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

International High School Teacher Programme

from Sunday, July 5, 2026 (5:00 PM) to Saturday, July 18, 2026 (7:00 AM)

Monday, June 29, 2026
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Friday, July 3, 2026
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Sunday, July 5, 2026
5:00 PM Welcome to CERN!
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: 500/1-201 - Mezzanine
Contributions

5:00 PM Welcome Reception - Anja Kranjc Horvat

5:45 PM Discover CERN Treasure Hunt
7:00 PM Dinner
Dinner
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Restaurant 1
8:00 PM Introductory Remarks
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

8:00 PM Basics @ CERN - Anja Kranjc Horvat

Monday, July 6, 2026
7:00 AM Registration
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Contributions

7:00 AM Early Birds & Night Owls
9:30 AM Lectures
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

9:30 AM Introduction to the International High School Teacher Programme 2026 - Jeff Wiener (CERN) Mark Thomson (CERN)

10:15 AM Concept Map Session 1 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)

11:30 AM Introduction to CERN - Julia Woithe (CERN)
12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Visits
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS Control Room
4:00 PM Lectures
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

4:00 PM Introduction to Particle Physics - Cari Cesarotti
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
9:00 AM Lectures
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 13/2-005
Contributions

9:00 AM Introduction to Particle Accelerators - Simon Albright (CERN)

11:00 AM Introduction to Particle Detectors - Claire Lee (HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU))
12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Lectures
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

2:00 PM Introduction to Study Groups - Anja Kranjc Horvat

3:00 PM The Discovery of the Higgs Boson - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))

4:30 PM First Questions & First Answers - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))
6:00 PM Social Events
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Contributions

6:00 PM Bowling and Pizza
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
8:45 AM Visits
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

8:45 AM Magnet Test Facility Hall SM18 & CERN Control Centre
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Lectures
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

11:00 AM Engineering at CERN - Raymond Veness (CERN)
12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Lectures
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

2:00 PM Feynman Mathemagic - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))
4:00 PM Study Groups
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM SG Session 1
Thursday, July 9, 2026
9:00 AM Study Groups Report-Out
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

9:00 AM SG 7

9:15 AM SG 6
9:30 AM Lectures
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

9:30 AM Medical Applications of Particle Physics - Manjit Dosanjh (University of Oxford (GB))

11:30 AM ATLAS vs CMS - David Barney (CERN) Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne (AU))
12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM Workshops & Exhibitions
1:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

1:45 PM Cloud Chamber Workshop & Exhibitions
4:30 PM Study Groups
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions

4:30 PM SG Session 2
Friday, July 10, 2026
9:00 AM Study Groups Report-Out
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

9:00 AM SG 3

9:10 AM SG 1

9:20 AM SG 4
9:30 AM Lectures
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

9:30 AM How to Run the LHC? - Georges Trad (CERN)

11:00 AM Beauty Physics at LHCb - Basem Khanji (Syracuse University (US))
12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Visits
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM LHCb Exhibition
3:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
4:15 PM Halfway Point
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

4:15 PM Concept Map Session 2 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)

5:15 PM Review & Outlook - Anja Kranjc Horvat
6:00 PM Dinner
Dinner
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
8:00 PM Social Events
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

8:00 PM Movie Night – Particle Fever
Saturday, July 11, 2026
1:00 PM Social Events
1:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Contributions

1:00 PM Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt

7:30 PM Official Dinner of the International High School Teacher Programme 2026
Sunday, July 12, 2026
7:30 PM Social Events
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Room: Restaurant 1
Contributions

7:30 PM Meet & Greet with Shane & Dave from Perimeter Institute

Monday, July 13, 2026
9:00 AM Perimeter Workshop
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 81/R-003B - Science Gateway Auditorium B
Contributions

9:00 AM Part 1/2 - Dave Fish (Perimeter Institute) Shane MacLeod (Perimeter Institute)
12:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Perimeter Workshop
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: 81/R-003B - Science Gateway Auditorium B
Contributions

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

9:00 AM Walk to the IT Auditorium

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM Lectures
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre
Contributions

9:30 AM Computing at CERN - Tim Smith (CERN)
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Visits & Workshops
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Data Centre & Mystery Box Workshop
12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Lectures
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

2:00 PM AI in Particle Physics - Maurizio Pierini (CERN)
4:00 PM Study Groups
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM SG Session 3
6:00 PM Social Events
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: Microcosm Garden
Contributions

6:00 PM International Gift Swapping Circle
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
9:00 AM Study Groups Report-Out
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

9:00 AM SG 5

9:10 AM SG 8

9:20 AM SG 2
9:30 AM Lectures
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

9:30 AM Radiation Protection at CERN - Claudia Ahdida

11:00 AM Heavy Ion Physics at ALICE - Ian Gardner Bearden (University of Copenhagen (DK))
12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Lectures
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

2:00 PM Antimatter Research at CERN - Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))
3:45 PM Visits
3:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions

3:45 PM Antimatter Factory & Low Energy Ion Ring/LINAC2
Thursday, July 16, 2026
9:00 AM Lectures
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

9:00 AM Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Technology - Marlene Turner (CERN)

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

12:00 PM Final Questions & Final Answers - Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne (AU))
1:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Study Groups
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM SG Session 4
5:00 PM HST2026 GROUP PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HST2026 GROUP PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Microcosm Garden
Friday, July 17, 2026
9:00 AM Study Group Presentations
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

9:00 AM Introduction & Overview - Anja Kranjc Horvat

9:15 AM SG7 : Particle Physics - Abdulrahman Sayour Gloria Guidetti MARIA MAROULI Marianne Karlsen Safwane Botte

9:30 AM SG6 : Particle Accelerators - Chandra Bahadur Pradhan (Mr.) Ian Ceasar Vicente (Applied Technology School - Baniyas Campus) Lauren Kwee (Chelsea High School) Sunita Singh

9:45 AM SG8 : Particle Detectors - Hillel Solomon Melania D'Aniello Nikolai Shcherbakov (International Talent Academy (ITA), Tashkent, Uzbekistan) Vita Skripkauskaitė

10:30 AM SG5 : Engineering at CERN - KAMDOUM KUITCHE Alex (Goverment Bilingual High School Esse) Russell Williams Zohar Boneh maria gomez (TEACHER)

10:45 AM SG3 : Computing at CERN - Agustin Pacheco (Wildwood School) BEHİRE YUKSEL ADALAR (TED Atakent College) Cilena Mathieu Álvaro Ramos Cabello

11:00 AM SG4 : Applications of Particle Physics - Andrés Moriña Marcelo Daranee Chaiyaveij (Princess Chulabhorn Science High School Pathum Thani) Katia Gueroult William Gilbertson (Bootham School)

11:45 AM SG2 : Antimatter and Other Open Questions - Catherine Peterson (The Logan School for Creative Learning) Madina Zhumalieva (Silk Road International School, Physics teacher) Pamella Almeida Paul Cristian Palma Galvez (Colegio Alianza Austral) gauthier thenot (college roger martin du gard)

12:00 PM SG1 : The Future of Particle Accelerators - Amber Custance (Samaritan College) Burak Çakar (Kulu Düden Anadolu Lisesi) Doran Dipayan Mondal Lucija Mihelak (Gimnazija, Solski center Velenje, Slovenia)
1:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Closing Session
2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

2:30 PM Concept Map Session 3 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)

3:30 PM Recap Week 2 - Anja Kranjc Horvat (CERN)

3:45 PM What's Next? - Julia Woithe (CERN)

4:30 PM Certificates & Goodie Bags - Anja Kranjc Horvat Julia Woithe (CERN) Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)
7:00 PM Social Events
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: Restaurant 1 (VIP Area)
Contributions

7:00 PM Farewell Dinner
Saturday, July 18, 2026