2015 was declared International Year of Light (and light-based technologies) by the UN General Assembly, on the occasion of the centenary of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. CERN is taking this wonderful opportunity to communicate about the High Luminosity LHC project and CERN’s involvement in the SESAME synchrotron project in Jordan. Light is the main theme of Researchers’ Night 2015.
Past events
Light, Luminosity and HiLumi Sonifications
28 October 2015
In celebration of the HL-LHC’s new status as a CERN-“approved” construction project, a special event was organised at Pathé Balexert, Geneva, for VIP guests of the HiLumi LHC-LARP Annual Meeting
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Researchers night – POPSCIENCE events
25 September 2015
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POPScience Poets visit CERN
15 - 18 June 2015
Poets Gwyneth Lewis, Susanne Stephan and Deborah D’Agostino visited CERN to meet physicists and to be inspired by the laboratory. Their CERN-based poems will be unveiled at the upcoming “Made of shadow and light” event in September.
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Soirée of Light, with the Mapping Festival
26 March 2015
20:00 Opening by Diego Blas, CERN theorist, on Light, Einstein and the LHC
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From High Luminosity LHC to the 100 km collider
11 March 2015
18:30 - Frédérick Bordry (CERN)
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Superconductivity and its applications for society
24 February 2015
18:30 - Amalia Ballarino (CERN)
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Light and Luminosity
4 February 2015
18:30 - Inauguration International Year of Light and Popscience poetry award ceremony
20:30 - Lecture on Light and Luminosity, from Einsten to the LHC, by Lucio Rossi (CERN) and Giorgio Apollinari (Fermilab)