CERN Education and Communication

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James Gillies4 April 2003

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Education and CommunicationETT/EC

ECABRolf Landua

lab-wide coordination, strategy,project selection

External communicationRobert Cailliau

Web communication,Travelling exhibition, educational material

Events and sponsorshipPaola Catapano

EU liaison, event coordination,sponsorship coordination

PublicationsJames Gillies (acting)

CERN Courier, Weekly Bulletin,Annual Report V1, brochures

Visits and Teacher ProgrammesEmma Sanders

Visitor programmes, Microcosm,on-site teachers programmes

Education and CommunicationJames Gillies

Groupe management, strategymedia relations

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General Public: Increase the level of awareness of CERN, its cultural value and the usefulness of its technology

Schools: Help teachers to create interest for science and particle physics

HEP: Inform and motivate CERN staff and users

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General Public

Press Office300-400 journalists/yr.

Press, radio, TV, Interviews - Documentarieshttp://info.web.cern.ch/info/Press/

2-3 venues per year in European citiesOff the road in 2003 for refurbishment

Travelling Exhibition150,000 visitors / yr.

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Guided CERN Tour for non-scientists, Kids pages, Educational resources for teachers

http://www.cern.ch

Public Web Pages200,000 visitors / yr.

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General Public - Visitors

Guided Tours20,000 visitors/yr.

Microcosm30,000 visitors / yr.

Reception + Organization of Visits + Guideshttp://public.web.cern.ch/public/visit/visit.html

Permanent exhibition on CERN’s research and technology

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Brochures100,000 copies / yr.

General information on CERN, LHC machine, Experiments, Applications,

SafetyNew series coming, starting this year

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Events + Young Public

Special educational eventsEnhancing the attraction of basic science, in collaboration with ESA, ESO, ESRF...

Web-Casting “Live from CERN”

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(Sponsored by European Union, 400 kCHF in 2002)

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Teacher programmes

Immerse teachers in CERN and high energy physics

Collaborate in developing new techniques for teachinghttp://visitsservice.web.cern.ch/VisitsService/education/

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HEP Community and CERN staff

Weekly Bulletin6500 copies/ weekhttp://bulletin.cern.ch/

CERN Intranet6 million visitors/year http://www.cern.ch/

CERN Courier

“The” journal of High Energy Physics25,000 copies, 10 issues/yearWorld-wide distributionhttp://www.cerncourier.com

Annual Report

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Yearly progress reporthttp://publications.cern.ch/

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Distribution of ResourcesETT-ECETT/EC

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Some BIG issues…ETT-EC

• Budget• New Director General• 50th Anniversary• Globe of Innovation• World Summit on the Information Society• Positioning the LHC and the Linear Collider• Global coordination in particle physics outreach -

http://www.interactions.org• European Science Teachers Initiative

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CERN Council looks to bright future PR17.02

The CERN Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 123rd session today under the chairmanship of Professor Maurice Bourquin. The election of the next Director General, the Baseline Plan for 2003-2010 and a new status for non-European states were among the items agreed.

EIB lends € 300 million for CERN's major collider PR18.02

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 300 million to finance the final phase of construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN , the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The EIB loan will also help to finance the instrumentation to record and analyse the high-energy particle collisions at the LHC. A loan to enable construction of this major project was foreseen by CERN's governing Council when it approved the LHC in 1996.

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New Director GeneralETT-ECETT/EC

Dr Robert Aymar , Director of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), was nominated to succeed Professor Luciano Maiani as CERN's Director General, to take office on 1 January 2004. Dr Aymar, who will serve a five-year term, will oversee the start up of CERN's current major project, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2007. He was previously with the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). He also directed the Tore Supra - one of the world's largest tokamaks, which is based on superconducting toroidal magnets - from its design in 1977 through to its operation in 1988. He is familiar with the challenges presented by the LHC project, as he chaired the External Review Committee set up in December 2001 in response to the increased cost to completion of the LHC. Commenting on his appointment, Dr Aymar said: "I am very honoured by this decision and I thank the Council members for the confidence put in me. CERN is a prestigious institution: I will follow the good examples set by my predecessors and with the help of the CERN staff, collaborators and supporters, I hope to be able to provide the institution with a future as brilliant and successful as it deserves."

Joint press conference with Maiani after June Council ?

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• CERN is organising major side event

• Invitation only conference (~350)

• Working closely with UN system press officers

• Huge media opportunity

• Coming soon: http://www.cern.ch/rsis

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