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Join on Friday 18 October, as CERN celebrates the 90th birthday of Carlo Rubbia, CERN Director-General from 1989 to 1994.

Carlo Rubbia’s pioneering work on the proton–antiproton project led to the discovery of the W and Z bosons in 1983, earning CERN its first Nobel Prize in 1984. This discovery not only advanced understanding of the fundamental forces of nature through innovative detector and accelerator developments, but also established CERN as a global leader in particle physics, paving the way for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Register now to attend. The event is open to all and registration is required for organisational purposes and to issue CERN access cards for non-CERN attendees.

Etienne KLEIN

Tuesday 15/10/2024- 5.30pm
503/1-001 – COUNCIL CHAMBER (cern)

https://indico.cern.ch/event/1452877

The Staff Association is pleased to invite you to the lecture: Who is qualified to talk about time

There’s a paradox surrounding the word time: while it doesn’t give rise to any difficulty when it’s involved in the fast train of an ordinary sentence containing it, it becomes very embarrassing as soon as it’s taken out of circulation to be examined on its own. As soon as it is isolated from the words that surround it, as soon as it is extracted from the verbal flow in which it has been placed, it metamorphoses into enigmas that torment the mind. What exactly is time? she asks herself. Is it a particular substance? Does it exist in itself? Or is it just a secondary entity arising from the relationships between events? Does it depend on us? Is it a product of consciousness? 
How can such a familiar word give rise to such difficult questions?

Etienne Klein is a philosopher of science and director of research at the CEA. He heads the ‘Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Sciences de la Matière’ and is a member of the Académie des Technologies.
He is interested in the question of time and other subjects at the crossroads of physics and philosophy. He is also a professor at Centrale-Supélec. He speaks every Friday on France-Culture’s ‘La conversation scientifique’.

http://etienneklein.fr

Meet Author – CERN Library

Information: https://indico.cern.ch/category/1280/

Tuesday 3 September: Zach Weinersmith, “The Voice of Science – Meet Zach Weinersmith (creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comics)”

Monday 16 September: Satveer Sing Nehra, “Library Science Talk – Artificial intelligence, ChatGPT and research libraries”

Thursday 19 September: Lucio Rossi, Oliver Bruning, Paolo Spagnolo, “Meet the authors of ‘The Future of the Large Hadron Collider'”

Tuesday 24 September: Katherine Mack, “The Voice of Science – Meet Dr. Katie Mack (AstroKatie)”

Meet Author – CERN Library

Tuesday, August 13th at 10 AM

Information: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1433229/

Attending in person or via videoconference is possible, the link can be found on the indico page at the bottom. Person-attendees require a valid CERN access card in order to enter the CERN site.

At this event, leading scientists and experts will explore the extraordinary significance of international collaboration and open science in advancing scientific knowledge. They will also trace the evolution of the Web, discuss the imperative of democratisation of information and technology, and explore the emerging frontiers in digital technologies and AI.

REGISTER NOW to attend in person: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1412339/  

A blood donation campaign will take place at CERN on 26 March 2024. More information can be found following this link.

The next public event will take place on March 7th at 19:30 at the CERN Science Gateway.

This event offers a unique opportunity to explore the various applications of particle physics instruments and tools in hospitals and medical research. Medical doctors, biologists and physicists will guide you on a captivating journey, providing insights into the future of therapy and imaging.

Entrance to the event is free, but registration is mandatory. Click here to register.

There will be also a liveWebcast.

Dear Member

A symposium in CERN’s main Auditorium will take place on Friday 1 March at 14:00 to mark the 100th birthday of our former General Director Herwig Schopper.

You can view the programme and register on the public website https://indico.cern.ch/event/1366175/

A short video of Professor Schopper, revealing the secret to his longevity, can be seen by following this link.

Place: Building 61 – Staff Association room

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