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HST 1999 Programme  

First Week

July 5, Mon: 
Arrival day.
Upon arrival, please contact Ms. Monika Wilson, tel 7 3586 , to register. 
20:00: let's all meet in the Cafeteria for a beer, to start getting to know each other. 

July 6, Tue: 
Morning:
Room 60-6.002 
9:30 - 10:00: Welcome and Introduction to the Programme 
10:00 - 11:00: Presentations by the participants (1) 
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break 
11:30 - 12:45 Presentations by the participants (2) 
12:45 Group picture (taken in the lawn in front of the cafeteria, if good weather) 
Afternoon: 
14:00 - 15:00 Continue the Presentations by the participants, if necessary (Room 60-6.002) 
15:00 - 16:30 L. Maiani (Director General, CERN), Introduction to CERN (Main Auditorium) 
17:00: Reception for the Summer Students and the High School Teachers, Cafeteria 

July 7, Wed: 
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 Marcella Diemoz, Information on Summer Student courses and activities 
10:15 - 11:00 G. Stevenson, Radiation protection 
11:15 - 12:00 O. Ullaland, Introduction to the Workshops 
Afternoon: 
13:30 Walk through the test-beam facilities (17 people) + experience with airshowers (5 people) 
16:00 Office space assigned: bldg 593, Technical Training, Room 13, ground floor 
16:30 Mick Storr: Introduction to your computing facilities 
17:30 Dick Hoekzma, Developing a HST Web page 

July 8, Thu: 
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 E. Lillestol, Basic concepts in Particle Physics 
10:15 - 11:00 E. Lillestol, Basic concepts in Particle Physics 
11:15 - 12:00 R. Cahn, Classic experiments 
Afternoon: 
Experiences with test beams (4 people), Radiofrequecy (5 people). 

July 9, Fri:
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 E. Lillestol, Basic concepts in Particle Physics 
10:15 - 11:00 R. Cahn, Classic experiments 
11:15 - 12:00 G. Rolandi, Big experiments 
Afternoon: 
14:00 - 14:30 Emma Sanders, Introduction to the Microcosm exhibit and to CERN activities for teachers (Salle B) 
14:30 - 15:15 Visit to the Microcosm exhibit (Microcosm) 
15:15 - 16:00 James Gillies, Introduction to current hands-on activities for the public available at CERN (Bldg 33 conf room) 
16:00 - 16:30 Formation of Working groups 
 

Second week

July 12, Mon: 
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 E. Lillestol, Basic concepts in Particle Physics 
10:15 - 11:00 R. Kleiss, Fundamental concepts of Particle Physics 
11:15 - 12:00 R. Cahn, Classic experiments 
Afternoon: More meetings with Emma, James, and presentation of small experiments for the classroom (Sandor Ujvari) 

July 13, Tue: 
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 R. Kleiss, Fundamental concepts of Particle Physics 
10:15 - 11:00 R. Kleiss, Fundamental concepts of Particle Physics 
11:15 - 12:00 J. Virdee, Detetors 
Afternoon: 
Group discussion on physics education and teaching issues 

July 14, Wed: 
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 R. Kleiss, Fundamental concepts of Particle Physics 
10:15 - 11:00 J. Virdee, Detetors 
11:15 - 12:00 Discussion session 
Afternoon: 
14:00-15:00 : Liz Quigg (Fermilab), Outreach and physics educational activities in the USA 
16:00-17:30 Ted Wilson, Introduction to the physics of particle accelerators 

July 15, Thu:
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 R. Kleiss, Fundamental concepts of Particle Physics 
10:15 - 11:00 J. Virdee, Detetors 
11:15 - 12:00 J. Virdee, Detetors 
Afternoon: 
Tentative: Experience with RF (5 people), Working group activities for the others 

July 16, Fri: 
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 R. Kleiss, Fundamental concepts of Particle Physics 
10:15 - 11:00 J. Virdee, Detetors 
11:15 - 12:00 Discussion session 
Afternoon: 
14:00 Programme review, update from the Working groups 

Third week

July 19, Mon: 
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 C. Quigg, Standard Model 
10:15 - 11:00 P. Mato Vila, Trigger and data acquisition 
11:15 - 12:00 P. Mato Vila, Trigger and data acquisition 
Afternoon: 
14:00-16:30 Working group activity 
16:30-17:30 Alvaro De Rujula, Cosmology and Particle Physics 

July 20, Tue: 
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 C. Quigg, Standard Model 
10:15 - 11:00 P. Mato Vila, Trigger and data acquisition 
11:15 - 12:00 R. Jacobsen, From raw data to physics results 
Afternoon: 
Visit to the DELPHI experiment 

July 21, Wed:
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 C. Quigg, Standard Model 
10:15 - 11:00 R. Jacobsen, From raw data to physics results 
11:15 - 12:00 Discussion session 
Afternoon: 
14:00 Meeting with Mick Draper and Frank Close, overview of CERN's Outreach activities 
16:00 Meeting with Paola Catapano and Paolo Palazzi, preview of CERN WEB-casting programmes 

July 22, Thu: 
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 C. Quigg, Standard Model 
10:15 - 11:00 R. Jacobsen, From raw data to physics results 
11:15 - 12:00 T. Cass, Computing at CERN 
Afternoon: Working group activity 

July 23, Fri: 
Morning: Main Auditorium, Summer Student lecture programme: 
9:15 - 10:00 C. Quigg, Standard Model 
10:15 - 11:00 T. Cass, Computing at CERN 
11:15 - 12:00 Discussion session 
Afternoon: 
14:00 - 17:00 Programme review and evaluation, feed-back, Working group final reports, general discussion 


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