The experiments' desiderata for the year included either discovery or exclusion of the Higgs boson

The first day of the LHC performance workshop was devoted to a critical review of 2011, with suggestions for improvements to the beams and hardware

The final day of the workshop saw examination of the challenges of the High-Luminosity LHC an a look at the state of R&D for the new magnets required

CERN's director of accelerators and technology explains the reasoning behind running at 0.5 Tev higher than in 2011