Greek Teacher Programme

26 Aug 2026, 15:00 → 29 Aug 2026, 20:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN), Rachel Avramidou (University of Science and Technology of China (CN)), Anja Kranjc Horvat (CERN)

The Greek Teacher Programme 2026 will take place from 26-29 August 2026. Lectures, on-site visits, exhibitions, and hands-on workshops will introduce its participants to cutting-edge particle physics. We hope our participants will go back to Greece as ambassadors, who pass on the subject to our next generation of physicists, engineers, IT specialists...

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Greek Teacher Programme 2026: 
https://indico.cern.ch/e/GRTP26-2

Teacher Programmes Manager:
Anja Kranjc Horvat: 0041 75 411 4460

In case of emergency:
CERN Fire Brigade: 0041 22 76 74444

Wednesday 26 August

15:00 → 18:00 Welcome to CERN!

15:00 Basics @ CERN

Speaker: Anja Kranjc Horvat (CERN)

15:30 Programme Objectives

Speaker: Anja Kranjc Horvat (CERN)

16:00 Introduction to CERN

Speaker: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

17:00 Welcome Reception

Thursday 27 August

09:00 → 12:30 Lectures

09:00 Introduction to Particle Physics

Speaker: Paris Sphicas (CERN/Athens)

10:00 Coffee Break

10:15 Introduction to Particle Detectors

Speaker: Stella Orfanelli (CERN)

11:15 Coffee Break

11:30 Introduction to Particle Detector Electronics

Speaker: Kostas Kloukinas (CERN)

12:30 → 13:45 Lunch break

13:45 → 17:00 Visits

13:45 Cloud Chamber Workshop & Science Gateway Exhibitions

The whole group meets in the Main Building at 13:45!

Group 1
13:45-14:00 Walk to Science Gateway
14:00-15:30 Cloud Chamber Workshop
15:30-17:00 Science Gateway Exhibitions

Group 2
13:45-14:00 Walk to Science Gateway
14:00-15:30 Science Gateway Exhibitions
15:30-17:00 Cloud Chamber Workshop

Speaker: Rachel Avramidou (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

Friday 28 August

08:15 → 10:00 Visits

08:15 Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS control room

The whole group meets outside the CERN Hotel (Building 39) at 08:15!

Group 1
08:15-08:30 Walk from the CERN Hotel to the SC
08:30-09:00 Synchrocyclotron
09:00-09:15 Walk from the SC to ATLAS
09:15-09:45 ATLAS Control Room
09:45-10:00 Walk from ATLAS to CERN Main Building

Group 2
08:15-08:30 Walk from the CERN Hotel to the ATLAS Control Room
08:30-09:00 ATLAS Control Room
09:00-09:15 Walk from ATLAS to SC
09:15-09:45 Synchrocyclotron
09:45-10:00 Walk from SC to CERN Main Building

Speakers: Chrysostomos Valderanis (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE)), Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

10:00 → 12:30 Lectures

10:00 Introduction to Particle Accelerators

Speaker: Sofia Kostoglou (CERN)

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Knowledge Transfer

Speaker: Panagiota Chatzidaki (CERN)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 17:00 Workshops

14:00 Perimeter Institute Workshop

Speaker: Olga Michalopoulos (Perimeter Institute)

19:00 → 22:00 Social Events

19:15 Take public transport from CERN to the Cave Valaisanne

Please buy the "Tout Genève 1h" ticket (3CHF) to take tram 18 from CERN to "Gare Cornavin". Change there for tram 15 (direction: ZIPLO) and go to "Cirque", which is opposite the Cave Valaisanne.

20:00 Official Dinner of the Greek Teacher Programme 2026

Although it's the formal dinner of the programme, please wear clothes that you feel comfortable in.

Cave Valaisanne – Chalet Suisse
BD Georges-Favon, 23
1204 Genève
www.chaletswiss.ch

Saturday 29 August

09:00 → 11:30 Lectures

09:00 Introduction to Computing

Speaker: John Apostolakis (CERN)

10:00 Coffee Break

10:15 Particle Physics Masterclass

Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

11:30 → 12:30 Closing Session

11:30 What's Next?

Speaker: Anja Kranjc Horvat (CERN)

12:00 Certificates & Goodie Bags