The first steemSTEM meetup in the LHC at CERN - practical details
Following the exciting and motivating feedback to my former post, I am very happy to announce that steemSTEM will go to CERN in a month. And in particular, we will go down to the LHC to visit the CMS experiment.
The CMS detector is the one shown in the banner below. This is the apparatus that we will be able to observe very closely!
With this post, I am working out all details about what one should know prior to the visit.
When: February 9th, 2017
I am planning to travel on the 8th in the evening and arrive in Geneva. I will probably find a place to stay in Saint-Genis-Pouilly that is at a walking distance from the CERN main entrance.
As the list of participants must be provided to CMS, the deadline for confirming your participation is next Wednesday (Jan 17th), 23:59 Geneva time.
By confirming, you are required to send me a copy of a valid ID so that I could forward it to CMS. As said in the previous post, this is the only price to pay to go down to the LHC.
The agenda
For those already there on the 8th, we can meet in a nice dinner place or a bar to get some drinks and fun before the real thing. Please let me know if you are interested.
In the morning, we will spend time close to the CERN main entrance. There are two permanent exhibitions, the Microcosm exhibition and the Universe of Particles that are worthy to visit. We will stay there from about 10:00 AM to lunch time.
I still need to clarify whether we can have lunch on site. In the worst case scenario, we will go to a restaurant in Ferney-Voltaire or Cessy, where we will move for the afternoon session.
Cessy is where the CMS experiment is located, is not close to the main entrance of CERN (the LHC is a 27-kilometer-long device), and is also the place where the inventor of the web, Tim Berners-Lee, lived some time ago.During the first part of the afternoon, I will give you a particle physics crash course so that you could understand what you will be supposed to see during he visit to CMS. Material and explanations will already be posted on Steemit on the week prior to the meetup, if I manage :p
We will go down to the LHC and get a private visit of CMS from 17:00 to 18:00. We will get a private guide. The meetup ends right after the visit.
Transportation
The CERN main buildings (in Meyrin in Switzerland) and CMS (in Cessy in France) are not at a walking distance from each other. We therefore need to rent either a couple of cars, or a minibus.
This will be clarified when the full list of participants will be known.
Costs
The visit is free. That’s it.
However, it is up to you to cover your trip to CERN, lodging if relevant, the food you eat, the drinks you drink, the souvenirs you buy, etc. The usual stuff somehow.
The only contribution that may be requested concerns transportation (to be clarified in due time).
Rules / requirements
There are a couple of things to keep in mind when visiting CERN.
All visitors must carry their ID or passport when they are on site. Moreover, CERN is located across France and Switzerland. Please take care of getting a (Shengen) visa for both these countries if necessary. I will not be able to help you if you are getting stuck at a border (we will actually cross borders during the meetup).
Moreover, people younger than 18 years old are not allowed to take part to the visit. There is no maximum age ;)
Cameras are allowed and encouraged. By the way, if one of the participants could bring some sound recording device, that would be great!
Organization in practice
A dedicated room will be created on the steemSTEM discord server. This will allow the participants to discuss in an easier and more practical ways the lodging plans and the transportation issues.
List of confirmed participants (updated on Jan 15th, 21:30 UTC time)
I will update this list in almost real time. The people listed here are those who confirmed their participation. We have so far 17 confirmed participants: @alexs1320, @bendelgreco, @ceybiicien, @dber, @fredrikaa, @grandpere, @howo, @justtryme90 (+1 guest), @kerriknox (+1 guest), @lemouth, @reggaemuffin, @saunter, @scienceangel, @suesa, @tristan-muller
3 other potential participants have shown interests, but not confirmed yet. Please do so before next Wednesday (included). Note that there is a maximum number of available slots.
You can add me now to the list ;)
This will be so awesome :D
You are keen to join ??? @fredrikaa
That's the biggest understatement of 2018 so far.
yeah , it seems it's going to be rocks
i'm new.. Help me, follow me
Yessssssss
Yes it will be awesome. Let;'s book our train tickets asap ^^
Really looking forward to the visit! It is one of my life goals to visit the LHC and you just made my dream come true! Thank you!
We will then make this dream happen ^^
that was my dream too)
that is right@reggaemuffin
Grr you said what I was going to say but actually get the dream part down -___- Lousy continents
Edit: damn, I wanted it to start at the "I'm so excited" part, but it didn't work :(
What it is??
Naaah I won't watch this ;)
That's fine :P it was just the first thing that came to my mind because of the "I'm so excited" part. Because I really am!
Ok, I found coverage for my scheduling problem - so I'm in for sure. Gonna buy plane tickets today - just want to make sure there's still an opening first - cause that would stink!
Gave this a bump for visibility - sorry I'm coming at you from multuple mediums - now that i know i can make it again I'm suddenly nervous the opportunity has passed!
You are on the list of confirmed people! Written in the post :)
Yay! This is gonna be great!
If there are any slots left I would love to join!
If accepted (:D), I will be coming by car to Geneva, so I can help by taking 4 people with me from Meyrin to Cessy (also if there is someone joining from around Brussels, he/she can join for the roadtrip for free :D).
This happy chap is the guy I mentioned on Discord @lemouth ;)
Congrats on your first "post" Aurel! :P
Sure there are still free spots. Please contact me on discord or on the steemit chat. By the way, there is another not-yet-registered participant (and not yet on steemit participant... waiting for his account) who may be interested to car-pool.
Thanks! I will go with the car from Brussels.. so anyone can join from here, or from somewhere on the way :).
I also have another friend that wants to join. Her name: Ana Luiza Olanescu
She created a Steemit account now but it will take a bit until it is approved :(.
Is there a free slot for her?
As I answered on discord, both of you are in. The potentially interested person cannot come, so we can forget about this. See you soon at CERN!
Great job! How was the visit?
The agenda sounds really exciting! I just hope I'll be able to have these days off from work... I'll confirm you on steemit.chat in a couple of days.
Anyway, it would be nice to reserve rooms in the same hotel, don't you think?
I hope you will be able to join. Concerning lodging, we will discuss this all together on the discord channel when the list will be frozen. :)
Great, I'll dm you on Monday :-)
Hi @lemouth if there is still an open space on your list I would love to take part in this fantastic visit!
Kind regards
Jan
Hi Jan! Sure, we still have a couple of free slots on the list. Please contact me asap on the steemit chat or on discord as the deadline for registration is tomorrow.
wooow this is very amazing.
It will really help the platform to expand globally and gain millions of users.
Keep it up
I don't know about the second part, but this will be fun for sure and make some advertisement for what we do and what is steemit. That's already something :)
I think one visit will be necessary.
I am sorry but I don't follow your comment ^^
sorry mistake
Okay, but I still don't follow :D
i want to add that list.which type of ability i need to join?.will you add me???
You need to like science to go there... ;)