2015: International Year of Light

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

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

Researchers night – POPSCIENCE events

25 September 2015

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POPScience Poets visit CERN

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

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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Frédérick Bordry

From High Luminosity LHC to the 100 km collider

11 March 2015

18:30 - Frédérick Bordry (CERN)

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Amalia Ballarino

Superconductivity and its applications for society

24 February 2015

18:30 - Amalia Ballarino (CERN)

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Lucio Rossi

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)

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