Belgian Teacher Programme

25 Apr 2027, 17:00 → 30 Apr 2027, 14:00 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Francois Briard (CERN), Aurelie Lawaree (CERN), Anja Kranjc Horvat

The Belgian Teacher Programme 2027 will take place from 25-30 April 2027. 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 Belgium as ambassadors, who pass on the subject to our next generation of physicists, engineers, IT specialists...

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Belgian Teacher Programme 2027: 
https://indico.cern.ch/e/BETP27

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

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

Sunday 25 April

17:00 → 21:00 Welcome to CERN!

Monday 26 April

09:00 → 12:30 Lectures

09:00 Film Discover CERN

The whole group will leave from the Main Building, in front of the UBS branch (500/R-004), at 08:45.

08:45-09:00 Walk to the conference room
09:00-09:15 Film "Discover CERN"

09:15 Introduction to CERN

Speaker: Francois Briard (CERN)

09:45 Coffee break

10:00 The Standard Model of Particle Physics

11:15 Break

11:30 Introduction to the Physics of Accelerators

12:30 → 13:45 Lunch break

13:45 → 17:45 Visits

13:45 Synchrocyclotron, Antimatter factory, CCC

The whole group meets in front of UBS branch (500/R-004), at 13:45!

13:45–14:00 Walk from the CERN Main Building to the SC
14:00–14:30 Synchrocyclotron
14:30–14:50 Walk from the SC to Antimatter factory
14:50–16:00 Antimatter factory
16:00–16:10 Transport to CERN Control Center
16:10–17:00 CERN Control Center
17:00-17:15 Transport to CERN hostel

Tuesday 27 April

09:00 → 12:30 Lectures

09:00 Magnets - An essential component of particle accelerators

Group will leave from Main Building in front of UBS Branch at 08.40 to go to building 180.

10:00 Visit of the Large Magnet Facility

11:00 Coffee break

11:15 Introduction to Particle Detectors

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 17:30 Visits

14:00 Cloud Chamber Workshop & Science Gateway Exhibitions

The whole group meets in front of UBS branch (500/R-004),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

ELISA proton accelerator demonstration by Serge Mathot ?

19:30 → 21:00 Social Events: Film screening

19:30 Particle Fever

Film by Mark Levinson (USA), 2013
In English, subtitled in French

Synopis:

Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity…

For the first time, a film gives audiences a front row seat to a significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens. Particle Fever follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet, pushing the edge of human innovation.

As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists from over 100 countries joined forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter. But our heroes confront an even bigger challenge: have we reached our limit in understanding why we exist?

Wednesday 28 April

09:00 → 11:15 Lectures

09:00 From particles to data: exabyte data processing at CERN

Group will leave from Main Building in front of UBS Branch at 08.45.

10:00 Coffee break

10:15 Worldwide LHC Computing Grid or AI in particles physics

11:15 → 12:30 Visits

11:15 Data centre

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 21:30 Social Events

14:00 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!

19:30 Official Dinner of the XXXXX Teacher Programme XXXX

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

Thursday 29 April

09:00 → 12:30 Lectures

09:00 Research with radioactive ion beams at ISOLDE/MEDICIS

Group will leave from Main Building in front of UBS Branch at 08.45.

10:00 Visit of ISOLDE/MEDICIS facilities

11:00 Coffee break

11:15 Presentation of NorthArea - Experimental areas

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 17:30 Visits

14:00 ATLAS Underground and Visitor Centre

Group will leave from Main Building in front of UBS Branch at 08.45.

13:45-14:00 Walk from R1 to ATLAS building
14:00-14:45 Visit of ATLAS Underground facilities & AVC
14:45-15:30 Visit of AVC & ATLAS Underground facilities

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 SM18

16.00-16.15 Transport from Science Gateway to SM18
16.15-17.15 Visit of SM18
17.15-17.30 Transport from SM18 to CERN Hostel

18:00 → 19:30 Social event

18:00 Meet & Greet with CERN Belgian community

Friday 30 April

09:00 → 12:00 Lectures

09:00 The third long shutdown (LS3) of the CERN accelerator complex or Einstein telescope?

Free rooms before 08:50 and ask for your luggage to be stored in luggage room at Hostel reception.
Meeting at 08:50 in front of Hostel reception. We will walk (100m) to building 40 for the presentation.

09:45 FCC Feasibility study

10:30 Coffee break

10:45 CERN and the environment

11:30 Careers and internship opportunities

12:00 → 13:00 Closing session

12:00 What's next?

12:30 Certificate