STFC Executive Chair & DSIT Director visit

3 Feb 2025, 13:00 → 5 Feb 2025, 16:30 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Jess Atkinson, STFC’s Head of CERN, is looking forward to welcoming you to CERN, the world’s pre-eminent particle physics laboratory!

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. 

Other useful links are:

• PRACTICAL INFORMATION
• PUBLIC TRANSPORT WEBSITE
• CERN WEBSITE
• IMPORTANT NOTES FOR BOOKING THE HOSTEL

2025-02-04 GB STFC Chair-prog2.pdf

2025-CERN-Safety-Information-E-F.pdf

UK strategy for engagement with CERN

Monday 3 February

1 Introduction to CERN and UK Engagement

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6516a9bb6a423b0014f4c604/uk_strategy_for_engagement_with_cern.pdf

2 Dinner (informal fondue at the Buvette des Bains de Paquis)

Advice for first-time visitors: wear layers and expect your clothes to smell of fondue at the end of the evening 😉

Tuesday 4 February

3 Official CERN Protocol Visit

Programme to be shared by Protocol Office

Protocol visit programme

15:00 Transport to Prevessin

4 Protodune with Alessandro Thea

15:45 Transport to CCC

5 CCC (guide: Rhodri Jones)

16:30 Transport to R1

6 Tea with STFC staff based at CERN

17:30 Pre-dinner break

7 Dinner with members of UK university community (La Meyrinoise)

Wednesday 5 February

8 Data Centre including walk-through (guide: Bob Jones)

09:55 Walk to Antimatter Factory

9 Antimatter Factory/Antiproton Decelerator (guide: Niels Madsen)

10:55 Walk to/coffee in R2

11:20 Walk to ISOLDE

10 Visit to ISOLDE (guide: Sean Freeman)

12:20 Walk to/lunch in R1

11 Roundtable with early career researchers

12 Self-guided visit to the Science Gateway

(exit through the gift shop)