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Workshops & Exhibitions
14:00 - 16:30
Contributions

14:00 Cloud Chamber Workshop & Exhibitions
16:30 Study Groups
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 SG Session 2
Friday, 10 July 2026
09:00 Study Groups Report-Out
09:00 - 09:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

09:00 SG

09:10 SG

09:20 SG
09:30 Lectures
09:30 - 12:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

09:30 Feynman Mathemagic - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))

11:00 Beauty Physics at LHCb - Basem Khanji (Syracuse University (US))
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Visits
13:30 - 15:30
Contributions

13:30 LHCb Exhibition
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Halfway Point
16:00 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

16:00 Concept Map Session 2

17:00 Review & Outlook - Anja Kranjc Horvat
18:00 Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
20:00 Social Events
20:00 - 22:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

20:00 Movie Night – Particle Fever
Saturday, 11 July 2026
13:00 Social Events
13:00 - 21:30
Contributions

13:00 Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt

19:30 Official Dinner of the International High School Teacher Programme 2026
Sunday, 12 July 2026
19:30 Social Events
19:30 - 20:30
Room: Restaurant 1
Contributions

19:30 Meet & Greet with Shane & Dave from Perimeter Institute

Monday, 13 July 2026
09:00 Perimeter Workshop
09:00 - 12:00
Room: 81/R-003B - Science Gateway Auditorium B
Contributions

09:00 Part 1/2 - Dave Fish (Perimeter Institute) Shane MacLeod (Perimeter Institute)
12:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 14:00
14:00 Perimeter Workshop
14:00 - 17:00
Room: 81/R-003B - Science Gateway Auditorium B
Contributions

14:00 Part 2/2 - Shane MacLeod (Perimeter Institute) Dave Fish (Perimeter Institute)
Tuesday, 14 July 2026

09:00 Walk to the IT Auditorium

09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Lectures
09:30 - 11:00
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre
Contributions

09:30 Computing at CERN - Tim Smith (CERN)
11:00 Visits & Workshops
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Data Centre & Mystery Box Workshop
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Lectures
14:00 - 16:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

14:00 AI in Particle Physics
16:00 Study Groups
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 SG Session 3
18:00 Social Events
18:00 - 19:30
Room: Microcosm Garden
Contributions

18:00 International Gift Swapping Circle
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
09:00 Study Groups Report-Out
09:00 - 09:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

09:00 SG

09:10 SG

09:20 SG
09:30 Lectures
09:30 - 12:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

09:30 Radiation Protection at CERN - Claudia Ahdida

11:00 Heavy Ion Physics at ALICE
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Lectures
14:00 - 15:45
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

14:00 Antimatter Research at CERN - Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))
15:45 Visits
15:45 - 18:00
Contributions

15:45 Antimatter Factory & Low Energy Ion Ring/LINAC2
Thursday, 16 July 2026
09:00 Lectures
09:00 - 13:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

09:00 Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Technology - Marlene Turner (CERN)

10:15 The Future Circular Collider (FCC) - Frank Zimmermann (CERN)

12:00 Final Questions & Final Answers - Ursula Bassler (CERN)
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Study Groups
14:00 - 17:00
Contributions

14:00 SG Session 4
17:00 HST2026 GROUP PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HST2026 GROUP PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Microcosm Garden
Friday, 17 July 2026
09:00 Study Group Presentations
09:00 - 13:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

09:00 Introduction & Overview - Anja Kranjc Horvat

09:15 SG

09:30 SG

09:45 SG

10:30 SG

10:45 SG

11:00 SG

11:45 SG

12:00 SG
13:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Closing Session
14:30 - 18:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

14:30 Concept Map Session 3

15:30 What's next? - Anja Kranjc Horvat

16:30 Certificates & Goodie Bags - Anja Kranjc Horvat
19:00 Social Events
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Restaurant 1 (VIP Area)
Contributions

19:00 Farewell Dinner
Saturday, 18 July 2026