CERN History Days

from Thursday 1 February 2018 (09:00) to Friday 2 February 2018 (15:00)
CERN

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
1 Feb 2018
2 Feb 2018
AM
09:00 Introduction to CERN - James Gillies (CERN)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:40 Underground visit to ALICE / Visit to Synchrocyclotron and SM18  
08:15 Way to Ideasquare  
08:30 --- Breakfast buffet ---
09:00
Synopsis of Day 1 - Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN) (until 09:10)
09:10 Introduction - Harri Toivonen (CERN)  
09:30
Round table discussions - Working Groups / Production of a roadmap for the project (until 11:30) (IdeaSquare)
09:30 First Round - Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN) James Gillies (CERN) Matthew Chalmers (CERN) Matteo Castoldi (CERN) Sudeshna Datta-Cockerill (CERN)  
10:30 Second Round (switch) - Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN) Matteo Castoldi (CERN) Sudeshna Datta-Cockerill (CERN) Matthew Chalmers (CERN) James Gillies (CERN)  
11:30
Plenary Session - Presentation of the reports (until 12:00)
PM
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
13:30
Welcome - Opening Session (until 14:00)
13:30 Welcome speech - CERN Director of International Relations - Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)  
13:45 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)
14:00
Institutional Histories of Laboratories - Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN - Director of International Relations ) (until 15:30)
14:00 Introduction - Speakers' Presentation - Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (CERN)  
14:15 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)
14:30 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)
14:45 Involvement in writing the history of the Fermilab - Prof. Lillian Hoddeson (American Physical Society)   (80/1-001 - Globe of Science and Innovation - 1st Floor)
15:00 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)
15:15 Q & A  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
15:50
History and Philosophy in Discussion -Prof. Jan Lacki (University of Geneva) (until 17:00)
15:50 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)
16:10 The interplay of theory and experiment in high-energy physics: a historical-epistemological perspective - Prof. Arianna Borrelli (Technical University - Berlin, Germany)  
16:30 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)
16:50 Q & A  
17:00 --- Coffee break ---
17:20
History in Motion -Dr Graham Farmelo (University of Cambridge) (until 18:20)
17:20 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)
17:40 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)
18:00 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)
18:20
Closing Remarks - Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN) James Gillies (CERN) (until 18:30)
20:00
Official Dinner (until 22:00) (Restaurant 2)
12:00 --- Lunch Break ---