A unique scientific event will be held on Wednesday, October 22nd at 19:00 at the Central Reading Room of the National Library of Greece (NLG), led by professor and CERN scientist Emmanuel Tsesmelis.
This event is one of a number of themed activities organized by the SNFCC Visitors Center, entitled “Scope of Activities – Meeting Points”, and part of a series dedicated to teaching contemporary physics in schools, entitled “The subatomic journey to the school classroom and the library”, organized in collaboration with CERN and the National Library of Greece.
Through this event, the SNFCC, the NLG and CERN aim to bring the general public closer to the field of study of the largest and most complex scientific lab in the world, enabling both students and adults to discover the fascinating science of Physics from the ground up.
Specifically, in his talk entitled “CERN – A pylon of science, technology, education and collaboration”, professor E. Tsesmelis will address the issue of teaching contemporary physics, expanding upon the main points around the basic science studied by the scientists at CERN, while also focusing on the technological innovations and advanced scientific and technical education and training offered by CERN. The latter will be illustrated by interesting examples related to the educational aspect of the CERN research program.
The event will be introduced by Stavros Zoumboulakis, President of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Greece.
Entry to the event is free, through priority tickets that will be issued at the NLG (32 Panepistimiou Street, Athens), from 17:30 onwards.
Visitors Centre contact details for further information:
Tel: +30 210 8778396/8 Email: visitorscenter@snfcc.org.
Emmanuel Tsesmelis, short bio:
Professor Emmanuel Tsesmelis is Deputy Head of International Relations at CERN, as well as Scientific Consultant to the Institute’s Director-General Unit as a Senior Physicist. In 1998 he joined the international CMS experiment, which, in 2012, announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, and for the period 2005-2008 he was Head of Experimental Areas of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). He has been a Professor at the University of Oxford, UK, since 2009.
