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International Teacher Weeks Programme

from Sunday, 2 August 2026 (17:00) to Saturday, 15 August 2026 (07:00)
CERN

        : Sessions
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        : Breaks
2 Aug 2026
3 Aug 2026
4 Aug 2026
5 Aug 2026
6 Aug 2026
7 Aug 2026
8 Aug 2026
10 Aug 2026
11 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026
13 Aug 2026
14 Aug 2026
AM
07:00
Registration (until 09:00)
07:00 Early Birds & Night Owls  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
09:30 Introduction to the International Teacher Weeks Programme 2026 - Jeff Wiener (CERN)  
10:15 Concept Map Session 1  
11:15 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 - Clara Nellist (University of Amsterdam and Nikhef (NL))  
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) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
11:00 How to run a Particle Accelerator? - Bettina Mikulec (CERN)  
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
09:00 SG  
09:10 SG  
09:20 SG  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
09:30 AI in Particle Physics  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 ATLAS vs CMS  
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30)
09:00 SG  
09:10 SG  
09:20 SG  
09:30
Lectures (until 12:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
09:30 Feynman Mathemagic - Luis Roberto Flores Castillo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK))  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Beauty Physics at LHCb - Basem Khanji (Syracuse University (US))  
09:00
Welcome to Week 2 (until 09:15)
09:00 Meet in front of the CERN Hotel (Building 39)  
09:30
Lectures (until 11:00) (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
09:30 Computing at CERN  
11:00
Visits & Workshops (until 12:30) (513/1-024)
11:00 Data Centre & Mystery Box Workshop  
09:00
Study Groups Report-Out (until 09:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 SG  
09:10 SG  
09:20 SG  
09:30
Workshops (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:30 AI in Education 1/2 - Neil Aitkin (The Ethical EducAItor)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 AI in Education 2/2 - Neil Aitkin (The Ethical EducAItor)  
09:00
Lectures (until 12:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
09:00 Medical Applications of Particle Physics - Manjit Dosanjh (University of Oxford (GB))  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Radiation Protection at CERN - Claudia Ahdida  
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) - Michael Benedikt (CERN)  
11:45 --- Coffee break ---
12:00 Final Questions & Final Answers  
09:00
Study Group Presentations (until 13:00) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
09:00 Introduction & Overview - Anja Kranjc Horvat  
09:15 SG  
09:30 SG  
09:45 SG  
10:00 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 SG  
10:45 SG  
11:00 SG  
11:15 --- Coffee break ---
11:45 SG  
12:00 SG  
12:15 SG  
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) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
20:00 Basics @ CERN - Anja Kranjc Horvat  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
13:45
Visits (until 15:30)
13:45 Synchrocyclotron & ATLAS Control Room  
16:00
Lectures (until 17:15) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
16:00 Introduction to Particle Physics - Jonathan R. Ellis (King's College London)  
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 & Pizza  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 15:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
14:00 Engineering at CERN  
16:00
Study Groups (until 17:30)
16:00 SG Session 1  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Workshops & Exhibitions (until 16:30)
14:00 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 ---
16:00
Halfway Point (until 17:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
16:00 Concept Map Session 2  
17:00 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 Teacher Weeks Programme 2026   (Hotel Edelweiss)
12:30 --- Lunch Break (Restaurant 2) ---
14:00
Lectures (until 15:30)
14:00 Data Analysis in Particle Physics - Flavia de Almeida Dias (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
16:00
Study Groups (until 17:30)
16:00 SG Session 3  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Visits (until 16:30)
14:00 ALICE   (3294/R-008 - Point 2)
18:00
Social Events (until 19:30) (Microcosm Garden)
18:00 International Gift Swapping Circle  
12:30 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Lectures (until 15:30) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
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 --- ITW2026 GROUP PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ---
13:00 --- Lunch Break ---
14:30
Closing Session (until 18:00) (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
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 (until 21:00)
19:00 Farewell Dinner   (Restaurant 1 (VIP Area))