CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation Summer School

8 Jun 2026, 00:00 → 12 Jun 2026, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

3179 (CERN)

Mikko Sairanen, Jimmy Poulaillon

The 2026 summer school on experimentation-driven research methodologies at CERN IdeaSquare in Geneva takes place during 8th-12th June, allowing participants to expand their research skills with hands-on, interdisciplinary training.

This unique programme is led by renowned experts from leading universities and includes lectures, roundtable discussions, and interactive workshops on designing, executing, and analysing experiments for innovation research, accompanied by an on-site experiment. The programme also includes networking opportunities, visits to CERN’s experimental sites, and a social dinner.

Applications are now closed for this year's event.

 

Summer_School_Call_2026.pdf

Monday 8 June

09:00 → 13:00 Arrivals

Suggestion for early arrivals: visit Science Gateway at CERN

13:00 → 14:00 Welcome to CERN and IdeaSquare

Introductions and practicalities

Speaker: Mikko Sairanen

14:00 → 15:00 Getting to know each other

15:00 → 15:15 Break

15:15 → 16:30 Methodological deep dive: Living labs

Tuesday 9 June

09:00 → 10:00 Experimentation at CERN

10:00 → 10:15 Break

10:15 → 11:30 Methodological deep dive: Design science

11:30 → 12:45 Lunch

12:45 → 14:15 Experiment visit: Synchrocyclotron

14:15 → 14:30 Break

14:30 → 15:45 Methodological deep dive: Laboratory experiments

15:45 → 16:00 Break

16:00 → 17:00 Roundtable with experts: comparing methodologies

Wednesday 10 June

09:00 → 10:30 Kick-off of the experiment exercise

10:30 → 12:30 Teamwork time, including mentoring from teachers

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:45 Team presentations and feedback: experiment designs

15:45 → 16:00 Break

16:00 → 18:30 Experiment visit: Antimatter Factory and Data Centre

Thursday 11 June

09:00 → 12:30 Teamwork time, including mentoring from teachers

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:00 Teamwork time, including mentoring from teachers

15:00 → 15:30 Break

15:30 → 17:30 Team presentations: results and learnings

19:00 → 21:00 Optional: Social fondue dinner

Friday 12 June

09:00 → 11:00 Feedback sessions for personal research projects

11:00 → 11:15 Break and cleaning the space

11:15 → 12:30 Final reflections and closing of the CIJ Summer School