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LHC Start-Up Activities
All the information about the LHC start-up at CERN
Who?
What?
There will be an interactive video press conference at four sites in Germany with a direct link to CERN. Journalists are invited to attend at any of the four sites. The programme will start at 9 a.m. with an introduction. At 9:30, all sites will tune into the live feed from the CERN Control Room. Roughly half an hour later, journalists will be able to ask questions to German experts at CERN and at the various sites, followed by individual on-site interview opportunities at the four sites.
Where?
DESY, Hamburg
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin
GSI, Darmstadt
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich
When?
9:00 a.m., 10 September 2008
Contact:
Katrin Voss
katrin.voss@desy.de
Who?
What?
Meeting with scientists and journalists
Where?
INFN Headquarters in Rome
When?
September 10, 2008
Contact?
Romeo Bassoli
romeo.bassoli@presid.infn.it
Who?
Fermilab
What?
Fermilab will organize two events to celebrate the startup of the Large Hadron Collider. Members of the media and US LHC participants are invited to attend both events. From 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. on startup day, a Fermilab Pajama Party will take place. Attendees will follow the events at CERN in real time, via a live satellite feed and Fermilab's LHC Remote Operations Center. LHC scientists will be available for media opportunities and the event will conclude with a celebration breakfast.
Where?
LHC Remote Operations Center at Fermilab
When?
1:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Contact:
Elizabeth Clements
lizzie@fnal.gov
more information
Who?
Brookhaven National Laboratory
What?
Brookhaven, the host laboratory for the U.S. ATLAS collaboration, will host a media and celebratory event centered around its remote monitoring room for the ATLAS experiment. Participants will be able to interact with scientists at CERN in real time via a two-way video feed. Local ATLAS participants, media, students, teachers, lawmakers, and representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation will be invited.
Where?
Upton, New York
When?
September 10, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Contact:
Kendra Snyder
ksnyder@bnl.gov
Who?
Researchers from Bay Area universities, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
What?
Researchers from Bay Area universities, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), who are major participants in the construction and experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, will gather at the premises of swissnex, an annex of the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, on the evening of September 10 to celebrate the startup of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. Media representatives are invited.
Where?
San Francisco, California
When?
Evening of September 10, 2008
Contact:
David Harris, SLAC
david.harris@slac.stanford.edu
or after August 21
Paul Preuss, LBL
paul_preuss@lbl.gov
Who?
Nikhef
What?
Media event on September 10, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Where?
At Nikhef in Amsterdam
Contact:
Gabby Zegers
Gabbyz@nikhef.nl
STFC information on LHC Countdown
Who?
TRIUMF
When?
10 September, starting 9:45 a.m.
What?
Western Canada Reception and Live Video Feed
Where?
TRIUMF Auditorium
Contact:
Tim Meyer
tmeyer@triumf.ca