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International High School Teacher Programme

from Sunday, 5 July 2026 (17:00) to Saturday, 18 July 2026 (07:00)
CERN

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5 Jul 2026
6 Jul 2026
7 Jul 2026
8 Jul 2026
9 Jul 2026
10 Jul 2026
11 Jul 2026
12 Jul 2026
13 Jul 2026
14 Jul 2026
15 Jul 2026
16 Jul 2026
17 Jul 2026
AM
07:00
Registration (until 09:00)
07:00 Early Birds & Night Owls  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:30 Introduction to the International High School Teacher Programme 2026 - Mark Thomson (CERN) Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
10:15 Concept Map Session 1 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)  
11:30 Introduction to CERN - Julia Woithe (CERN)  
09:00
Lectures (until 12:30) (13/2-005)
09:00 Introduction to Particle Accelerators - Simon Albright (CERN)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Introduction to Particle Detectors - Claire Lee (HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU))  
08:45
Visits (until 10:30)
08:45 Magnet Test Facility Hall SM18 & CERN Control Centre  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Lectures (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:00 Engineering at CERN - Raymond Veness (CERN)  
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 SG 7  
09:15 SG 6  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:30 Medical Applications of Particle Physics - Manjit Dosanjh (University of Oxford (GB))  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 ATLAS vs CMS - Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne (AU)) David Barney (CERN)  
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 SG 3  
09:10 SG 1  
09:20 SG 4  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:30 How to Run the LHC? - Georges Trad (CERN)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Beauty Physics at LHCb - Basem Khanji (Syracuse University (US))  
09:00
Perimeter Workshop (until 12:00)
09:00 Part 1/2 - Dave Fish (Perimeter Institute) Shane MacLeod (Perimeter Institute)  
09:00
Walk to the IT Auditorium (until 09:30)
09:30
Lectures (until 10:45) (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
09:30 Computing at CERN - Tim Smith (CERN)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Visits & Workshops (until 12:30)
11:00 Data Centre & Mystery Box Workshop   (31/S-028)
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 SG 5  
09:10 SG 8  
09:20 SG 2  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:30 Radiation Protection at CERN - Claudia Ahdida  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Heavy Ion Physics at ALICE - Prof. Ian Gardner Bearden (University of Copenhagen (DK))  
09:00
Lectures (until 13:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Technology - Marlene Turner (CERN)  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:15 The Future Circular Collider (FCC) - Frank Zimmermann (CERN)  
11:45 --- Coffee break ---
12:00 Final Questions & Final Answers - Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne (AU))  
09:00
Study Group Presentations (until 13:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 Introduction & Overview - Anja Kranjc Horvat  
09:15 SG7 : Particle Physics - Abdulrahman Sayour Safwane Botte MARIA MAROULI Marianne Karlsen Gloria Guidetti  
09:30 SG6 : Particle Accelerators - Ian Ceasar Vicente (Applied Technology School - Baniyas Campus) Sunita Singh Lauren Kwee (Chelsea High School) Chandra Bahadur Pradhan (Mr.)  
09:45 SG8 : Particle Detectors - Vita Skripkauskaitė Melania D'Aniello Nikolai Shcherbakov (International Talent Academy (ITA), Tashkent, Uzbekistan) Hillel Solomon  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 SG5 : Engineering at CERN - Russell Williams maria gomez (TEACHER) Zohar Boneh KAMDOUM KUITCHE Alex (Goverment Bilingual High School Esse)  
10:45 SG3 : Computing at CERN - Ms Cilena Mathieu BEHİRE YUKSEL ADALAR (TED Atakent College) Agustin Pacheco (Wildwood School) Álvaro Ramos Cabello  
11:00 SG4 : Applications of Particle Physics - Katia Gueroult Andrés Moriña Marcelo Daranee Chaiyaveij (Princess Chulabhorn Science High School Pathum Thani) William Gilbertson (Bootham School)  
11:15 --- Coffee break ---
11:45 SG2 : Antimatter and Other Open Questions - Paul Cristian Palma Galvez (Colegio Alianza Austral) Pamella Almeida Madina Zhumalieva (Silk Road International School, Physics teacher) gauthier thenot (college roger martin du gard) Catherine Peterson (The Logan School for Creative Learning)  
12:00 SG1 : The Future of Particle Accelerators - Amber Custance (Samaritan College) Lucija Mihelak (Gimnazija, Solski center Velenje, Slovenia) Doran Dipayan Mondal Burak Çakar (Kulu Düden Anadolu Lisesi)  
PM
17:00
Welcome to CERN! (until 19:00) (500/1-201 - Mezzanine)
17:00 Welcome Reception - Anja Kranjc Horvat  
17:45 Discover CERN Treasure Hunt  
19:00 --- Dinner ---
20:00
Introductory Remarks (until 21:00)
20:00 Basics @ CERN - Anja Kranjc Horvat  
12:30 --- Lunch Break ---
13:30
Visits (until 15:15)
13:30 Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS Control Room  
16:00
Lectures (until 17:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:00 Introduction to Particle Physics - Cari Cesarotti  
12:30 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 17:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
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 (until 22:00)
18:00 Bowling and Pizza  
12:30 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 15:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:00 Feynman Mathemagic - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))  
16:00
Study Groups (until 17:30)
16:00 SG Session 1  
12:30 --- Lunch Break ---
13:45
Workshops & Exhibitions (until 16:30)
13:45 Cloud Chamber Workshop & Exhibitions  
16:30
Study Groups (until 18:00)
16:30 SG Session 2  
12:30 --- Lunch Break ---
13:30
Visits (until 15:30)
13:30 LHCb Exhibition  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:15
Halfway Point (until 18:00) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
16:15 Concept Map Session 2 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)  
17:15 Review & Outlook - Anja Kranjc Horvat  
18:00 --- Dinner ---
20:00
Social Events (until 22:00) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
20:00 Movie Night – Particle Fever  
13:00
Social Events (until 21:30)
13:00 Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt  
19:30 Official Dinner of the International High School Teacher Programme 2026   (Hotel Edelweiss)
19:30
Social Events (until 20:30) (Restaurant 1)
19:30 Meet & Greet with Shane & Dave from Perimeter Institute  
12:00 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Perimeter Workshop (until 17:00)
14:00 Part 2/2 - Dave Fish (Perimeter Institute) Shane MacLeod (Perimeter Institute)  
12:30 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 16:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:00 AI in Particle Physics - Maurizio Pierini (CERN)  
16:00
Study Groups (until 17:30)
16:00 SG Session 3  
18:00
Social Events (until 19:30) (Microcosm Garden)
18:00 International Gift Swapping Circle  
12:30 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 15:45) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:00 Antimatter Research at CERN - Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))  
15:45
Visits (until 18:00)
15:45 Antimatter Factory & Low Energy Ion Ring/LINAC2  
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Study Groups (until 17:00)
14:00 SG Session 4  
17:00 --- HST2026 GROUP PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ---
13:00 --- Lunch Break ---
14:30
Closing Session (until 18:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:30 Concept Map Session 3 - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds)  
15:30 Recap Week 2 - Anja Kranjc Horvat (CERN)  
15:45 What's Next? - Julia Woithe (CERN)  
16:30 Certificates & Goodie Bags - Milena Vujanovic (University of Leeds) Julia Woithe (CERN) Anja Kranjc Horvat  
19:00
Social Events (until 21:00) (Restaurant 1 (VIP Area))
19:00 Farewell Dinner