1954: CERN was born By Antonella del Rosso. Published on 24 January 2014 in: January 2014, News, 1954, Anniversary, CERN This article is a republication from the CERN Bulletin. The Laboratory was the first scientific pan-European endeavour. Just a few years after the Second World War, twelve European countries joined forces and built what has become the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. In 2014, CERN will celebrate 60 years of cutting-edge science for peace. It all started in 1949, when French Nobel-Prize-winning physicist Louis de Broglie called for the creation of a European laboratory. The idea was quickly adopted and, in 1953, twelve countries signed the Convention for the establishment of a European Organization for Nuclear Research under the auspices of UNESCO. “Next year we will celebrate the event with UNESCO in Paris at the beginning of July,” says Sascha Schmeling, general co-ordinator of the 60th anniversary celebrations. “We have invited one of the founding fathers of CERN, the French diplomat François de Rose, to take part, and he has accepted the invitation with enthusiasm.” CERN 60th Anniversary logo The events in Paris will be followed by celebrations on 29 September for CERN’s actual birthday. “We are planning events for the personnel, the scientific community and the local and international public,” says Schmeling, adding: “All the CERN Member States are invited to hold their own celebrations and some of them have already shared with us their ideas.” All the events will be coordinated by the CERN team in charge of the celebrations, who will offer help and support to all the participating stakeholders. “Regardless of where the events take place, our common goal is to highlight the role of science as a motor for peace and progress and to stress the importance of sharing science as widely as possible through education and training,” Schmeling remarks. The countdown to CERN’s 60th anniversary has started. The official logo has already been launched and the effervesc(i)ence is spreading. If you have already planned an event and think it should be included in the official programme of anniversary-related celebrations, please email the CERN. Calendar of events and celebrations: 29 January 2014 at 18:00: Public session by Sergio Bertolucci in Braga, Portugal. More information here By 30 March 2014: A public lecture by Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN during the CERN traveling exhibition at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw, Poland Spring 2014: Inauguration of the “S’cool Lab” – a space where teachers and students will be able to perform small experiments; inauguration of the Synchrocyclotron exhibition Beginning of July 2014: Joint CERN-UNESCO event in Paris, France 29 September 2014: Celebration of CERN’s anniversary with highest-level representatives from Member States 7 October 2014: Celebration of the anniversary of the first Council session Throughout the year 2014: A series of historical, scientific, and technological colloquia to be held at CERN; special initiatives for the local community; arts events. Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on delicious Share on digg Share on tumblr Share on email Share on favorites More Sharing Services 4 Related news: A new European School in Instrumentation for Particle and Astroparticle Physics Executive and Staff Activity for November 2013 2 comments: wade allison wrote on January 25th, 2014 60 years ago I was on holiday in France as a 13 year old boy. We visited Geneva and the Atoms for Peace exhibition. As a result I studied particle physics, but now I am back on the track of Atoms for Peace again, and gave the Colloquium at CERN on Oct 3 2013 Radiation and Reason Why radiation at modest dose rates is quite harmless and current radiation safety regulations are flawed. In the past 60 years the vision has been lost, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, … have given up on nuclear power for no good reason, the climate is threatened and Fukushima has confirmed that nuclear is extraordinarily safe. CERN has lost the plot and that is a serious failure of leadership! Much education is needed if civilisation is to survive. I have never had any involvement with the nuclear industry, by the way, and until I retired from Oxford I researched in particle physics and taught courses across the board including medical physics. Perhaps I was the first CERN Outreach success but I am now saddened. radiationandreason N.Sithu Muruganandam wrote on January 26th, 2014
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