CERN Vist: Mr. Kevin Mack & Mr. Jonathan Mack

12 Dec 2011, 09:00 → 15 Dec 2011, 17:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

A visit of special effects supervisor Kevin Mack and his son, digital artist and animator Jon Mack.  The purpose of this visit is for CERN to gain support and advice on the production of accurate and compelling animations for CERN from top professionals in the animation industry.

Monday 12 December

09:00 → 10:00 Intro Meeting with WG for Animations

Intro to group, background/rationale of group, overview of task ahead for developing animations, quick show and tell, expectations of visit & schedule review

Conveners: Ms Lisa Mc Carthy (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE)), Rolf Landua (CERN)

document Contacts_For_Macks_v1.pdf

text purpose_of_visit.docx purpose_of_visit.pdf

10:15 → 12:30 Visit to ATLAS Visitors Center / Chat with US LHC, CMS Outreach & ATLAS Outreach

Receive overview of CERN / LHC, Outreach for LHC, what is available for the CERN Visitor's experience, future plans & possible use of visuals, Q & A on particle physics @ LHC

Conveners: David Barney (CERN), Kathryn Grim (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (Fermilab)), Steven Goldfarb (University of Michigan (US))

12:45 → 13:30 LUNCH

With members of CERN WG for Animations

13:45 → 14:45 Visit to CERN Microcosm

See what is currently available/ hear future plans. Discuss use of visuals/video for the visitors' experience

Convener: Emma Sanders (CERN)

15:00 → 16:00 Visit to Globe

More details of what we do at CERN & the LHC, see what is available to CERN visitors, discuss use of visuals/animations

Convener: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Tuesday 13 December

09:00 → 12:00 Working Group Session

1. Kevin & Jon share experience & impressions of visit so far
2. Animations: review new storyboard
3. Discuss work-flow process of creating storyboard/new animations for CERN & work on current storyboard together

Conveners: Ms Lisa Mc Carthy (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE)), Rolf Landua

12:00 → 13:00 LUNCH: with Rolf Landua, Education & Outreach Group

with Rolf Landua

14:00 → 15:30 CERN Seminar-The Higgs Search

A CERN seminar facilitated by CERN Director General Rolf Heuer.
Physicist Bryan Lynn will accompany Macks during seminar.

15:30 → 17:00 Re-cap of CERN Seminar

Chat with Physicist Bryan Lynn on today's seminar and what it means. Q&A session

Convener: Bryan Lynn

Wednesday 14 December

09:00 → 11:50 Working Group Session

Continue what was started
Discuss ways to support process via internships, etc.

Convener: Rolf Landua (CERN)

12:00 → 14:00 LUNCH: with James Gillies, Communication Group

with James Gillies, Communication Group

14:10 → 15:50 Interactive Applications: An introduction to CAMELIA & AVION

Convener: Joao Antunes Pequenao (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))

16:00 → 17:00 Working Group Session (TBC)

TBC- if necessary.

Convener: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Thursday 15 December

09:00 → 11:00 Visit to CMS Detector

A visit underground to see the CMS detector, Cessy, France, explanation of CMS , see what is available for visitors and discuss future plans for CMS visit point & use of visuals (Lisa picks up K & J @Hotel at 8:30am)

Convener: David Barney (CERN)

11:30 → 12:00 Visit to CERN Control Center (the "CCC")

Visit CCC, see what is currently available for visitors, discuss future plans and possibilities for use of visuals

Convener: Rossano Giachino (CERN)

12:15 → 13:00 Visit to SM-18 (Magnet Facility)

Tour of SM-18, learn about superconducting magnets, and what happens at SM-18, discuss what is available for visitors & possible use of visuals

Convener: Marta Bajko (CERN)

13:15 → 14:15 LUNCH

14:15 → 15:00 Chat with Ariane Koek

Learn about the Colide program and brainstorm new ways to involve artists at CERN

15:15 → 17:00 Working Group Session- Final

Final session: Wrap-up and next steps.

Conveners: Ms Lisa Mc Carthy (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE)), Rolf Landua (CERN)