Civil Service Leadership Group visit to CERN

21 Feb 2024, 17:00 → 23 Feb 2024, 12:30 Europe/Zurich

STFC is looking forward to welcoming you to the UK’s national laboratory for particle physics, CERN!

 

Please note this safety notice:

For safety reasons, closed, flat or block-heeled shoes are required for the site visits (duckboard); access to radiation-controlled areas is forbidden to pregnant women. We will be walking between facilities; if you have any mobility issues or any other questions/concerns, please contact stephanie.hills@stfc.ukri.org. 

 

For practical information about the visit (public transport, accommodation, meals, WiFi instructions...) see the attached PDF. 

 

Access Codes

 

 

Other useful links are:

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• PUBLIC TRANSPORT WEBSITE
• CERN WEBSITE

 

 

Wednesday 21 February

Arrival in Geneva: Meet and greet in the airport arrivals area

Convener: Stephanie Hills (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

ATLAS Visitor Centre and 3d movie

Check in to CERN hostel

Dinner with UK early career technicians, engineers and physicists

Thursday 22 February

Introduction to CERN and the UK's role

Convener: Stephanie Hills (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

Transport to visit location

Visit to CERN Data Centre

Visit Antimatter Factory

Lunch in Restaurant 1, self-guided tour of Science Gateway and email catch-up

Visit to ISOLDE nuclear physics facility

Transport to visit location

Visit to CCC (CERN Control Centre)

Transport to visit location

Underground visit to LHCb - guide tbc

Transport to visit location

Free time

Dinner

Friday 23 February

Breakfast from 06:30

Check out of hostel

Transport to visit location