Norwegian Teacher Programme

27 Sept 2026, 17:00 → 2 Oct 2026, 14:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Kaja Nordby, Jens Vigen (CERN), Anja Kranjc Horvat

The Norwegian Teacher Programme 2026 will take place from 27 September - 2 October 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 Norway as ambassadors, who pass on the subject to our next generation of physicists, engineers, IT specialists...

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Norwegian Teacher Programme 2026: 
https://indico.cern.ch/e/NOTP26

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

In case of emergency:
CERN Fire & Rescue Service: 0041 22 76 74444

Sunday 27 September

Welcome to CERN!

1 Welcome Reception

Speaker: Anja Kranjc Horvat (CERN)

2 Short walk around CERN

3 Introduction to CERN Teacher Programmes

Monday 28 September

Lectures

4 CERN i et norsk perspektiv

Speaker: Mr Jens Vigen (CERN)

10:00 Luftepause

5 Akseleratorteknologi I

Speaker: Erik Adli (University of Oslo (NO))

11:15 Spaser-overgang til biblioteket (bygning 52-1-52)

6 History of particle physics: Presentation of the book "Seeing Particles: Adventures of an Experimental Physicist"

Michael Albrow will share his story, covering sixty years of experimental research into subatomic particles, eventually showing that the quarks that are forever trapped inside protons are smaller than a trillionth trillionth the size of the smallest atom, hydrogen. Albrow describes how he and his colleagues made many different types of particle detector, explaining how these enable us to "see" these tiniest constituents of matter, and how they were used to search for new fundamental particles. He tells the story of his search for the fourth quark, charm, and the weak force carriers W and Z, and how others found them, but then he participated in the discovery of the most massive top quark at Fermilab and the Higgs boson at CERN.

Book description from the publisher.

Speaker: Michael Albrow

12:30 Lunch Break

Visits

7 Synchrocyclotron & SM18

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

13:45–14:00 Walk from the CERN Main Building to the SC
14:00–14:45 Synchrocyclotron
14:45–15:00 Travel by bus from the SC to SM18
15:00–15:45 SM18
15:45–16:00 Travel from SM18 to Restaurant 2

Speaker: Bruno Valentin Seifert

16:00 Coffee Break

8 LEIR/LINAC2

Tuesday 29 September

Lectures

9 Akseleratorteknologi II

Speaker: Erik Adli (University of Oslo (NO))

10:00 Coffee Break

10 Partikkelfysikk I

Speaker: Bjarne Stugu (University of Bergen (NO))

11:20 Luftepause

11 Partikkelfysikk II

Speaker: Bjarne Stugu (University of Bergen (NO))

12:30 Lunch Break

Visits

12 Cloud Chamber Workshop & Science Gateway Exhibitions

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

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

Wednesday 30 September

Lectures

13 Antimatter

Speaker: Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

09:45 Coffee Break

14 Quantum initiatives (sensors, detectors, methods)

Speaker: Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

10:45 Coffee Break

15 Partikkelfysikk III

Speaker: Bjarne Stugu (University of Bergen (NO))

16 Besøk til "Where the Web was born" og biblioteket

Speaker: Mr Jens Vigen (CERN)

12:30 Lunch Break

Social Events

17 Discover Geneva Treasure Hunt

We will provide you with your personal treasure hunt brochure. Please prepare 8 CHF to buy the "Tout Genève 9h" ticket. Once you successfully finish the treasure hunt there will be a delicious cheese fondue waiting for you!

18 Official Dinner of the Norwegian Teacher Programme 2026

Although it's the formal dinner of the programme, please wear clothes that you feel comfortable in. The treasure hunt will lead you directly to the

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

Thursday 1 October

Lectures

19 Teoretisk fysikk I

Speaker: Are Raklev (University of Oslo (NO))

10:00 Kaffepause

20 Teoretisk fysikk II

Speaker: Are Raklev (University of Oslo (NO))

11:20 Luftepause

21 Hvordan komme nærmere en løsning på realfagskrisa?

Speaker: Fredrik Georg Alhaug Gade (Sanvika VGS)

12:30 Lunch Break

Visits

22 LHCb Exhibition & CERN Control Centre

The bus leaves in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39) at 13:45!

13:45-14:00 Transport from the CERN Hotel to LHCb point
14:00-14:45 LHCb Exhibition
14:45-15:00 Transport from the LHCb to CCC
15:00-15:45 CERN Control Centre
15:45-16:00 Transport from the CCC to the Science Gateway

23 ATLAS Cavern

16:00-17:00 Group 1
17:00-18:00 Group 2

Friday 2 October

Visits

24 Antimatter Factory

The group leaves in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39) at 08:30!

08:30-08:45 Walk from CERN Hotel to AD
08:45-09:30 Antimatter Factory
09:30-09:45 Walk from the AD to Building 61

Lectures

25 Teoretisk fysikk III

Speaker: Are Raklev (University of Oslo (NO))

10:45 Kaffepause

26 Datasentra og skytjenester

Speaker: Richard Bachmann (CERN)

27 Quantum computing

Speaker: Sofia Vallecorsa (CERN)

Closing session

28 What's Next?

Speaker: Anja Kranjc Horvat (CERN)

29 Certificates

Speaker: Anja Kranjc Horvat (CERN)