CERN: An extraordinary human endeavour  CERN is a pioneer in making science, technology and know-how freely available to the world. Knowledge sharing – one of the core values enshrined in CERN’s founding convention – underpins its mission to support open science.  A brilliant example of this is the World Wide Web, developed at CERN for the benefit of society at large. At this event, leading scientists and experts will explore the extraordinary significance of international collaboration and open science in advancing scientific knowledge. They will also trace the evolution of the Web, discuss the imperative of democratisation of information and technology, and explore the emerging frontiers in digital technologies and AI. Join us for this fourth public event, held in collaboration with the CineGlobe festival, celebrating the Laboratory’s 70th anniversary and the CERN & Society Foundation’s 10th anniversary.  Event highlights: Science for All –  Panel discussion (in English with French simultaneous interpretation): join leading scientists and experts to explore the significance of international collaboration and open and inclusive science in advancing scientific knowledge. Chair: Frédéric Donck Panelists:     Ana Godinho – Head of CERN’s Education, Communications and Outreach group Peter Jenni – A founding father and the first Spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment at CERN Ana Persic – Programme Specialist for Science Technology and Innovation Policies and Open Science, UNESCO Javier Serrano – Leader of CERN’s Open Hardware Initiative and Board Chair of the White Rabbit collaboration Michel Spiro – Emeritus Research Director at CEA, President of IUPAP and Chair of the Board of the CERN & Society Foundation    For Everyone – Documentary screening (in English with French subtitles): in 1989, the world’s largest physics laboratory, CERN, was a hive of ideas and information stored on incompatible computers. Tim Berners-Lee conceived a unifying structure to link information across different computers, leading to the birth of the World Wide Web in 1991. This documentary traces the origins of the Web and its future implications, setting the stage for our second panel discussion. Towards the Future: the Web and Beyond – Panel discussion (in English with French simultaneous interpretation): join Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web and CTO and co-founder of Inrupt, and other leading experts as we discuss the evolution of the Web, the democratisation of technology and the emerging frontiers in digital technologies and AI.  Chair: Frédéric Donck Panelists: Sir Tim Berners-Lee – Inventor of the Web and CTO and Co-founder of Inrupt Raf Buyle – Innovation Lead, Athumi Nadia Carlsten – Vice-President of Product, SandboxAQ Andy Yen – Founder and CEO, Proton         With the participation of Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General Discover the speakers’ biographies here.  Practical information •    Date and time: Doors open at 4.30 p.m. for an evening of insight and inspiration.•    Location: Auditorium Sergio Marchionne, CERN Science Gateway campus•    Admission: Free of charge, but registration is required for in-person attendance. Register here.•    Refreshments: Enjoy offerings from the Big Bang Café until 5.00 p.m. For our global communityUnable to join us in person? A live webcast will be available – no registration required for online viewing. Public event | Free entrance | In English with simultaneous interpreting into French | Recorded and webcasted Le CERN : une aventure humaine extraordinaire Le CERN joue un rôle pionnier pour rendre la science, la technologie et le savoir-faire accessibles gratuitement à tous. L’une de ses missions, promouvoir la science ouverte, s’appuie sur le partage des connaissances, l’une des valeurs fondamentales inscrites dans la Convention constitutive du CERN. Le World Wide Web, développé au CERN au bénéfice de toute la société, en est un magnifique exemple. Des scientifiques et des spécialistes de premier plan montreront l’importance capitale de la collaboration internationale et de la science ouverte pour faire progresser la connaissance scientifique. Ils retraceront également l’évolution du web, parleront de la nécessité de démocratiser l’information et la technologie, et aborderont les développements repoussant les limites des technologies numériques et de l’intelligence artificielle. Rejoignez-nous lors de ce quatrième événement public, organisé en collaboration avec le festival CineGlobe, pour célébrer le 70e anniversaire du CERN et le 10e anniversaire de la Fondation CERN & Société.  Au programme de l’événement :  Science accessible – Table ronde (en anglais avec interprétation simultanée en français) : Découvrez avec des scientifiques et des spécialistes de premier plan l’importance capitale de la collaboration internationale et de la science ouverte et inclusive pour faire progresser la connaissance scientifique. Modérateur : Frédéric Donck Intervenants:  Ana Godinho – hef du groupe Éducation, communication et activités grand public du CERN ;  Peter Jenni – L’un des pères fondateurs et le premier porte-parole de l’expérience ATLAS au CERN ; Ana Persic – spécialiste du programme de l’UNESCO pour les politiques en matière de technologie et d’innovation scientifiques et de science ouverte ; Javier Serrano – responsable de l’initiative du CERN sur le matériel libre, président du Comité de la collaboration White Rabbit ; Michel Spiro – directeur de recherche émérite au CEA, président de l’IUPAP et président du Conseil de Fondation de la Fondation CERN & Société   For Everyone (Pour tous) – Projection d’un documentaire (en anglais avec sous-titres en français) : En 1989, le CERN, le plus grand laboratoire de physique du monde, stockait ses informations foisonnantes sur un grand nombre d’ordinateurs incompatibles entre eux. Tim Berners-Lee imagina une structure unificatrice permettant de relier entre elles les informations disséminées sur ces différents ordinateurs : c’est ce qui conduira, en 1991, à la naissance du World Wide Web. Le documentaire For Everyone (Pour tous) retrace les origines et l’impact du web, et fait le lien avec la seconde table ronde. En avant vers l’avenir : Le Web et au-delà Les innovations quantiques – Table ronde (en anglais avec interprétation simultanée en français) : Venez assister à une table ronde passionnante, lors de laquelle Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventeur du Web, cofondateur et chef de la technologie d’Inrupt, ainsi que d’autres spécialistes de premier plan discuteront de l’évolution du Web, de la démocratisation de la technologie et de l’émergence de nouvelles frontières relatives aux technologies numériques et à l’intelligence artificielle.  Modérateur : Frédéric Donck Intervenants : •    Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventeur du Web and cofondateur et chef de la technologie d’Inrupt•    Raf Buyle, chef de l’innovation chez Athumi•    Nadia Carlsten, responsable des produits chez SandboxAQ •    Andy Yen, fondateur et directeur général de Proton  Avec la participation de Fabiola Gianotti, directrice générale du CERN  Cliquez ici pour découvrir la biographie des intervenants.  Informations pratiques  •    Date et horaire : ouverture des portes à 16 h 30, pour une soirée pleine d’inspiration.•    Lieu : Auditorium Sergio Marchionne, Campus du Portail de la science du CERN•    Entrée : gratuite ; inscription obligatoire si vous souhaitez assister en personne à l’événement. Inscrivez-vous ici.•    Rafraîchissements : le Big Bang Café vous ouvrira ses portes jusqu’à 17 h.   Pour notre communauté vivant ailleurs dans le monde Vous n’avez pas la possibilité de vous joindre à nous en personne ? L’événement sera également retransmis par webcast et aucune inscription n’est nécessaire pour suivre l’événement en ligne. Ouvert à tous | Gratuit | Événement en anglais avec interprétation simultanée en français | Événement enregistré et retransmis en ligne

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  The CERN Table Tennis Club is happy to celebrate CERN’s 70th anniversary by organizing a new special tournament, on CERN premises. Since 2014, thanks to the strong support of the CERN Staff Association, the Club made significant progress, as we now have 6 tables installed, 4 on the Meyrin site and 2 on the Prevessin site. Therefore, we will be able to play matches on 6 tables on two CERN sites. We take this opportunity to remind everyone that each year in August, the Club organizes a CERN championship at the Meyrin CTT, which saw the number of inscriptions reach record levels of 70 in 2022 and 2023. CERN is represented in official table tennis competitions in Switzerland, at all levels. Regular trainings by professional coaches are organized for free, for all members, during the table tennis season, from September to June. Table tennis training camps (stages) for children and adults are also organized during school holidays, including during the summer, in collaboration with the Meyrin CTT. CERN Table Tennis Club Web page: http://cern.ch/club-TableTennis   ——————————————————————   CERN 70th Anniversary Table Tennis Tournament Organization   RULES This special tournament, to celebrate CERN’s 70th anniversary, is open to all people working at CERN and their families. Matches are to be played on tables installed at the various CERN cafeterias. Matches are to be played to the best of 5 sets (this means that you have to win 3 sets to win the match). Game rules are the usual international TT rules: Sets are played up to 11 points, or more, if a difference of two points is not reached. The server alternates every two points. The first player to serve is designated by a pick of hand with the ball under the table or the toss of a coin. The player who served in second in the first set, will serve first in the next set, and so on. In case of questions concerning the rules, you may contact any member of the Organizing Committee.   INSCRIPTIONS Register at the bottom of this Indico page or directly here. A 10 CHF registration fee will be collected prior to the event, or transfer to the Club UBS account (CERN Table Tennis Club: UBS IBAN: CH13 0027 9279 1359 6940 Q), or by cash to the Treasurer Bugra.Bilin@cern.ch). Registration will be effective only after payment of the fee. Registration deadline: May 25, 2024, midnight, or when a number of 128 participants is reached. In case the number of people registered exceeds 128, we will organize a qualifying round, as is done in Gran Slam tournaments in tennis. Level: Indicate your table tennis approximate level, among: total beginner, occasional player, regular player. This information is only required to avoid that the a priori strongest players meet in the initial rounds. Official rankings, when available, will be used to select the seeds. Draws will be carried out as usual on a random basis, on May 26, 2024. The tournament starts on May 27, 2024 and ends on Thursday June 27, 2024, with final matches and an official prize ceremony. Matches are to be organized by the two players supposed to meet. This is why we need to have emails and/or cell phone numbers, so that players can make an appointment with their opponent. Matches must be played anytime before the round deadline imposed by the organizers in the overall schedule. In case a given match did not take place before the deadline, the winner will be designated by a draw. Results of matches have to be communicated to the organizers by email to:cern-tt-committee   SCHEDULE     There is no strict constraints on when matches can be played, except for the deadline given by the organizers. However, it would be best if, as many matches as possible, could take place around lunch time, to have spectators. Players are free to play any time and at any place convenient to them, except for the semi-finals and the final, which will have to be played at R1 on June 27. Prize ceremony June 27, Main CERN Cafeteria (R1) 18:00 Semi-finals, final and match for 3rd place: June 27, Main Cafeteria 16:30 Quarter finals: June 25 to 26 Round of 16: June 21 to 24 Round of 32: June 15 to 20 Round of 64: June 7 to 14 Round of 128 or qualifying round if needed: May 27 to June 6   PRIZES     A “Prix Souvenir” will be offered to each participant. Special prizes will reward the Winner (cup + prize), the Finalist, (prize) the Third and Fourth players (prize). We will ask a CERN personality to give out prizes to laureates, in a short informal prize ceremony, at the CERN Restaurant # 1, on June 27, starting at 18:00.  

This event will be organized in a framework of the CERN’s 70th Celebration Programme, highlighting CERN achievements over the past years, addressing future projects at CERN and worldwide, as well as contributions of Ukrainian scientists to these endeavors. Abstract submission is open till 22 April 2024 at 23:59 (Europe/Kyiv). Registration is open till 8 May 2024 at 23:59 (Europe/Kyiv).