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PANIC2020 will be held in Lisbon from 31 August to 4 September 2020
The 2020 European School of High-Energy Physics will take place from 17 to 30 June in Israel
6-18 July 2020, at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
Highlights of the year at CERN, from engineering and accelerator milestones to particle physics results and much more
Visit the CERN accelerator complex through these immersive 360-degree photos
The LHC will restart in May 2021 and Run 3 will be extended by one year
A game being developed at CERN will guide participants on a unique journey
Relive last year’s TEDxCERN event through the videos now available online, two of which have been selected to feature on TED.com
A colloquium on 25 November will celebrate the anniversary of CERN’s oldest accelerator
