CERN History Days

from Thursday, February 1, 2018 (9:00 AM) to Friday, February 2, 2018 (3:00 PM)
CERN

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Feb 1, 2018
Feb 2, 2018
AM
9:00 AM Introduction to CERN - James Gillies (CERN)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
9:40 AM Underground visit to ALICE / Visit to Synchrocyclotron and SM18   ()
8:15 AM Way to Ideasquare   ()
8:30 AM --- Breakfast buffet ---
9:00 AM
Synopsis of Day 1 - Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN) (until 9:10 AM) (IdeaSquare)
9:10 AM Introduction - Harri Toivonen (CERN)   ()
9:30 AM
Round table discussions - Working Groups / Production of a roadmap for the project (until 11:30 AM) (IdeaSquare)
9:30 AM First Round - Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN) James Gillies (CERN) Matthew Chalmers (CERN) Matteo Castoldi (CERN) Sudeshna Datta-Cockerill (CERN)   (IdeaSquare)
10:30 AM Second Round (switch) - Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN) Matteo Castoldi (CERN) Sudeshna Datta-Cockerill (CERN) Matthew Chalmers (CERN) James Gillies (CERN)   (IdeaSquare)
11:30 AM
Plenary Session - Presentation of the reports (until 12:00 PM) (IdeaSquare)
PM
12:30 PM --- Lunch break ---
1:30 PM
Welcome - Opening Session (until 2:00 PM) (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
1:30 PM Welcome speech - CERN Director of International Relations - Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
1:45 PM Introductory talks - Prof. Kostas Gavroglu (University of Athens) Prof. Jurgen Renn (Max Planck Institute for the History of Sciences) Prof. Theodore Arabatzis (History of Science and Technology -National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
2:00 PM
Institutional Histories of Laboratories - Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN - Director of International Relations ) (until 3:30 PM) (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
2:00 PM Introduction - Speakers' Presentation - Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
2:15 PM General reflections on the importance of documenting the history of CERN - Prof. Herwig Schopper (former CERN DG, 1981 - 1988)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
2:30 PM Reflections on Writing the History of CERN - Prof. John Krige (School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta USA)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
2:45 PM Involvement in writing the history of the Fermilab - Prof. Lillian Hoddeson (American Physical Society)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
3:00 PM Involvement in writing the history of ESA - A comparative analysis - Prof. Arturo Russo (University of Palermo, Italy)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
3:15 PM Q & A   ()
3:30 PM --- Coffee break ---
3:50 PM
History and Philosophy in Discussion -Prof. Jan Lacki (University of Geneva) (until 5:00 PM) (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
3:50 PM The Epistemology of Experiment: The Higgs Boson and Gravity Waves - Prof. Allan Franklin (Department of Physics, University of Colorado, USA)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
4:10 PM The interplay of theory and experiment in high-energy physics: a historical-epistemological perspective - Prof. Arianna Borrelli (Technical University - Berlin, Germany)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
4:30 PM Statistics and uncertainty in high energy physics - Prof. Kent Staley (St. Louis University - Missouri, USA)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
4:50 PM Q & A   ()
5:00 PM --- Coffee break ---
5:20 PM
History in Motion -Dr Graham Farmelo (University of Cambridge) (until 6:20 PM) (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
5:20 PM Gender & diversity issues in high-energy physics - Prof. Sharon Traweek (Department of Gender Studies and History - University of California, LA, USA )   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
5:40 PM The role of history in the popularization of science - Jonathan Butterworth (University College London (UK))   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
6:00 PM Historiography of recent Big Science: Biographical and other approaches - Prof. Helge Kragh (Emeritus Professor-Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
6:20 PM
Closing Remarks - Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN) James Gillies (CERN) (until 6:30 PM) ()
8:00 PM
Official Dinner (until 10:00 PM) (Restaurant 2)
12:00 PM --- Lunch Break ---