1. EPS-HEP2019 Conference: Outreach Plans
Michael Tytgat

2. Michael Tytgat - CMS Communications Session #8
June 22, 2017
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3. M. Tytgat - EPS-HEPP Board Meeting
Belgium & Ghent
Belgium: 30,528km2 big; 11 million inhabitants;
official languages are Dutch (Flemish), French
& German
Best known for its beer, chocolate & French fries 
Ghent: capital city of the East Flanders province, in
Flemish part of Belgium; ~250k inhabitants
2nd biggest city in Europe during 11th century
(after Paris)
Leading city in the middle ages for cloth
Oct. 7, 2016
M. Tytgat - EPS-HEPP Board Meeting

4. EPS-HEP2019 Outreach Program
Initial brainstorming and discussions ongoing; preliminary ideas for events:
Science comedy night
Public lectures
Exhibition on renowned physicists from UGent/Belgium
Physics Cinema: movie afternoon/evening
Physics demo / children’s university
initiated locally in Ghent …
June 22, 2017
Michael Tytgat - CMS Communications Session #8

5. Science Comedy Evening
Science Comedy Night with Lieven Scheire, Belgian physicist (from UGent) and quite popular TV-personality (appeared also in 2013 comedy show at CERN)
Stand-up Comedy in the past by CMS physicists
June 22, 2017
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Exhibition
Exhibition for general public on
Famous Belgian/UGent physicists/scientists
CMS/LHC:
Any ideas here ?
Any material that we can use from previous events ?
Francois Englert
Leo Baekeland
George Lemaitre
Joseph Plateau
June 22, 2017
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CERNLand
CERNLand educational game for children … and adults 
Translation in Dutch/Flemish
underway …
(more volunteers to help ?)
To be included in our
exhibition
June 22, 2017
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Physics Movie Event
Organize a physics movie
afternoon/evening
combination of already existing movies, e.g. Particle Fever (any other?), with film-based physics seminars
the Movies”
UGent
Karel Van Acoleyen (UGent):
InScience – Dutch International Film Festival
Film Fest Gent 2015 & 2016
Seminars & other public events
“Captain Einstein”
Virtual Reality experience
“Dr Film: or how I learned to love the photon”
Film Fest Gent
June 22, 2017
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in Ghent
Cooperation within the program
between UGent (Particle/other) Physics group(s)
+ KASK - School of Arts of University College Ghent
graphical arts, media, drama, music, film …
+ S.M.A.K. – Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art
Ghent
+ perhaps a few individual artists
First introductory/working meeting held on May 31, including Michael Hoch
Initial ideas for a few art projects
Discussions/enthusiasm to establish science in art project weeks and maybe even official Master Classes
Probably several visits from art students and teachers to CERN
June 22, 2017
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10. Children’s University & Physics Show
Children’s University in Belgium is part of a national initiative to organize 1-day university classes in STEM for children
Had a several (astro)particle physics sessions in the past at UGent
→ Organize an afternoon session on CMS/particle physics for children
Physics show/demo on the same day for
general public
Did already such a UGent in 2005
(UNESCO World Year of Physics)
Possible collaboration with
Science on Stage Belgium
June 22, 2017
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11. Involving Popular Science Magazines
Cooperation with popular science magazines
New Scientist (via Jorgen D’Hondt)
EOS (via Pierre Van Mechelen, EOS Advisory Board)
Various possibilities under discussion:
Interviews during conference
Special editions
Feature articles
General advertisement …
New Scientist readers visiting CERN
New Scientist CERN Festival
BICEP2 results in EOS
June 22, 2017
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Summary
EPS-HEP2019 will be hosted by Ghent University, Belgium, July, 2019
Ongoing brainstorming on a rich outreach program during/around the week of the conference
More ideas/hints, especially on CMS outreach material & possiblities, are most welcome
Volunteers to help with the organization/implementation of the outreach events are also very welcome 
Please get in touch …
June 22, 2017
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