The European Organization for Nuclear Research, more common known as CERN, was established in 1954 at Geneva, Switzerland. What started as a nuclear physics facility is now the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. This year celebrates CERN’s 70th Anniversary. The Philippines is proud to be an associate member of the CERN-ATLAS Collaboration and host a conference that joins other countries worldwide in commemorating this historic event. Join us as particle physicists from the Philippines and around the world share their exciting research being done at CERN and beyond. ORGANIZERS Wilson O. Garcia – Director, National Institute of Physics (NIP) Cristine D.L.R. Villagonzalo – Deputy Director for Academic Affairs, NIP May T. Lim – Deputy Director for Research and Extension, NIP Michael Francis Ian G. Vega II – Deputy Director for Facilities and Resources, NIP Marvin M. Flores – NIP-UPD ATLAS-CERN Team Leader, NIP Jacque Lynn F. Gabayno – Mapua University Kristian Bryan C. Simbulan – University of Sto. Tomas Jessa Mae Tagalog-Lazarte – Caraga State University Christopher C. Bernido – Central Visayan Institute Foundation Zarujo C. Girasol – Silliman University Erwin F. Cadorna – University of Northern Philippines Efren N. Hamoy – University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines Rev Rhizza L. Aure – Visayas State University Marvin A. Maulion – Western Mindanao State University    

5th 10am CERN 70th celebaration event  as well as educational lectures and workshops during the Oman Science Festival (4th till 11th)  5th Teachers Training  6th University Students inspiration 7th SciArt Master Class for HighSchool pupils 8th Primary School Junior Scientist Program 11th Virtual Visit to CERN / CMS

Special event, within the framework of the Fifty-Fifty Jazz and Poetry festival, in which 3 scientists who are also recognized and awarded poets – Sergio C. Fanjul (astrophysicist and cultural journalist in El País) , María García Díaz (Quantum Computing) and Carlos Briones (specialist in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CSIC researcher and Coordinator of the Molecular Evolution Group, RNA World and Biosensors of the Astrobiology Center “CSIC-INTA”) will debate the relationship between science and poetry and recite some of their verses.   More info: www.fiftyfiftyfestival.com

Inauguration of the educational and outreach centre  DUROCERN (Discover the Universe with Romania at CERN) at the Institute  of Atomic Physics (IFA) headquarters. Centre DUROCERN emerged from the  project “Discover the Universe with Romania at CERN” funded during  2023-2024 by the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization  through the CERN-RO Programme managed by IFA. The aim of the centre is  to offer a glimpse behind the scenes of the main facilities at CERN in  order to stimulate the enthusiasm and interest in science for both  students and the general public. It will also present the main  contributions of the Romanian teams at CERN experiments (ALICE, ATLAS,  LHCb, ISOLDE, n_TOF, NA62, NA65, NP02, RD50), through explanatory  posters, samples of detectors and associated electronics, interactive  functional tracking devices, movies, details on the accelerators,  detectors and electronics principles. The centre will also offer remote access to different laboratories and to CERN main experiments or similar  exhibitions, and, last but not least, it will unveil at an informational  and educational level, the physics phenomena under investigation.  DUROCERN is addressed to all categories of visitors, from pupils,  high-school students and teachers, science policy makers, and general  public.

Conférence grand public donnée à l’occasion des 70 ans du CERN, suivie d’une performance art & science Le Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS) et la compagnie 95% proposent une soirée grand public comportant deux moments forts, au théâtre Vitez – Espace Le Cube à Aix-en-Provence qui débutera à 18h30. Une performance Art & Science « La danse des deux infinis », précédée d’une conférence grand public, à l’occasion des 70 ans du CERN, laboratoire européen pour la physique des particules. La conférence grand public assurée par Cristinel Diaconu, directeur du CPPM, permettra de saluer l’apport unique du CERN à la recherche fondamentale et à la coopération internationale, permettant des avancées scientifiques et des prouesses technologiques notoires, comme le world wide web permettant l’utilisation à grande échelle de l’internet, invention issue dans un contexte de recherche en physique des particules et initiée au CERN, prouvant sans ambiguïté son impact sociétal. Le spectacle vivant contribuera à décloisonner l’univers scientifique, à faire découvrir la recherche avec l’infiniment petit avec la nature des particules élémentaires et leurs 4 interactions fondamentales, et l’infiniment grand avec la dynamique de l’Univers, la matière noire, l’énergie noire. Il apportera aussi un éclairage sur l’enjeu de la contribution individuelle à la recherche scientifique collective. Cette soirée grand public est proposée par le Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM, CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université). Outre ses activités de recherche, le CPPM a également des activités de culture scientifique et technique et mènent notamment des actions spécifiques auprès des jeunes filles qui ont tendance à s’auto-censurer. Dans ce contexte, la performance a été imaginée et réalisée par 5 femmes : Justine Serrano, Aurélie Delon, Nelly Poiret Dandres, Jena Nersessian alias Dawta Jena et Virginie Anouch Kechmanian. Entrée gratuite, inscription obligatoire : https://indico.in2p3.fr/e/DeuxInfinis Soirée organisée par Cristinel Diaconu, Justine Serrano, Magali Damoiseaux et la Compagnie 95%

This is an outreach activity organized by the Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. It aims the dissemination of physics to the general public through presentations of interesting and exciting topics. During this year, the program will celebrate the 70 years of CERN through the presentations of topics related to each of the Large Harcon Collider (LHC) experiments.  Este é um programa de divulgação científica organizado pelo Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. O seu objetivo é a divulgação da física para o público em geral através de apresentações sobre tópicos interessantes e instigantes. Durante este ano, o programa celebrará os 70 anos do CERN através de apresentações de tópicos de física relacionados aos experimentos do Large Hadron Collider (LHC).