Beamline for Schools 2026

from Tuesday, 11 August 2026 (08:00) to Saturday, 29 August 2026 (21:55)
CERN (53/R-044)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
11 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026
13 Aug 2026
14 Aug 2026
15 Aug 2026
16 Aug 2026
17 Aug 2026
18 Aug 2026
19 Aug 2026
20 Aug 2026
21 Aug 2026
22 Aug 2026
23 Aug 2026
24 Aug 2026
25 Aug 2026
26 Aug 2026
27 Aug 2026
28 Aug 2026
29 Aug 2026
AM
09:00
Programme at CERN (until 20:50)
10:05 Arrival - attoPION - India   (Geneva Airport)
10:05 Arrival of one attoPION member from USA   (Geneva Airport)
11:00 attoPION - Pick up CERN access cards and safety shoes   (in front of the CERN hotel reception)
13:45 Arrival - PionIST 3 - Türkiye   (Geneva Airport)
14:45 Team PionIST 3 - Arrival and pick up CERN access cards and safety shoes   (in front of the CERN hotel reception)
17:00 Introduction session - Dr Jorge Andres Villa Velez (CERN)   (4/3-001)
19:00 Welcome and Dinner   (R1)
08:00
Program at ELSA/Bonn (until 21:00)
08:00 --- Breakfast and Jet Lag Compensation ---
12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:00 TR Target production  
18:00 --- Welcome BBQ at FTD ---
08:00
Programme at CERN (until 21:00)
10:20 Pick up lunch bags   (Self-service R1)
11:00 Sightseeing in Geneva  
19:25 Solar Eclipse :)  
09:00
Program at DESY (until 21:00)
09:00 DACHS cards - Antoine Laudrain (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))   (6/R-110)
10:00 Fire safety at DESY - Fabian Saretzki   (35/108)
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00 Safety at the beamline - DESY - Sven Ackermann Marcel Stanitzki (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) Ralf Diener (DESY)   (1d/O2.331)
15:00 Computing at DESY - Yves Kemp Dr Michael Steder (DESY)   (1c/O2-331)
15:30 Cryo safety at DESY - Serena Barbanotti Kay Jensch   (01c/O2.331)
09:00
Program at ELSA/Bonn (until 22:45)
09:00 Joined Call with other institutes  
10:00 Radiation Protection  
11:00 Additional Safety Protection  
12:00 Lunch  
13:00 Introduction to Detector Physics  
14:00 Lectures: Hadron Physics and Polarized Targets  
15:00 Guided Tours - Experimental Area Visit - Preparations  
18:00 Dinner  
09:00 Welcome to CERN, DESY and ELSA - Dr Jorge Andres Villa Velez (CERN)   (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
09:15 Presentation - Team 'attoPION'   (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
09:30 Presentation - Team 'Mobile MIPs'  
09:45 Presentation - Team 'PionIST 3'   (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
10:00 Presentation - Team 'POLARIS'  
10:15 Presentation - Team 'Centauri Stars'  
10:30 --- Break ---
10:45 Beamline and particle beam provided to the experiments - CERN Proton Synchrotron (PS) - Dr Dipanwita Banerjee (CERN)   (500/1-001 - Main Auditorium)
11:05 Beamline and particle beam provided to the experiments - DESY II - Marcel Stanitzki Dr Sven Ackermann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)) Ralf Diener  
11:25 Beamline and particle beam provided to the experiments - ELSA - Dr Dennis Proft (University of Bonn)  
11:45
Programme at CERN (until 19:45) (222/R-001)
11:45 --- Lunch Break ---
13:00 Introduction to the data acquisition system - Part 1 - Berare Gokturk (Bogazici University (TR), CERN) Seyma Yavuz Esen (CERN)   (222/R-001)
14:00 --- Energy Break ---
14:15 Computing Quiz - Markus Joos (CERN)   (222/R-001)
14:35 Computing at CERN - Markus Joos (CERN)   (222/R-001)
15:35 A short and sweet safety reminder - Dr Jorge Andres Villa Velez (CERN)   (222/R-001)
15:40 --- Coffee/Snack Break ---
16:00 Introduction to the data acquisition system - Part 2 - Dr Berare Gokturk (Bogazici University (TR), CERN) Seyma Yavuz Esen (CERN)   (222/R-001)
17:10 SC + AVC Visit   (SC Building 300 (CERN))
17:50 SC + AVC Visit   (ATLAS Visitor Center)
08:00 CERN Safety Day   (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
08:00
Program at ELSA/Bonn (until 22:00)
08:30 Pick Up at Mensa Bonn  
10:00 Guided Tour Effelsberg  
12:00 Lunch  
13:00 Drive Back  
14:00 Presentation Preparation  
18:00 Dinner at Cassius Garten  
08:20
Programme at CERN (until 23:50) (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
08:20 Walk together to the Safety Day   (in front of building 39)
08:45 Introduction on Safety - Boris Faucon   (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
09:00 CERN and the Environment - Anna Cook (CERN)   (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
09:15 Safety Signs and Alarms - Iqra Shahzadi (CERN)   (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
09:30 --- Break ---
09:40 Electrical Safety - James Devine (CERN)   (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
10:00 Radiation protection - Jean-Francois Gruber (CERN)   (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
10:20 Cryogenics - Patricia Borges de Sousa (CERN)   (Cryolab (B165) )
11:00 Time to complete the online safety courses   (6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin)
12:30 --- Lunch Break ---
13:40 Transfer to the Safety Training Center in Prevessin   (in front of building 39 (Hotel Reception))
14:00 Fire Extinguishers - Group 2   (6959)
14:00 Self Rescue Mask - Group 1   (6959)
15:00 Fire Extinguishers - Group 1   (6959)
15:00 Self Rescue Mask - Group 2   (6959)
16:00 Transfer to Meyrin  
17:00 CERN Treasure Hunt   (in front of building 39 (Hotel Reception))
18:00 Meet at the tram   (Esplanade des Particules)
18:20 Welcome Dinner at 'The Bowling Balexert'   (Balexert)
09:00
Program at DESY (until 21:00)
09:00 Good morning discussion - Plan of the day (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (40/5-A01)
09:00
Programme at CERN (until 21:00)
09:00 Visit at CERN: Antimatter Factory - Group 1, 2 & 3 - Dr Jorge Andres Villa Velez (CERN) Julia Ines Jaeger (MPIK, Heidelberg University (DE))   (AD - Antimatter Factory)
10:00 Beam Facility Intro attoPION & PionIST 3 - Dr Jorge Andres Villa Velez (CERN) Markus Joos (CERN) Seyma Yavuz Esen (CERN) Berare Gokturk (Bogazici University (TR), CERN)   (Building 157 (T09 Experimental Area))
20:00 Optional: Movie Night | Particle Fever  
09:30 Beam Day #1  
09:30
Program at DESY (until 21:30)
09:00 Good morning discussion - Plan of the day (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (40/5-A01)
09:30 Beam Day #2  
09:30
Program at DESY (until 21:30)
09:30 Hamburg sightseeing - Antoine Laudrain (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) Antonios Athanassiadis (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)  
09:30
Programme at CERN (until 17:30)
09:00 Good morning discussion - Plan of the day (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (40/5-A01)
09:30 Beam Day #3  
09:30
Program at DESY (until 21:30)
09:30
Programme at CERN (until 17:30)
09:30 Lecture 1: Cherenkov Detectors - Maarten Van Dijk (CERN)   (40/5-A01)
09:00 Good morning discussion - Plan of the day (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:30 Beam Day #4  
09:30
Program at DESY (until 21:30)
09:30
Programme at CERN (until 17:30)
09:30 Lecture 2: Theory   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:00 Good morning discussion - Plan of the day (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (40/5-A01)
09:30 Beam Day #5  
09:30
Program at DESY (until 21:30)
09:30
Programme at CERN (until 18:30)
13:30 Free Afternoon  
09:00 Good morning discussion - Plan of the day (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (40/5-A01)
09:30 Beam Day #6  
09:30
Program at DESY (until 21:30)
17:00 DESY - Test Beam visit   (Halle 2)
18:00 --- DESY - BBQ at the Testbeam ---
09:30
Programme at CERN (until 19:30)
15:30 Sponsor's Day   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
17:00 Visit of the T09 test beam experimental area   (Building 157)
18:00 Celebration Reception   (Glassbox in R1)
09:00 Good morning discussion - Plan of the day (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (40/5-A01)
09:00
Programme at CERN (until 18:30)
09:30 Stars Shine for Everyone even when lightpollution hinders our Star Gazing Night - Jean-Pierre Grootaerd   (40/5-A01)
10:30 Bus to the visits in Prévessin  
10:40 Visit at CERN: AMBER  
11:40 Visit at CERN: EHN1  
12:20 Bus back to Meyrin  
16:00 CERN DG Visit T09   (157/R-E29)
09:30 Beam Day #7  
09:30
Program at DESY (until 22:00)
13:00 Free time  
19:00 (Not quite a) museum visit - Hamburg - Antoine Laudrain (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
09:00 Good morning discussion - Plan of the day (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (40/5-A01)
09:30 Beam Day #8  
09:30
Program at DESY (until 19:30)
13:30 Free time in Hamburg  
09:30
Programme at CERN (until 21:30)
18:30 Fondue in Geneva - Cave Valaisanne  
09:00 Good morning discussion - Plan of the day (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (40/5-A01)
09:30 Beam Day #9  
09:30
Program at DESY (until 19:30)
09:30
Programme at CERN (until 17:50)
13:30 Working on last presentation  
09:00 Good morning discussion - Plan of the day (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (40/5-A01)
09:00
Programme at CERN (until 19:30)
17:45 Closing and Thank-you Reception   (Building 40)
10:00 Focus Group with CERN&Society Foundation - Hannah Gabriella Adams (Universite de Geneve (CH))   (42/3-002)
06:00
Programme at CERN (until 19:55)
11:25 Departure of the team 'attoPION'   (Geneva Airport)
11:35 Departure of the team 'Team PionIST 3'  
17:00 Arrival - Centauri Stars DESY team  
17:00 Arrival - POLARIS ELSA team  
07:00
Program at DESY (until 16:00)
07:00 Departure - Centauri Stars  
12:30 Departure - Mobile MIPs  
08:30
Programme at CERN (until 17:30)
08:30
Programme at CERN (until 17:30)
08:30
Programme at CERN (until 17:30)
08:30
Programme at CERN (until 12:00)
PM
14:00
Program at DESY - Antoine Laudrain (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) (until 19:00)
14:15 Arrival Team Centauri Stars - Antoine Laudrain (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
14:45 Arrival Team Mobile MIPs - Antoine Laudrain (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
15:30 On the way to DESY - Antoine Laudrain (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
14:00
Program at ELSA/Bonn (until 19:00)
14:00 Welcoming students at Bonn HBF  
14:30 Welcome Lunch  
16:00 Check-in  
18:00 Dinner  
19:00 Partial Solar Eclipse - (Geneva, Hamburg, Bonn)  
12:00
Program at DESY (until 22:00)
13:00 DESY - Installation at the Testbeam and brainstorming - Antoine Laudrain (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))   (27/TB21)
18:30 --- DESY - Welcome Reception ---
15:30 Beamline for Schools | Sponsor's (VIP) Day   (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
13:30 Final Presentations and Certificates Giving Ceremony (CERN, DESY, ELSA)   (222/R-001)
17:00
Program at DESY (until 22:00)
18:00 Farewell dinner - Hatari Eimsbüttel (TBC)   (TBC)