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ReportfromEuropeanParticlePhysicsCommunicationNetwork

1. Overview

ThisdocumentcoverstheperiodJune2015toJuly2016.DuringthisperiodCERNchangeditsmanagementandtheCommunicationandEducationgroupswerejoinedtoformtheIR-ECOgroupinJanuary2016.Major communications, education and outreach activities at CERN in this periodincludecommunicationsonimportantresultssuchasthediscoveryofPentaquarks,thepresentationof the firstLHCresultsat13TeV, includingthe intriguingresultsfrom ATLAS and CMS at 750 GeV, the third edition of TEDxCERN, the first bigmaintenanceof theGlobeofScienceandInnovation,alongwith itsreopening,andtheinaugurationofabrandnewMicrocosmexhibtion.A significant effort was initated regarding communication for the ICHEP 2016conference in Chicago, working together with Fermilab and the Interactionscollaboration.MaterialforthiswasdevelopedbytheIR-ECOgroupincollaborationwith the LHC experiments’ outreach teams and shared with the EPPCN network.DuringtheconferencetwospecialplenarysessionsonMediaandSocialmediaweresuccesfully organizedwith CERN involvement, in collaborationwith internationalpartners.Finally,CERN’seffortonsocialmediawasrecognizedandrewardedataEurope-wide conference of digital managers "Digital Leadership Forum 2016" inVienna,inJune2016.Projects such as the Beamline for Schools competition benefit substantially fromcollaborationwith IPPOG andEPPCN. 2016willmark the third edition and it hasbeena successwithmore than150 teamsparticipating from37countriesaroundtheworld.Looking to the future, reflection has been initiated within the EPPCN networkregarding the communication of big upcoming milestones for CERN such as theHigh-LuminosityLHCandtheEuropeanstrategyofparticlephysicsudpatetocomewithinafewyears.Thisdocumentgivesashortreportonhighlightsof theworkof the IR-ECOgroupbeforemovingontoreportsofnetworkactivitybycountry.

2. StatusofthenetworkThepositionsofthenetworkmembersfromBelgium,Bulgaria,Russia,SwedenandTurkeyarevacant.TheEPPCNrepresentativeforNorwaychangedinautumn2015.Sincethebeginningof2016,SpainandSwitzerlandhavehadnewrepresentativesinthenetwork.AsofMay2016,theUnitedKingdomalsochangeditsrepresentative.As Romania became a CERNMember state in July 2016, the position is now alsovacant.

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3. ReportonIR-ECOgroupactivities

MediareportDespite the fact that themediacampaign for theLHCrestartwasover, theperiodbetween June 2015 to June 2016was still very active on themedia front. In July2015, the LHC experiments presented their first results with 13 TeV data at theHEP-EPS 2015 Conference in Vienna and the LHCb experiment presented thediscovery of Pentaquarks.At the endofOctober theHigh-Luminosity LHCprojectreceivedgoodmediacoverage for theendof thedesignphase.The lastbigmediastory about CERN in 2015 came in December with the results presented by theATLASandCMSexperiments.OnlyafewmonthsaftertheLHCrestartandcollisionsat13TeV,bothexperimentswerepresentingintriguingresultsaboutasmallexcessinthemassregionof750-760GeV(calledthe“bump”).AlthoughthecollaborationsandCERN’scommunicationswereverycautiousonthispresentation,itimmediatelyraisedahugemedia interest.The interestwasveryhighthemediabutalso inthecommunityasover500theorypaperswerepublished.FromJanuarytoJuly2016,themainCERN-relatedstoriesinthemediawere:

• thepresentationfromATLASandCMSexperimentsregadingthebumpattheMoriondconferenceatthebeginningofMarch-thisstorywascoveredinthenewseveryweekovertheperiod;

• therestartoftheLHCattheendofMarch;• in April, a pause in LHC commissioning due to an electrical short circuit

causeda lotofmediacoverage(theshortcircuitcausedbyabeechmartenstartedonsocialmediabutwasquicklycoveredinthemediaaswell, ithasbeenourbiggeststoryuntilnowintermsofmediacoverage);

• thestartoftheLHCPhysicsruninMay;• theICHEP2016conferenceinChicagoinJulyandtheconfirmationthatthe

bumpwasastatisticalfluctuation.WealsohadtwobigpeaksinCERN’smediamentionsinnewsnotdirecltylinkedtoCERN’sactivities,.The firstbig coveragewas related to thePhysicsNobelPrize inOctober awarded for the discovery of neutrino oscillations. The second was thediscoveryofgravitationalwaves,inFebruary,asthisdiscoverywasoftencomparedtotheHiggsbosondiscovery.


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The level of requests for media visits shows that CERN remains in the spotlight.DuringtheperiodfromJuly2015toJuly2016,thepressofficewelcomedmorethan830mediaprofessionalsonsiterepresentingover310media.CoverageofCERNinthemediaremainsveryhighwithanaverageofabout3000presscuttingsperweek.Mostofthecoverageisneutraltopositive.The CERN press office also reinforced its presence on Social media through itsTwitteraccountandgained3000followersovertheperiodtoreach6000followerstoday.SinceJuly2016,thePressofficewebpagehasanewdesignwhichisvisuallymoreattractiveanduserfriendly. Itnowhasawelcomepagethatallowsdifferenttypesofcontenttobeshowcased.Theofferofmedia training forCERNstaff anduserswas reinforcedwith trainingsessionsorganizedinautumn2015andspring2016.Inadditiontothesesessionsadedicatedtrainingsessionforthenewmanagementwasorganizedatthebeginningof2016.

SocialmediaWith1.5millionmentionsof CERNor theLHCon socialmedia from July2015 toJune2016,CERNcontinuestohaveastrongandwell-respectedpresenceonsocialmediachannels.CERN’saudiencenumberscontinuetogrowonTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,Google+,YouTubeandLinkedin.July2015sawthelargestpeakofsocialmediaactivitywith25thousandmentionsinone day for the Pentaquark discovery. This was shortly followed by conspiracytheorists turning their attentions to CERN, convinced that the Laboratory wouldtrigger doomsday on 23 September. The press office, social media and editorialteams compiled a collection of questions and answers that were then used toproactivelyengagewith thosegenuinelyconcerned.This techniquewassuccessfulenoughtoputtheLaboratoryonthefrontpageoftheWallStreetJournalon5April2016. In the same spirit of improving engagement, a group of social-media-savvy


CERNscientistshasnowbeensetuptosupportCERN’ssocialmediaeffortsandhelpanswerquestionsreceivedbyCERN.

In September 2015, CERN took part in the Interactions Global Particle PhysicsPhotowalk, invitingphotographers fromaround theworldonabehind-the-scenestour.Byaddingalargesocial-mediacomponentbefore,duringandaftertheevent,CERN’sInstagramaccounthasnowreachedcriticalmass.CERN’s social media was the subject of academic research through collaborationwithTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology to analyseCERN socialmedia datacollectedin2014.A jointstudybetweenCERNandTechnionwaspresentedatthe2016 PCST (Public Communication of Science and Technology) conference inIstanbulinAprilandpublishedintheopen-accesspeer-reviewedjournalPLOSOneinMay2016: “FootprintsofFascination:DigitalTracesofPublicEngagementwithParticle Physics on CERN's Social Media Platforms”http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156409WebsiteSevenmillionuniquevisitorslookedatCERN’scorewebsitesoverthecourseoftheyear. In October 2015, CERN moved its homepage to http://home.cern afterreceiving itsown top-leveldomain (TLD).With itshistoryas thebirthplaceof theweb,andasanearlyadopteroftheinternet,CERNhasalwaysbeenattheforefrontof computer networking. So in 2008 when theInternet Corporation for AssignedNames and Numbers(ICANN) opened up applications for TLDs to new genericnames and brands,CERN registered for its own. CERN’s core website moving to.cern set the ball rolling formore CERNwebsites to follow. By June 2016, twelvemore.cerndomainshadbeenapproved.


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EditorialThroughout 2016, the editorial team are reviewing CERN’s print publications,includingbrochures, theannual report,CERNCourierandCERNBulletin,with theaimofstreamliningcontentandharmonisingitwithCERN’scorewebsites.Witha looktoCERN’sdigitalaudiences, theeditorial teamexploredhowtoenticevisitors to spendmore time on thewebsite. The result was a close collaborationwiththephotography,webandsocialmediateamstobuildthe#InTheoryseries.

Caption:Portraits from the#InTheory series tookover thebackgroundof theCERNhomepageforseveraldaysinMay2016.Thissix-partseriesoffeaturearticlesfocussedontheTheoreticalPhysicscorridorsand the people that work there. With a final article including a 360-degreeimmersive image, andportraits taking over the CERNhomepage for several days,theresultssawtheaveragetimespentonthewebsiteincreasefrom2to14minutes.In June 2016, CERN showcased its social media academic research and the#InTheory series at a Europe-wide conference of digital managers "DigitalLeadershipForum2016"inViennaandreceivedanawardforbestpractice.

VisualservicesSince the beginning of 2016, the Audio Visual Production service (APS) haspublished a total of 73 videos on CERN’s video database, the hits of views are406,423 views, and 1119 have been downloaded. OnYoutube and Facebook, 27videoshavebeenpublishedforatotalofmorethan346,100views.


For theendof theyear2016,APS isdevelopinga co-productionprojectwithRTSswiss television and ARTE future to broadcast a scientific TV show for a generalaudience.

The design service personalized 147 VIP visits presentations, produced 53 3Danimations and 60 post productions such as animated visuals for the newMicrocosmexhibition.Theservicedesignedandadapted5travelingexhibitions. Italso produced 3 reports such as the CERN annual report and provided graphicsupportto5eventsincludingtheverysuccessfulTEDxCERN.VisitsandLocalengagementFrom1July2015to1July2016,theVisitsserviceorganizedmorethan4773visitsandwelcomedmorethan112,846visitorsfrom73countries.Tourswereguidedin31languages.TheLocalengagementgroupparticipatedmorethan15bigeventsandoutreachandeducationalprojectssuchasPOPScience(EuropeanResearchers’Night),TEDxCERN2015,Danslapeaud’unchercheurandLaNuitdelaScience.Theyalsoplayedanactiverole inmanagingtherelationshipwiththeFrenchlocalFishermen’sassociation.

ExhibitionsThe brand new “Microcosm” exhibition opened in Summer 2015 and enjoys -together with the “Universe of Particles” exhibition in the Globe of Science andInnovation-averylargepublicsuccess,withover60,000visitorsperyear.Duringtheperiodcoveredbythisreport,theGlobeofScienceandInnovationhaditsfirstmajor maintenance and was therefore closed from 1st May 2015 until 1st April2016. This maintenance also allowed the team to update the content of the“UniverseofParticles”exhibition.

Thelarge“AcceleratingScience”travelingexhibitionwasshownfor3monthsattherenownedCosmoCaixamuseuminBarcelona(Spain),andfor4monthsatthenewScienceCentreinVilnius(Lithuania).

ThesmallerinteractiveLHCtunneldisplayenjoysincreasinginterestandtravelledto locations in8countries(oftenshowntogetherwith theCERNposterexhibition“CERN in Images”): Azerbaijan (Baku), Georgia (Tbilisi), Greece (Tripolis), Italy(Trieste), Lithuania (Vilnius, Kaunas), Montenegro (Podgorica), Portugal (Braga,Coimbra,Lisbon,forthe30thanniversaryofLIP),andSpain(LaCoruna,Madrid).

TheinteractiveLHCtunnelwasalsousedforlocalcommunityeventsinGeneva,attheoccasionofthe‘EuropeanResearchersNight(Balexertcommercialcentre)andatthe70thAnniversaryoftheUnitedNations(PalaisdeNations).

Finally,CERNisalsoplanningtolaunchitsCERNAlumninetworkbyspring2017,under the responsibility of the International Relations Sector. The Education,CommunicationandOutreachgroupofCERNisakeyplayerofthisendeavourandwillbeinstrumentalinreachingouttotheHighEnergyCommunityandleveragingitsengagementandsupport.


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EPPCNREPORT–COUNTRYreportsPeriodcovered:Summer2015–Summer2016

Austria

1. MediaReport-MediaCoverage/MediaActivitiesExtensivecoverageinAustriandailynewspapers,radiostationsandontelevisionsuchas:-“NeueSensorenfürneueTeilchen”(CERN/HEPHY/INFINEON)- “Wie alles begann”: Naturhistorisches Museum zurück zum Ursprung (HEPHYs nextparticlephysicsexhibitionincooperationwiththeViennaMuseumofNaturalHistory;startOctober2016)- ÖAW-Teilchenphysiker Manfred Krammer neuer Leiter des Department fürexperimentellePhysikamCERN-Liveinterview/ORFattheResearchersNight-Dir.JochenSchieck

2. Othercommunicationactivities

- “WienerForschungsfest” from11–14September2015at the“Naschmarkt” inVienna .Weshowareducedversionofour“Spurensuche”exhibition.(about11000visitors)- Austrian version of the Researchers Night (“LangeNacht der Forschung”) on April 22,2016 at the “Heldenplatz” in Vienna.We show a reduced version of our “Spurensuche”exhibition + two public lectures) More than 12000 visitors of all age groups used theopportunitytoentertheexcitingworldofparticlephysicsfrom5p.m.to11p.m.-ResearcherDaysinPerchtoldsdorfforchildrenfrom5to12yearson4–8July2016.ThisResearcherDaysoffersacourseprogramtoencourageyoungtalentswithemphasisonnaturalsciences.- Exhibition “Wirkungswechsel” – a collaborationwith the Science Center Netzwerk; 17.November 2015 – 20. February 2016 at the wissens.wert.welt Klagenfurt and from 2.March2016–10.July2016attheNaturkundemuseumGraz.- Several Public Lectures at schools in Vienna and Lower Austria and public paneldiscussions.-CollaborationwithIPPOG-MasterclassesInternationalMasterclassforstudentsinVienna(25students)

Belgium Noreportreceived


RepublicofBulgaria Noreportreceived

CzechRepublic

1. MediaReportItshouldbenotedthatmediainterestinCERNhasdeclinedsincethediscoveryoftheHiggsbosonandthe institution’sanniversarycelebrations that followed.NewtopicsassociatedwiththeLHCRun2haveprimarilyattractedspecialisedCzech-languagemedia,magazines,and scientific popularisation websites. All previously established collaborationpartnerships–particularlywiththenationalpublicbroadcasterssuchastheCzechRadio,CzechTelevisionandselectednewspapers–havecontinued.Press releases have been distributed in the original language as well as in translation.Recently, some of these releases have been used as the basis for new original articlespublishedatthepopularisationwebsitematfyz.cz,whichisprimarilytargetedatsecondaryschoolstudentsandfirst-yearuniversitystudents.General interest in particle physics has developed further in connection with otherdiscoveries made in related scientific areas or under similarly oriented researchorganisations and experimentswith Czech participation (DayaBay). As a result, particlephysicistsworkingwithintheCzechenvironmenthavealsoreachedthemediainabroadercontext.


The cooperationwith the Czech IPOG representative has continued and includedmediasupport of lectures aimed at secondary school students and delivered by Czech particlephysicists, as well as assistance with the International Masterclasses project whichattractedseveralsecondaryschools.Members of the Czech scientific community have been increasingly engaging inpopularisationactivitiesdirectlyaddressingprimaryandsecondaryschoolstudents.Thesemostly involved presentations at scientific fairs (Week of Science and Technology,organised by CAS; Science Fair) that have recently been gaining popularity in the CzechRepublic(eachoftheseeventsisattendedby10–12thousandstudentsandpupils).

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Finland

1. MediaReportMediaCoverageingeneral:Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) at University of Helsinki coordinates the FinnishparticipationinscientificexperimentsatCERN.HIPhasanewdirectorsince1.1.2016,ProfessorPaulaEerola,andherworkastheheadofFinnish CERN research and cooperation was reported in the main Finnish media:http://www.hs.fi/tiede/a1453351461138Generally,CERN/HIPresearchappearsinarticlesinnationalandlocalnewspapersandoursciencemagazinesTiedeandYliopisto.FinnishscientistsarefrequentlyinterviewedforTVandesp.radio.Thereisatrustedhighlyengagedgroupofsciencejournaliststoworkwith.Scientificarticlespublishedesp.inScienceandNaturearealwaysreportedtotheFinnishmediawhoalsocoverthesestories.Thereisagrowinginterestforpopularizedscienceinsocialmedia,esp.Twitter.Particle physics as elemental for (natural) sciences tackling global challenges is a goodviewpointwhenworkingwiththemedia.About5-10CERNrelatedpressreleasesareemailedperyear.

2. Othercommunication(andeducation)activitiesTuesday,6October2015,Dr.FabiolaGianotti,CERNDirector-Generaldesignate(thenstill)visited University of Helsinki delivering a speech “CERN: Much more than fundamentalresearch”opentothepublic.Theseminar“Thebrillanceofscience–theroleofwomenininternationalscience”organizerswereFinnishAcademyofScienceandLetters,EmbassyofItalyinHelsinki,InstitutoItalianodiCultura.Friday,9October2015,CERNhostedaTEDxCERNconferenceforthethirdyearrunning,now on the theme of “Breaking the Rules”. A local event for students and staff,TEDxCERN@HelsinkiUni,wasarrangedinHelsinki.On 27 May 2016, a special event, KumpulaNOW, was arranged on the occasion that 4articles (in Nature, Science and Nature Communications) on aerosol particles, particleformation, molecular clustering to global climate and CERN CLOUD experiments withwritersfromHelsinkiUniversitywerepublishedmoreorlesssimultaneously.Thishistoricoccasiongotvisibilityinthesocialmedia.The success of HIP/CERN outreach efforts is demonstrated by great interest in CERNshownbyFinnishhighschools.About300highschoolsbelongtoaspecialCERNnetworkinFinland,i.e.75%ofschoolsareinvolved.ThisworkiscoordinatedbytheFinnishIPPOGrepresentative,Ms.RiittaRinta-Filppula.


3. MiscellaneousOn 15 September 2015, CERN with Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), and TampereUniversityofTechnologyannouncedthelaunchofTheFinnishBusinessIncubationCenterofCERNTechnologies.ThenewswascoverbyFinnishbusinessmagazines.TheEPPCNagreementforFinlandbetweenMinnaMeriläinen-Tenhu,HIPandCERNendinginDecember2016willberenewedfor2017-2019.

France

1. MediaReportAfter the LHC restart in 2015 at high energy, our teams focused this year on thepreparation for new result announcements. Although CNRS and CEA haven’t send anypress release to date to themedia this year, we used our social networks, our institutewebsitesandlhc-france.frtoregularlydisseminateCERN’sreleasesandtopublishnews.Media attention was particularly triggered by ATLAS and CMS result on a 750-GeV‘diphoton’ bump,whichwas first presented inDecember 2015.Our scientistswere veryregularly invited by French media (especially on radio broadcasts), showcasing Franceparticipation in the LHC experiments. However,we sometimes disagreedwithmessagesdeliveredbysomemediaoutlets,duetorepeatedrumoursandmisunderstandingofATLASandCMSoutcome.ThatiswhyCNRSandCEApressofficesorganisedaspecialmediaeventfor French science journalists on 27 May 2016 to further explain how particle physicsexperiments work (focusing on data analysis, statistical fluctuations, signal significanceetc.). The event was very much welcomed by journalists, and if it only triggered a fewpapers,wewishtobuildonittoadvertisefutureresults(withorwithoutdiscovery).Ourteamsarealsopreparingforthenextbigconferenceforparticlephysics, ICHEP2016takingplaceinChicagoatthebeginningofAugust.Moreonthiswillbereportednextyear.

2. OthercommunicationactivitiesWeb,comics:OurmaincommunicationtoolforCERNandLHCinFranceisthewebsitelhc-france.fr,whichwaslaunchedin2007andrevampedin2012.In2015-2016,itattractedanincreasing and largenumberof visitors (about7500visits/month).A key featureof thiswebsiteisthemonthlyreleaseofthecomicsstrip“LaBDduLHC”,whichpictures,inplainFrenchandoftenwithfun,thescienceandthepeopleoftheLHC.Amongothers,thisyear’sseriesfeatured:- 2 interviews inwhich a CEA engineer and a CNRSparticle physics theorist share theirpassionforCERN(asaspin-offour60-portraitexhibitpresentedin2014-205atthePalaisdelaDécouverte:“Expertsenlamatière-RegardssurleCERN”)-astripabouttheory,inconjunctionwithCERN’sseriesofarticles“InTheory”.-astripaboutAtlas’newsubdetector,theInsertableB-Layer(IBL).


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-aspecialstripcoveringthelatestrumoursaboutaparticlebeingfoundattheLHC,whichexplainswhatisadiscoveryandwhyphysicistscannotconcludebeforetheyrecordmoredata.SincetheLHCrestartin2015,thewebsitealsocoversLHCrun2,featuringaspecialcalled“LHC,Saison2”webpage.Social media: CNRS/IN2P3, is very active on Twitter, with the account @IN2P3_CNRS.@IN2P3_CNRS’ tweets, together with @CERN_FR’s, monitored by CERN communicationoffice, help engage the broad community, including journalists, to follow CERN and LHCresults and updates. @IN2P3_CNRS tweets include LHC news, outreach events, LHCmasterclasses updates, LHC comics, and a press review. To date, @IN2P3_CNRS counts5279followers.2educationalprogrammes(seedetailsbelow)wereparticularlypromotedthoughtsocialmediathisyear:- TheMasterclassessessionsinFrance(withthehashtag#LHCIMC16).Areviewcanbefoundonlhc-francewebsite:- ThereleaseofaFrencheducationalposterofelementaryparticleswiththehashtag#AfficheParticulesEducation:CEA/IrfuandCNRS/IN2P3communicatedthisyearontheFrencheducationalactivities(coordinatedbytheFrenchIPPOGrepresentative).Thethird-editionofthecollectivebook“Passeportpourles2infinis”–distributedfreeofchargetohigh-schoolteachersandsupportdocumentforaneducationalprogramme–willbesoonreleased,takingintoaccountthelatestresultsinparticlephysicsandastrophysics.AdozenlabsfromIN2P3andCEA/IrfuparticipatedintheInternationalMasterclassesonParticlePhysics,welcomingabout1700pupilsfrom62high-schools.In October 2015 for the 8th year, 34 teachers participated in CERN's one-week trainingprogramme sponsored by CNRS/IN2P3. In addition, CNRS/IN2P3 continued to developactivitieswithcosmicraydetectorsinhighschoolswiththesupportoftheFrenchMinistryfor Education ("Sciences à l'École" programme): in 2017, 15 new “cosmodétecteurs” (alarge cosmic ray detector intended to long-term activities in school) will be loaned toteachers (adding up to the 30 detectors available to date). “COSMIX cases” (a portablecosmicdetector suitable for a quick introduction toparticles) are alsoprovided tohigh-schools.This school year, our poster on elementary components (second version, including theHiggs) were distributed to 1150 high-schools (11 000 posters and 1 800 educationalbrochuresprintedintotal).Theposterisalsoavailablein9languages.


Germany

1. Mediaandwebsite

TherestartoftheLHCacceleratorwasalsotherestartformanystoriesinmagazinesandnewspapers in Germany. Throughout the year the German CERN/LHC communicationteam complemented central communication of CERN by featuring German-specific newsstories and backgrounders as well as translated press releases on the webpagewww.weltmaschine.de,tweetsandothersocialmediaentries.InthevastmajorityofinstanceswewereabletoaddGermanandlocalaspectstothenews,thus focussing the big contribution of researchers from German universities andinstitutionstotheendeavourLHC.The press work was mainly determined by answering journalists´ requests and linkingthemtointerviewpartnersfromtheGermanLHCcommunityorCERN,greatlyhelpedbyhaving a German communicator installed in the CERN press office (until end of 2015).Existingmediarelationscouldthusbeenforcedandwidened.ThemediacoverageoftherunningagainLHChadaverypositiveemphasis.Fewdoomsdaystoriesappeared.A new series launched on the website “weltmaschine.de” presents the faces behind thephysics – personal portraits of German physicists working with at universities andinstitutionsThe general interest in CERN and LHC stays at a high level in Germany. The buzzword“Weltmaschine”,whichwascoinedbytheGermanCERNandLHCcommunication, iswellestablishedasasynonymfortheLHC.


The travelling exhibition “Weltmaschine” and single exhibits of it were shown at someoccasionsinseverallocationse.g.Berlin,Mainz,Zeuthen,andevenabroadinAustria.Dueto a lack of dedicated personnel the travelling exhibition “Weltmaschine” can only besupportedonaverybasiclevel.AfirstmeetingoftheGermanparticlephysicscommitteeKETforanupdateoftheparticlephysicsstrategyhastakenplaceandwillbeaccompaniedby/raisecommunicationeffortswhentheprocessisgatheringpace.

Greece

1. MediaReport

Translated, customized and distributed CERN’s Press Releases and CERN-related news,including explanations and resources, to science journalists. In some cases there were


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follow-upstoriesand interviews.AllCERNPressReleaseswerealsopostedontheGreekOutreachwebsite(http://www.physics.ntua.gr/POPPHYS).Additional extensive articles dedicated to CERN activities, the visits of several dozens ofGreek students at theCERNpremises, bursaries and careeropportunities atCERN,werepublishedinavarietyofmedia.


TheInternationalandNationalParticlePhysicsMasterClasseswerewidelyadvertisedtothemedia.Reports,plotsandphotosfromtheeventswerepostedontheGreekOutreachwebsite(http://www.physics.ntua.gr/MC_2016/).BeamlineforSchools:InformationonthecontestwascirculatedtohighschoolsinGreece.InMay2016theGreekcontactparticipatedintheEPPCNmeetinginRome.

3. Indicativepublications

Several dozens of publications appeared on most Greek media (print, electronic, TV)regardingCERNandelementaryparticlephysics.Indicatively:

- ERT 08/08/2016: http://www.ert.gr/apogoiteusi-sto-europaiko-kentro-

pirynikon-ereunon-gia-to-neo-somatidio/- Physicsgg 18/07/2015: https://physicsgg.me/2016/07/18/τρία-νέα-σωματίδια-

ανακαλύφθηκαν-στο-cer/- To Vima 06/07/2016: http://www.tovima.gr/science/physics-

space/article/?aid=813271- ERT13/06/2016:http://www.ert.gr/taxidi-sto-cern/

- Naftemporiki 03/05/2016:http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1098773/tesseris-eksotikes-theories-gia-tis-endeikseis-neou-somatidiou-sto-cern

- Naftemporiki12/05/2016:http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1102624/ksana-se-leitourgia-o-epitaxuntis-sto-cern

- Ta Nea 30/04/2016:http://www.tanea.gr/news/world/article/5354941/koynabi-afhse-xwris-reyma-to-megalo-epitaxynth-adroniwn-toy-cern/

- ERT 18/03/2016: http://www.ert.gr/afximenes-endixis-gia-pithani-anakalipsi-neou-somatidiou-sto-cern/

- To Vima 10/02/2016: http://www.tovima.gr/science/physics-space/article/?aid=775644- ERT18/01/2016:http://www.ert.gr/sinergasia-cern-panepistimiou-pelloponisou/- ERT 21/12/2015: http://www.ert.gr/cern-epetios-20-chronon-apo-tin-proti-pagkosmia-istoselida-pos-archise-to-diadiktio/- Ta Nea 16/12/2015: http://www.tanea.gr/news/science-

technology/article/5319530/cern-endeikseis-oti-anakalyfthhke-ena-mysthriwdes-neo-bary-swmatidio/


- ERT17/12/2015:http://www.ert.gr/magnisia-taxidi-sto-cern-meso-neochoriou/- Naftemporiki 16/12/2015: http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1043429/endeikseis-

sto-cern-gia-neo-mustiriodes-somatidio- To Vima 16/12/2015: http://www.tovima.gr/science/physics-

space/article/?aid=762472- Naftemporiki30/11/2015:http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1036998/cern-elpides-

gia-nees-anakalupseis-apo-to-somatidio-tou-theou- Naftemporiki27/11/2015:http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1036998/cern-elpides-

gia-nees-anakalupseis-apo-to-somatidio-tou-theou- Naftemporiki 30/10/2015: http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1023907/epitaxunti-

eptaplasias-isxuos-apo-to-cern-tha-apoktisei-i-kina- Ta Nea 29/10/2015: http://www.tanea.gr/news/science-technology/article/5306388/epitaxynths-sthn-kina-tha-einai-7-fores-isxyroteros-apo-ton-lhc/- Physicsgg 15/10/2015: https://physicsgg.me/2015/10/15/νέος-επαναστατικός-μίνι-επιταχυντής/- Ta Nea 13/10/2015:http://www.tanea.gr/news/greece/article/5301932/xrwstame-kai-sto-cern-35-ekatommyria-eyrw/- Naftemporiki12/10/2015:http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1015415/amoibaia-epithumia-gia-fotaki-xogier-i-paramoni-tis-ellada-sto-cern- Physicsgg24/09/2015:https://physicsgg.me/2015/09/24/το-αντι-υδρογόνο-στο-cern/- ERT 14/09/2015: http://www.ert.gr/kavala-metaptichiaki-fitites-apo-olo-ton-kosmo-

sto-ti/- ERT 10/09/2015: http://www.ert.gr/kavala-therino-scholio-pliroforikis-me-to-cern/- Naftemporiki 02/09/2015: http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/998673/cern-nea-

stoixeia-gia-to-somatidio-tou-theou- To Vima 02/09/2015: http://www.tovima.gr/science/physics-

space/article/?aid=734063- Naftemporiki 30/08/2015: http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/997142/metriseis-tou-

cern-deixnoun-na-klonizoun-tin-ermineia-tis-fusikis-gia-ton-kosmo- Physicsgg 18/08/2015: https://physicsgg.me/2015/08/18/πείραμα-alice-σύγκριση-

ύλης-αντιύλης-μέρο/- Naftemporiki 22/07/2015:

http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/981468/eksereunontas-ti-skoteini-pleura-tou-mpozoniou-xigks

- Naftemporiki 15/07/2015: http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/978770/nea-katigoria-somatidion-anakalufthike-sto-cern


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Hungary

1. MediaReportThroughout the year, Hungarian physicists (P. Levai, D. Horvath, D. Varga, F. Sikler, Z.Trocsanyi and others) appeared in national and regional newspapers, sciencemagazinearticles,radioandtvprogrammes,webpages:http://www.origo.hu/tudomany/20160321-elemi-reszecskek-hadronutkozteto-higgs-bozon-reszecskefizika-standard-modellje-proton-atommag.htmlm1"madélelőtt"studiotalks:"IzgalmasjeleketészleltekaCERN-ben",2016.január4.http://bevezetem.eu/2016/01/04/izgalmas-jeleket-eszleltek-a-cern-ben?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rsshttp://www.teol.hu/tolna/kozelet/petofis-diakok-a-cern-ben-672010http://magyaridok.hu/gazdasag/az-elso-honlap-25-eve-indult-888928/http://www.eletestudomany.hu/sotet_gyanusitottak_a_cern-benhttps://itcafe.hu/hir/300_tb_cern_lhc_cms_open_data.htmlhttp://444.hu/2016/08/05/felszivodott-az-idei-ev-egyik-legnagyobb-tudomanyos-szenzaciojanak-szant-reszecskehttp://tech.transindex.ro/?hir=34http://www.origo.hu/tudomany/20160720-reszecskefizika-nagy-hadronutkozteto-higgs-bozon-sotet-anyag-sotet-energia.htmlhttp://www.hirado.hu/2016/07/20/a-sotet-anyag-nyomaba-ered-a-nagy-hadronutkozteto/http://infovilag.hu/hir-35218-nagy_hadronutkozteto_higgs_utan_sem_all_.htmlhttp://inforadio.hu/tudomany/2016/07/26/a_higgs-bozon_utan_is_nagy_a_porges/http://webradio.hu/hirek/it-tudomany/statisztikai_fluktuacio_volt_a_higgs-bozonnal_nehezebb_uj_reszecskehttp://www.mixonline.hu/Cikk.aspx?id=127700http://www.sikerado.hu/tudomany/2016/08/06/Ezt_tudjuk_ma_a_Higgsbozonnal_nehezebb_reszecskerol


http://www.innoportal.hu/statisztikai-fluktuacio-volt-a-higgs-bozonnal-nehezebb-uj-reszecskehttp://nol.hu/tud-tech/nagyon-beneztek-az-evszazad-felfedezeset-1626623http://vs.hu/magazin/osszes/elmaradt-az-attores-a-kvantumfizikaban-0806http://nepszava.hu/cikk/1102168-nagy-hadronutkozteto---eltunt-a-megdobbento-felfedezesre-utalo-jel/http://index.hu/tudomany/2016/08/05/bocsanat_megsem_ez_az_evszazad_reszecskefizikai_attorese/http://euroastra.hu/node/104132https://itcafe.hu/hir/felszivodott_az_evszazad_felfedezese.htmlhttp://www.ng.hu/Tudomany/2016/07/27/Tervek-a-Nagy-Hadronutkoztetobenhttp://hir.ma/kulfold/szines-hirek/atjarot-nyitottak-parhuzamos-vilagra-a-nagy-hadronutkoztetovel/666337http://mta.hu/tudomany_hirei/eltunt-az-evszazad-legnagyobb-felfedezesere-utalo-jel-a-nagy-hadronutkoztetonel-106744http://mta.hu/tudomany_hirei/nagy-hadronutkozteto-ut-a-higgs-bozon-felfedezeseig-106640http://mta.hu/tudomany_hirei/nagy-hadronutkozteto-higgs-utan-sem-all-le-a-porges-106641http://www.kisalfold.hu/dunantul/a_higgs-bozon_nagytestvere_szuperszimmetrikus_reszecskek_-_mi_lesz_a_nagy_hadronutkozteto_kovetkezo_nagy_dobasa/2483043/

2. Othercommunication(andeducation)activities

- http://www.teol.hu/tolna/kozelet/petofis-diakok-a-cern-ben-672010

- HungarianTeacher’sProgramatCERN,August14-20,2016–20participants

- IthasbecomeatraditionthatineverySeptemberCERN-WignerOpenDaysareheldonthepremisesoftheWignerPhysicalResearchInstitute,thisyearalreadyforthe4thtimehttp://cernopendays.wigner.mta.hu/

- CERN Accelerator School 2016 (2-14 October, 2016, Budapest, Hungary) -Introduction to Accelerator Physics, in the joint organization of the CERNAccelerator School and the Wigner Research Centre for Physics (originallyplannedtoholdinIstanbul,Turkey)


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Israel

1. MediaReport

TheCommunicationsDepartmentoftheIsraelAcademyofSciencesandHumanities(IASH)based in Jerusalemhas routinely translated, customized and forwarded CERNpress andnews releases to the Israeli media. It has also spawned journalist interviews of IsraeliscientistsworkinginCERN.- We keep ongoing contact with 11 journalists and editors of major newspapers, radiostations,sciencejournalsandothernewsmediainIsraelparticipatinginthe2014NationalMedia Visit. This activity is meant to encourage further coverage of CERN and itsachievementsinall4languagesusedinIsraeliMedia:Hebrew,Arabic,EnglishandRussian.- Wehaveairedapressrelease,togetherwiththeIsraeliForeignMinistry,declaringthe first ever election of prominent Israeli scientist for senior position in CERN sinceSeptember2014,afterIsraeljoinedasamemberstate.Prof.EliezerRabinovici,whoservesastheheadoftheNationalcommitteeofHighEnergyofTheIsraelAcademy(IASH),hasbeenelectedasVice-PresidentoftheCERN'sCouncil,thehighest authority of the organization. We mentioned that Prof. Rabinovici received amajorityofthe21votescastedonbehalfofthecountriesmemberoftheorganization.Inaddition,Mr.EliMarzel,DeputyDirectoroftheStateComptroller’sOfficewaschosentobe part of the CERN Standing Advisory Committee onAudits, SACA; and Prof. Yossi Nir,from Weizmann Institute, has been appointed as a Member of the Scientific PolicyCommitteeofCERN.(Seeoneexample:http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/science/.premium-1.692931).We'veissuedaPressReleasecontainingthefollowingstatementoftheAcademyPresident:"The election of three Israelis to prominent positions at CERN is a great honoracknowledgingthehighlysignificantcontributionofIsraeliscientiststothisorganization’sscientificmission".


- IsraelkeptonparticipatinginCERN'sEducationalactivitiessuchasstudentsvisitsand 'Beamline for schools'. The IsraelAcademy is highly involved in the activities of theIsrael-CERNsteeringcommitteeheadedbyforeignministryofIsrael.- Involvement in the Special Science Exhibition at the Ben Gurion Internationalairport(Israel’smainairport)forIsraeliScience&TechnologyAchievementsemphasizingthecontributionsofIsraeliscientists,engineersandtechnicianstotheresearchactivitiesinCERN(mainlyfortheATLASdetector).- Ongoing planning and designing of an interactive website accessible from theAcademy'swebsite,forattractingyoungsterstotheCERN&SESAMEprojects.


Italy

1. MediaReport

MediaattentionfocusedmainlyonFabiolaGianottitakingtheroleofnewDGatCernandon the bump issue. Other relevant newswere the animal accident, LHC restart after thewinterbreak,coverageresultspresentedatconferences, theHiggsbosonpizza,beamlineforschoolsandthenewbornnetworkforbusinessincubators.Mediaevents–Theinaugurationof“Extreme.Insearchofparticles”On July12anewpermanentexhibitiondedicated toparticlephysicswas inaugurated inMilan.“Extreme.Insearchofparticles”isdesignedandproducedbytheLeonardodaVinciNationalMuseumof Science andTechnology (link is external) inpartnershipwithCERNand INFN (the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics). Fabiola Gianotti, Cern DG,FernandoFerroni,INFNPresident,MatteoRenzi,ItalianPrimeMinister,StefaniaGiannini,Minister of Research and Fiorenzo Galli, Director of the Museum took part at theinaugurationpressconferencethatgatheredabout80mediaoutlets.AsforthepreviousyearsINFNcommunicationsofficeworkedincollaborationwithCernpressofficeandCERNsocialmediastaff,writingandcustomizingpressreleases,newsandsharingcontentonINFN’swebsites(www.infn.it;andsocialmediachannels(twitterandfacebook).

2. OutreachactivitiesonLHC

“Macchineperscoprire–Discoverymachines:fromtheHiggsBosontoNewPhysics”During the week of study on the international project for a big future accelerator ofparticles(FCCWeek2016),INFNandCERNorganizedapubliceventontheinfrastructuresforbasicresearch.Amongtheprotagonists,theItalianphysicistsengagedintheresearchatCERN, the story of the recent findings and future challenges of particle physics, thedifferentpointsofviewontheimpactoftechnologyandinfrastructurefortheresearchontheeconomyandonsociety.Thevideosandimagesthataccompaniedthestory,alongwiththemusicofUmbertoPetrinandStefanoBennivoice,leadtheaudiencetodiscoversomeofthemysteriesaboutthestructureandevolutionoftheUniverseandoftheideasthatareatthefrontierofourknowledge.

Art&ScienceatVicoEquenseThirty artworks by international artists show the discovery of the Higgs boson in anexhibitionatCastelloGiusso inVicoEquense, Italy.Theexhibitionconsistsof sculptures,paintings, photo collages, textiles, digital and video installations, all inspired by thechallengesatthefrontierofknowledgeofthegreatacceleratorofCERN,theLargeHadronCollider (LHC), the passion of thousands of physicists who work there, and the recentdiscovery of the Higgs boson. Most of the works were created in the framework ofart@CMS, an education and outreach programme of the CMS experiment. One of theadditionstotheItalianoutfittingofthisexhibitionistheinteractiveinstallation“TheGiftofMass“byINFN.


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MeetLHC–atBolognaStationIn 2014 INFNmade a travelling exhibition focused on LHC and the Italian contributionduring itshistorycalledMeetLHC. Inauguratedat theGenoaScienceFestival,MeetLCHtravelledaroundItalytouchingthecitycentreofRoma,Orvieto,CampobassoandPadova.FerraraandarrivedinBologna,atthenewtrainstation,in2016fall.MEETLHCconsistin2modulesthatlightupatnightcoveredwithimpressivepicturesofthemainexperimentsastonishingpicturesandexplanationtextonthemilestonesofCern.MasterclassesTheItalianeditiononMatserclassesinvolvedapproximately2500students

BeamlineforschoolAn Italian team that participated at the BL4S competition 2015 has been selected toperformtheexperimentinItalyintheCNAOfacility(February2016)

EPPCNInMay INFNorganized thespringmeetingof theEPPCNnetwork at itsheadquarters inRome. The meeting lasted 2 days and included a visit to the Gran Sasso NationalLaboratories

Netherlands

1. MediaReport

Not CERN-based research, but stillworthmentioning here is the huge amount ofmediaattentionforthediscoveryofgravitationalwavesinFebruary2016.NikhefisamemberoftheLIGO-Virgo-collaboration,andNikhefresearchersappearedonnearlyallDutchmediaoutlets, from daily newspapers and monthly science magazines to radio and TVprogrammesaswellasonline.ConcerningCERN-relatedsubjects,twotopicswerepickedupextensivelybytheDutchmedia.First,therewasalotofcoveragewhenSijbranddeJongwas electednewpresidentofCERNCouncil inNovember2015, andagainwhenhe tookoffice on 1 January 2016. Secondly, rumours about a possible peak in the LHC data andthereforeapossiblehintforanewparticlemadeitintothenewsregularly.Furthermore,Nikhefproducedanextendednewsitemtodrawattentiontotheprecisionmeasurementsof the Higgs properties published by ATLAS and CMS in June 2016. In particular theimportant Dutch contributions to these results were highlighted. The information wasdisseminatedviathewebpageandsocialmedia.

2. Othercommunication(andeducation)activities

Everyyear,Nikhefresearchersgivelecturesatmanyoutreachevents.AcoupleofexamplesonCERN-related topics fromthepastyearareoutreach talksatanannualevent themed“sciencemeets thepress”,whichbrings togetherhundredsof science journalists, sciencecommunicatorsandresearchers,orattheGalaofScience,afestiveeventinautumn2015atwhichtopresearchersfromtheNetherlandsandBelgiumgaveinsightintoremarkableandpromisingdevelopmentsintheirareaofresearch.


Furthermore,NikhefholdsanannualopendayforthepublicwheretheLHCandthethreeLHC-experiments where Nikhef collaborates in (namely ALICE, ATLAS and LHCb) arepresented together with other Nikhef research programmes. Visitors can enjoydemonstrationsandlistentoshortlectures,andtherearespecialworkshopsforchildren.Since 2010, CERN and Nikhef organise an annual Dutch CERN Teachers programme, inwhich 20 new teachers participated in autumn 2015. Also yearly, Nikhef holds IPPOGInternationalMasterclassesonParticlePhysicswhichattractedmorethan50students inspring2016.

Norway

1. MediaReport“CERN”wasmentionedatotalof235timesinNorwegianmediaintheperiod.ActiveEPPCNinvolvement:Ahandfulofdarkmatterarticles,astoryonCERNlookingtoemploy Norwegian engineers (with technology transfer officer), interview with FabiolaGianottiinAftenposten,anarticleonplasmaaccelerationwrittenbyaUiOresearcher.(EssaysandarticleswrittenbyresearchersarebecomingmorepopularamongNorwegianmedia.)

2. NationalInitiatives(Targetaudience/Nbofpeoplereached)“Vitenpålørdag”–ScienceonSaturday.12hoursoflecturesondarkmatterindowntownOslo.Generalaudience.220peopleattended+30watchedlivestream.Another650havewatchedthelecturesonyoutube.AnimatedfilmondarkmatterNorwegianversion2.800viewsonfacebook,900onyoutubeEnglishversion3000viewsonfacebook,900onyoutubeSmashingphysicsTalkbyJonButterworthonPhDDayUniOsloPhDstudentsprimarytargetaudience.About100attending.#CERNnorStartedusingthishashtagwhenNorwegianstalkaboutCern.

1http://www.mn.uio.no/om/aktuelt/arrangementer/viten-pa-lordag/mork-materie.html


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Poland

1. MediaReport

Disseminate selected CERN Press Releases translated to Polish and/or amended withnational flavor stories to over 100 newsrooms and journalists countrywide (selection ofreleases based mainly on relevance and connection to Polish contribution) and makingthemavailableonthewebsitesofparticipatinginstitutions;Specialcoveragefortheendof2015di-photonexcess@LHC,gravitationalwavedetectionby LIGO, CLOUD breakthrough results and success of polish team in the 2016 BL4Scompetition.


Participationinthe“ScienceNight”OpenDayinSeptember2015:lecturingontheATLASexperimentattheLHCandanimatingdiscussionpanels;ParticipationintheEPPCNmeetingatCERN(November2015).ParticipationintheEPPCNmeetinginRome(May2016).

3. Miscellaneous

Participation in the Cracow Science Festivalwhich took place inMay 2016 on theMainMarketSquareonceagaingaveopportunitytomakepublicityforthefundamentalresearchundertakenatCERN.

Portugal

1. MediaReport

Forward all CERNPress Releases (with translation and/or follow-upwith journalists onsomemoremediaticorPortugal-centricnews);follow-up(andsupporttoportuguesejournalists)ontheaftermathoftheattributionofthe2015PhysicsNobelPrizeandthe2016BreakthroughPrizeforFundamentalPhysicstotheexperiments and collaborators related to the discovery of neutrino oscillations (some ofthecollaboratorsareportugueseand/orworkinginPortugal).

2. OthercommunicationactivitiesLIP – the Laboratory for Instrumentation and experimental Particle physics thatconcentrates in Portugal the experimental participation at CERN – celebrates its 30thanniversary in2016.Soanexhibitionwasprepared–that includedthe loanof theCERN


LHC InteractiveTunnel for nearly 5months – featuring the big questions facing particleandastroparticlephysicstoday.Theexhibitionwasondisplayat theUniversitiesofMinho (inBraga),ofCoimbraandofLisboa,foraboutonemonthineachplace.Onthe9thofMay,acelebrationinvolvingLIP,the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, the Portugueseuniversities involvedwith LIP and featuring a seminar byRolfHeuer,was hosted in theNoble Hall of the Rectory of the University of Lisboa for about 300 people (journalists,stakeholders,authorities,universitystudentsandstaff,andgeneralpublic).Supported–alsointhescopeofIPPOG–theportuguesenationalteamsinthecompetition“Beamline for Schools@CERN”, after preparing and sending the communication, andengagingseveralteachers;4portugueseteamssubmittedthefinalproposal,withoneteammakingittotheshortlist;supportedalsotheEastTimoreseteamthatsubmittedthefinalproposal(andwasselectedforaspecialprize).Finally,ahighlightofourcommunicationactivitiesarethetalksaboutCERNatschoolsthatarepreparing a visit toCERN (18 talksmadeat schools spreadall over the country; thestudentspayallthecostsoftheirvisittoCERN).Intheautumnof2015participatedintheEPPCNmeetingatCERN.

RomaniaRomaniabecamethetwenty-secondMemberStateofCERNinJuly2016.Serbia

1. MediaReporta. SelectedCERNPressReleasesaretranslatedtoSerbiaandcommunicatedtovariousprinted,visualandonlinemedia.

2. Othercommunicationactivitiesa. Masterclasseswerethisyearorganizedat4universitiesinSerbia:attheUniversityof Belgrade on 21st of March, at the University of Novi Sad on 15th of March, and atUniversity of Niš and University of Kragujevac on 23rd of March 2016. Special pressreleaseswerepreparedandissuedtoannouncetheseevents.


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SlovakRepublic

1. MediaReportCERNrelatedarticlescount:TVRTVS3TVTA32DailySME16DailyHospodarskenoviny6DailyPravda1MonthlyQuarkforyouth1Teraz.sk6Pluska3Topky.sk11aktuality.sk2Bleskovky3BanskaBystrica1Smahu2Topicscovered:Weasel,signsofnewparticle,CLOUD,newDG,conspiracytheoriesRadioRegina,Sciencepopularizationprogramme,guests:J.VrlákováaZ.JeškováfromUPJŠKošice,9.9.2015.RadioRegina,Live3mindiscussionaboutelemnentaryparticles,guest:M.Gintner(Žilina),3.11.2015.Cooperationwithportalscience.sk(I.Melo,T.Blažekasauthors/consultants)

2. Othercommunication(andeducation)activitiesInternational Particle Physics Masterclasses 11.2.-22.3. 2016: Seven Slovak universitiesparticipatedinthemaininternationaleventwithmorethan300highschoolstudents.Regional Masterclasses (typically held directly at high schools without the video-conference) in Banská Bystrica (13.11.2015), Prešov (20.11. 2015) and Košice (20. 11.2015).Participants:morethan100students.EuropeanResearcher'sNight2015,Košice,25.9.2015Scientificbooth:JourneyintoDepthsofMicroworld.CERN – Accelerator of Science, PF UPJŠ, Košice, 11.11. 2015, outreach talk by MarekBombara:ContributionofCERNtoHumanKnowledge.Participants:25WindowsofCERNwideopen,19.11.2015(TUKEUniversity),organizedbyUPJŠKošice,CERN,SlovakAcademyofSciencesandFEITUKE.SeriesoflecturesbyCERNstaffmembersand Slovak physicists participating in CERN experiments. 150 university studentsparticipated.


Cascadeprojectscompetitionforhighschools10.3.–20.5.2016:highschoolteamsworkonprojectsfromparticlephysicsandpresenttheirresultsintheirownschools.Videooftheirpresentationissenttoorganizersandjudgedbythephysicscontentandabilitytoexplainthesubjectinaclearway.12teamsparticipatedinSlovakia.www.svetcastic.sk:AwebportaldedicatedtoHEPphysicscommunicationandoutreachinSlovakiawiththemainfocusonCERNresultswasfurtherdeveloped.Theportalisaimedathighschoolstudentsandteachers,generalpublic,mediaandtheSlovakHEPcommunity.CERNpressreleasesarepublishedhere.PubliclecturebyM.Gintner:„StrangeWorldofParticles“intheMunicipalLibraryinŽilina,3.11.2015.

Spain

1. Mediareport

Inthelastyear,theSpanishpublicandmediakepttheirinterestinstoriesonfundamentalscience, following the important effort done in communication and outreach for ICHEP2014, themainconferenceonparticlephysics thatwashosted for the first time inSpain(cityofValencia).Duringthisperiod,therewereCERNstoriesthatcaughttheattentionofthemedia,suchaspentaquarks findingsmadebyLHCbexperiment, tantalisingsignalsofnew particle at ATLAS and CMS experiments or the beginning of the new CERNmanagementunderthedirectionofFabiolaGianotti.Other topics related to CERN that had impact on Spanish media were the start of newseasonatLHC;theHighLuminosityLHCproject;theBeamlineforSchoolscontestanditsSpanish team in the short list of selected proposals; the agreement between CERN andINEUSTAR (SpanishAssociationof Science Industry) to createbusiness centres in Spain;andotherCERNexperimentssuchasn_TOF,CLOUDandAWAKE.There were also an important media coverage of other stories on fundamental science,suchasthefirstdetectionofgravitationalwaves,thelaunchofLISAPathfindermission,theselectionofLaPalmaislandtohostCTANorthernObservatoryortheEuropeanResearchCouncilgrantstoSpanishscientistsinTheoreticalandNuclearPhysics.Intotal,thewebpageoftheSpanishCenterforParticle,AstroparticleandNuclearPhysics(CPAN), that coordinates Spanish research groupsworking in these fields, published 22newsrelatedwithCERNresearchactivitiesandtheparticipationofSpanishgroups.


CPANcontinuedwithanationalprogrammeoflecturesinhighschoolscalled‘ElCPANenel instituto’, to strengthen the communication between scientists, teachers and students.


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During2015-2016academic course, theprogrammereceived230requests fromalloverSpain,given100talksto5.000pupils.The interest inparticlephysics inSpanishteachersandstudentscanbeseen inthethirdedition of Beam for Schools’ CERN contest, where Spain was once again one of thecountrieswithmoreteamsofstudentsparticipating(11).In 2016, the Instituto de Fısica de Altas Energıas (IFAE) from Barcelona joined theInternational Masterclasses in Particle Physics. In Spain, 9 research centers organizemasterclasses,reachingmorethan500studentseachyear.In2015CPANdonated the exhibition ‘La fısica ennuestras vidas’,whichhighlighted theapplicationsofparticlephysics indaily life and travelled to9 cities aroundSpain, to theScienceMuseumofAlicante.CPANalsocelebrated its6thoutreachcontest in2015, thatreceived50workspresentedfromSpainandLatinAmerica.In 2015-2016, BBVA Foundation continued its collaborationwith CERN and organized anew series of conferences on the challenges and advances in particle physics, with theparticipationoftheSpanishscientificcommunityinHighEnergyPhysics.FromOctobertoDecember2015,theSpanishNationalMuseumonScienceandTechnology(MUNCyT)hostedtheLHCInteractiveTunnel.TheSpanishrepresentativesatEPPCNarealso involved in theworkinggroupcreated tostartthediscussiononthestrengtheningthenetwork.

Sweden Noreportreceived

Switzerland

1. MediareportSwitzerland has a new EPPCN member since January 2016, after more than a year ofinterruption. As first activities, the newmember attended themeeting of the EPPCN atCERN in November 2015 and took contact with themain nationalmedia and the pressofficesof theSwiss institutes.TheaccessionofFabiolaGianottiasnewCERNDGwastheoccasionofseveralmediareportswith interviews innewspapersandonTV.To improvevisibilityandkeeptrackofallmediareports,anEPPCN-memberinitiativewasthestartofawebpageonthenewthematicportalonparticlephysicsoftheSwissAcademyofScienceslisting them with publication date and links at:http://www.naturalsciences.ch/topics/particlephysics/mediaFurtherreportsof the firsthalfof theyearareontherestartof theLHCafter thewinterbreakwithadditionalinterestcomingfromthepossibilityofanewparticleataround750


GeV,aTVinterviewofFabiolaGianottiontheFCC,andaradiobroadcastontheMEDICISmedicalprogramme.

2. OthercommunicationactivitiesTheSwissInstituteofParticlePhysics(CHIPP)startedanambitiousoutreachprogrammein2012-2013followingthediscoveryoftheHiggsparticle.Atthestartoftheyear,theon-linematerialresultingfromthenumerousactivitieswasportedtothewebsiteoftheSwissAcademy of Sciences as a new thematic portal dedicated to particle physics. The newEPPCNmemberhelpedwiththefinalisationofthemigrationandiscontributingtokeepingthisactivitylivelybymanagingthewebsiteandincludingadditionalnewsitems(about10peryear)preparedbyaprofessional journalist.Thenewportal ismulti-lingual (English,German, French, and Italian) andoffers an increased visibility of particle physics for themediaandthegeneralpublicamongtheotherfieldsofnaturalsciences.

United-Kingdom

1. MediaReportBuilding on the substantial coverage of the LHC restart, STFC continued to produceadvance briefings for UK government ministers, senior scientists and mediarepresentativesonthelatestmilestonesfromCERN.Inrecentmonthsthishasincludedthebeginningofthe2016physicsseason,theimplementationofthenewCMStriggerandthelatestUKinvestmentintoparticlephysicsresearch.ThemediateamalsosetupnumerousinterviewsbetweenUKbasedLHCresearchersandmembersoftheUKmediaonastorybystory basis aswell as facilitatingmedia visits to CERN. Further to this our socialmediaprogramme continues to cross-promotemedia activity coming fromCERN to ensure ouraudiencearefullyawareofthelatestdevelopmentstakingplacethere.


PublicengagementTheSTFC’sLargeHadronColliderroadshowcontinuestosupporttheUKparticlephysicscommunity, inpartnershipwiththeInstituteofPhysics,celebratingtheUK’sinvolvementintheworld’sbiggestscientificexperiment–theLargeHadronCollideratCERN.Theexhibitionfeaturesalife-sized,walk-throughsectionoftheLHCtunnelandacceleratoralongside interactive exhibits, informative artwork and digital media highlighting whatscientistshavealreadydiscoveredandalsohopetolearninthenextphaseofworkingontheworld’sbiggestscientificexperiment.InJuly,theroadshowwasatourDaresburyOpenWeek,visitedby7,500people,plustwosuccessfulschoolsdays.


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Since2012theexhibitionhasvisited18venues,travelled6,794miles,andover267dayscapturedtheattentionofaround320,000people.Beforetheendof2016,theroadshowwillvisitafurtherfourvenuesincludingtheBlueDotmusicfestivalatJodrellBank,SwanseaUniversity’snewScienceCentreandthefirsteverNorwichScienceFestivalwhereweexpect to collectivelywelcomea further20,000plusvisitors.

Schoolsvisits/masterclassesMore than 5000 people have attended particle physics masterclasses in 2015/2016 –eventsaimedatstudentstakingrelatedA-levelmodules.Theseconsistofamixtureoftalksgivenbyresearchers in theParticlePhysicsDepartment,hands-onpractical sessionsandvisitstoexperimentalfacilities.CERN@schoolisnowtheflagshipprojectforTheInstituteforResearchinSchools–anewcharitythataimstoengageschoolstudentsandtheirteacherswithfundamentalresearch.Recentupdates include;spaceweatherresource forprimaryschools -using images fromtheCERN@schooldetectorsprimarystudentsareintroducedtodifferenttypesofradiationandhowradiationfromthesuncausesspaceweather.Sincetheendof2015,100teachersand 100 pupils have been introduced to this activity; TimPix: as part of Tim Peake'sPrincipiamissiondatafromfiveTimepixdetectorsontheISShasbeenmadeavailabletostudents.CERN@schoolresearchadvisors -Callshavegoneout to theparticleandnuclearphysicscommunitiesforresearcherstosupportlocalschoolsinvolvedinCERN@school.EveryUKschool teacher thatbooksavisit toCERNreceivesanemail containing links toteachingresourcestopreparetheirstudentsforthevisit,anoffertointroducetheteachertothephysicsdepartmentattheirnearestuniversityandatemplatepressreleasetoissueto localmediaabouttheschoolvisit. Afterthevisit, theteachersreceiveaquestionnaireaboutthevisit,andinreturnforacompletedquestionnaire,acertificatecommemoratingthevisit.STFC writes to each Member of Parliament to tell them that a school from his /herconstituencyisvisitingandusesthisasanopportunitytointroducetheUK’sinvolvementinCERNandemphasiseitslocalrelevance. TheletterinvitestheMPtoeithervisitCERNwith the school, or to take part in an annual Parliamentary visit. This has proved anextremelyeffectivetoolforpoliticalengagement;todateSTFChaswrittento361MPsandhad 56 responses, 26 of which expressed an interest in visiting CERN and 20 of whichenabledinteractionbetweentheMPandtherelevantschool.ThenextParliamentaryvisitwilltakeplaceinFebruary2017.Postcode data has also allowed us to plot the location of schools on amap and identifyareas of the UK that currently have no schools engagingwith either CERN visits or themasterclassprogramme. Thenext step is toworkwithSTEMpartners toofferoutreachactivities in these areas – including remote masterclasses, teacher professionaldevelopment,remotevisitsetc.


GovernmentvisitsThe UK Parliament Science and Technology Select Committee (a scrutiny committeecomprising Members of Parliament from all political parties) visited CERN in February.ThevisitincludedtheopportunitytomeetyoungermembersoftheUKcommunityatCERNas well as a full VIP visit itinerary. All of the Committee Members cited meeting thetechnician fellows, technical students, PhD students and Post Docs as a highlight of thevisit.There have been twoother visits forMembers of Parliament, including a senior ForeignOfficeMinister.


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ANNEX1:Networkmembership

Country Representative

Austria BrigittedeMonte,OAW

Belgium Vacant

Bulgaria Vacant

Czechrepublic LubošVeverka,CharlesUniversity

Denmark GertieSkaarup,NBI

Finland MinnaMeriläinen-Tenhu,HelsinkiUniversity

France PerrineRoyole-Degieux,CNRS/IN2P3

Germany ThomasZoufal,DESY

Greece EleniT.Chatzichristou,CollegeofRhodes

Hungary BarbaraVizkelety,NationalInnovationOffice(NIH)

Israel AvitalBaer,IsraelAcademyofScience/ISF

Italy EleonoraCossi,INFNRome

Netherlands VanessaMexner,Nikhef

Norway HildeLynnebakken,UniversityofOslo

Poland PawelBruckmanDeRenstrom,PolishAcademyofSciences

Portugal PedroAbreu,LIP

Romania Vacant

Russia Vacant

Serbia DanicaStojiljkovic,InstituteofPhysics,Belgrade

Slovakia IvanMelo,UniversityofZilina

Spain IsidoroGarcia,IFIC;RocioVilarCortabitarte,IFCA

Sweden Vacant

Switzerland MarcTürler,CHIPP

Turkey Vacant

UnitedKingdom ChristopherBuratta,STFC

ApPEC RuthMcAvinia,STFC

CERN ArnaudMarsollier,CERNCommunicationgroup


ANNEX22:EPPCNAgreementssigned

KENUMBER

COUNTRY 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

KE2199 Belgium KE2200 Denmark KE2201 France 5’000

CHF5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2202 Germany 5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2203 Greece 5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2204 Italy KE2205 Netherlands 5’000

CHF5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2206 Norway 5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2207 Sweden KE2208 Switzerland 5’000

CHF5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2209 UnitedKingdom 5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2210 Austria KE2212 Portugal 4’000

€4’000€

4’000€

KE2213 Finland 5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2214 Poland 5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2215 CzechRepublic 5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2216 Hungary 5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2217 Bulgaria KE2218 Slovakia 5’000

CHF5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2219 Romania KE2220 Israel 5’000

CHF*5’000CHF*

KE2573/DG Serbia(renewal) 5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2626/DG Spain(renewal) 4156.27€

4156.27€

KE2740 France(renewal) 5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2824 Netherlands(renewal)

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2825 Norway(renewal)

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

5’000CHF

KE2826 Portugal(renewal)

4’700€ 4’700€

4’700€

4’700€

4’700€

KE2827 CzechRepublic(renewal)

5’000CHF


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ANNEX3:DocumentationThetablebelowsummarizesthecurrentavailabilityofCERNgeneralpublicpublications.

Title Language PublicationYearGeneralInformation English

FrenchCERN-Brochure-2014-006EngCERN-Brochure-2014-006Fre

CERNBrochure DanishEnglishPolishNorwegianSpanishCatalanFrenchGermanItalian

CERN-Brochure-2010-005-DanCERN-Brochure-2014-003-EngCERN-Brochure-2008-002-PolCERN-Brochure-2008-002-NorCERN-Brochure-2008-002-SpaCERN-Brochure-2008-002-CatCERN-Brochure-2014-003-FreCERN-Brochure-2010-005-GerCERN-Brochure-2010-005-Ita

LHC

DanishEnglishFrenchGermanGreekItalianCatalanSpanishSwedishPolishNorwegian

CERN-Brochure-2010-006-DanCERN-Brochure-2014-004-EngCERN-Brochure-2014-004-FreCERN-Brochure-2014-004-GerCERN-Brochure-2006-002-GreCERN-Brochure-2010-006-ItaCERN-Brochure-2008-003-CatCERN-Brochure-2008-003-SpaCERN-Brochure-2008-003-SweCERN-Brochure-2008-003-PolCERN-Brochure-2008-003-Nor

ATLAS DanishItalianEnglishGermanFrenchPolishSpanishNorwegianCatalan

CERN-Brochure-2010-008-DanCERN-Brochure-2010-008-ItaCERN-Brochure-2010-008-EngCERN-Brochure-2010-008-GerCERN-Brochure-2010-008-FreCERN-Brochure-2007-001-PolCERN-Brochure-2007-001-SpaCERN-Brochure-2007-001-NorCERN-Brochure-2007-001-Cat

ATLAS‘spin-off’ EnglishGerman

CERN-Brochure-2006-004-EngCERN-Brochure-2009-009-Ger

TechnologyTransfer FrenchEnglishSwedishPolish

CERN-Brochure-2007-002-FreCERN-Brochure-2007-002-EngCERN-Brochure-2007-002-SweCERN-Brochure-2007-002-Pol

GRID FrenchEnglishCatalanPolishSpanish

CERN-Brochure-2008-006-FreCERN-Brochure-2012-001-EngCERN-Brochure-2008-006-CatCERN-Brochure-2006-006-PolCERN-Brochure-2008-006-Spa


CMS

GreekItalianGermanPolishCatalanSpanishEnglishFrench

CERN-Brochure-2006-007-GreCERN-Brochure-2009-002-ItaCERN-Brochure-2013-002-GerCERN-Brochure-2008-011-PolCERN-Brochure-2006-007-CatCERN-Brochure-2008-011-SpaCERN-Brochure-2013-002-EngCERN-Brochure-2009-002-Fre

ALICE DanishEnglishGermanFrenchNorwegianItalianPolishSpanish

CERN-Brochure-2008-012-DanCERN-Brochure-2014-007-EngCERN-Brochure-2012-007-GerCERN-Brochure-2012-007-FreCERN-Brochure-2008-012-NorCERN-Brochure-2010-007-ItaCERN-Brochure-2008-012-PolCERN-Brochure-2012-007-Spa

LHCb GermanItalianSpanishCatalanPolishEnglishFrench

CERN-Brochure-2009-007-GerCERN-Brochure-2014-005-ItaCERN-Brochure-2008-005-SpaCERN-Brochure-2008-005-CatCERN-Brochure-2008-005-PolCERN-Brochure-2014-005-EngCERN-Brochure-2014-005-Fre

LHCf EnglishItalianJapanese

CERN-Brochure-2012-008-EngCERN-Brochure-2009-006-ItaCERN-Brochure-2009-006-Jap

Environment

EnglishFrench

CERN-Brochure-2008-008-EngCERN-Brochure-2008-008-Fre

Antimatter FrenchEnglishGerman

CERN-Brochure-2009-001-FreCERN-Brochure-2009-001-EngCERN-Brochure-2009-001-Ger

LHC:theguide EnglishPolishCzechFrenchGerman

CERN-Brochure-2009-003-EngCERN-Brochure-2008-001-PolCERN-Brochure-2008-001-CzeCERN-Brochure-2009-003-FreCERN-Brochure-2010-006-Ger

ISOLDE EnglishFrench

CERN-Brochure-2014-008-EngCERN-Brochure-2010-001-Fre

CLIC English CERN-Brochure-2012-002-EngTOTEM English CERN-Brochure-2012-004-Eng

Documents

ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLÉAIRE … · with Technion – Israel Institute of Technology to analyse CERN social media data collected in 2014. A joint study between