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Discover how one of Europe’s most exciting young composers, Arnoud Noordegraaf, works with writer Adrian Hornsby to create contemporary operas
The school will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus from 19 to 30 August. Registration closes on 1 May 2013
Give blood between 9am and 5pm 19 March at restaurant 2
The 1st International Conference on Charged Lepton Flavor Violation (CLFV) will be held in Lecce, Italy from 6-8 May 2013 http://clfv2013.le.infn.it
Don't miss the opportunity to sign up for FameLab, which will be held on 16 March 2013 in the Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN
The third school (ESI 2013) is held at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, 27 - 31 May 2013.
Concluding & Kick-Off Meetings combined with a Workshop on “Visions for the Future of Particle Accelerators” 10th - 14th June 2013
New Drupal course “Drupal Site Editing” (2 days, 400 CHF); suitable for anyone wanting to modify or add content on a CERN Drupal website
The second annual meeting of the AIDA project will be held at INFN - LNF in Frascati, Italy
AIDA, an FP7 project addressing infrastuctures for detector R&D, is organizing an industry-academia matching event
TED 2013 taking place in California will be screened at CERN’s main auditorium on Wednesday, 27 February, at 5.30pm and 8pm
The emergency stop tests for PS and BOOSTER area are planned on Saturday, March 2nd from 6am to 10pm and Sunday, March 3rd, from 6am to 5pm