25th Meeting of the European Particle Physics Outreach Group (EPPOG) at CERN

30 Oct 2009, 09:00 → 31 Oct 2009, 14:30 Europe/Zurich

60-6-002 (friday) & 572-R-011 (saturday) (CERN)

pictures EPPOG_Milan,jpg.JPG

Friday 30 October

09:00 → 10:45 Introduction, Exhibitions &Experiments

09:00 Introduction

Welcome to new members Welcome to guest members Outcome from Milan

Speaker: David Barney (CERN)

Slides Introduction.pdf Introduction.ppt

09:15 Polish Travelling Exhibition

Speaker: Jan Michal Grabski (Warsaw University of Technology)

Slides LHC-expoJG.pdf

09:30 ATLAS news

Speaker: Prof. Erik Karl Johansson (Stockholm University)

Slides atlas_EPPOGOct2009.pdf atlas_EPPOGOct2009.ppt

09:40 ALICE

Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Univ. + INFN)

Slides alice-oct09.pdf alice-oct09.ppt

09:50 LHCb News

Speaker: Bolek Pietrzyk (Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP))

Slides EPPOG_oct_09_a.pdf EPPOG_oct_09_a.ppt

10:00 CMS News

Speaker: David Barney (CERN)

Slides CMSupdate.pdf CMSupdate.ppt

10:10 LHC Physics movie from the US

Speaker: Joao Antunes Pequenao (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL)-Unknown-Unknown)

10:25 coffee break

10:45 → 12:30 Joint EPPOG/EPPCN Session #1: Introduction and LHC restart plans

See also the EPPCN agenda http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=69007

10:45 Role of EPPCN

Slides EPPCN.pdf EPPCN.ppt

11:00 Role of EPPOG

Slides EPPOGintroduction.pdf EPPOGintroduction.ppt

11:15 CERN communication plan for LHC restart

Speaker: James Gillies (CERN)

Slides CERNCommsPlan.pdf CERNCommsPlan.ppt

11:45 Discussion - activities in member states etc.

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Joint EPPOG/EPPCN Session #2: CERN Education and Outreach vision

14:00 CERN's vision for Education and Outreach

Speaker: Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)

14:30 CERN's onsite exhibition and visit policy

Speaker: Rolf Landua (CERN)

Slides EPPOG_TALK.pdf

15:00 Discussion

15:30 tea break

16:00 → 18:40 Getting data to students

16:00 Masterclasses 2010 organization

Speaker: Uta Bilow (TU Dresden)

Slides

• Bilow_Masterclasses_2010.pdf
• Bilow_Masterclasses_2010.ppt
• U.S._masterclasses_2010.pdf
• U.S._masterclasses_2010.ppt

16:30 LHC exercises 2010

Speaker: Prof. Erik Karl Johansson (Stockholm University)

Slides ATLAS_Masterclasses_Johansson.pdf ATLAS_Masterclasses_Johansson.ppt

16:40 Future LHC-based exercises - introduction

Speaker: David Barney (CERN)

Slides LHCdataToStudents.pdf LHCdataToStudents.ppt

16:55 Physics concept for future LHC masterclasses

Speaker: Michael Kobel (TU Dresden)

more information EPPOG_Masterclasses_way2LHC.pdf EPPOG_Masterclasses_way2LHC.ppt

Slides EPPOG_Masterclasses11_planning_MK.pdf EPPOG_Masterclasses11_planning_MK.ppt

17:15 Didactical and technical concept for future LHC masterclass

Speaker: Mr Konrad Jende (Technische Universitaet Dresden)

Slides presentation.pdf presentation.pptx

17:35 Quarknet experience with enquiry-based learning

Speaker: Bardeen, Marge

Slides eppog0ct09.pdf

18:05 Existing concepts - example 1: Minerva

Event-display based analysis.

Speaker: Prof. Peter Watkins (University of Birmingham)

Slides Minerva_eppog_oct09.pdf Minerva_eppog_oct09.ppt

18:15 Existing concepts - example 2: Ogre

Grid/Root analysis with histogram production and semi-automatic posters

Speaker: Daniel John Karmgard (Department of Physics)

Slides karmgard_eppog_2009.pdf

18:25 Proposition for ALICE Masterclass Activities

Speaker: Yiota Foka (Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI))

19:15 → 22:00 Dinner

Dinner at the "Amphitryon" in St. Genis
Bus leaves from outside the main building at 7:15. Will return to CERN around 22:00

Saturday 31 October

08:00 → 10:40 Getting data to students - part 2

09:00 Discussion on previous day

09:20 Demonstration of Minerva

09:50 Demonstration of Ogre

10:20 Discussion

10:40 → 11:00 coffee break

11:00 → 13:00 Country Reports etc.

11:00 Particle physics exhibition in Slovakia and Cascade projects

Speaker: Ivan Melo (Institute. of Computer Technology)

Slides IvanMelo.pdf IvanMelo.ppt

11:15 Photo exhibition in Spain

Speaker: Prof. Alberto Ruiz Jimeno (Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria))

Slides Alberto_EPPOG_Oct2009.pdf

11:30 Portuguese High School Teacher Programs

Speaker: Pedro Abreu (LIP Laboratorio de Instrumentaco e Fisica Experimental de Particulas)

Slides EPPOG_CERN_OR_PT_oct09.pdf EPPOG_CERN_OR_PT_oct09.pptx

11:50 Next EPPOG meeting in Oslo

Speaker: Farid Ould-Saada (Department of Physics-University of Oslo-Unknown)

Doodle link http://www.doodle.com/ctayfgym8fcy3n4d

more information http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=72419