1. Preparation of CERN schoolvisits G.J.Bobbink (NIKHEF)

2. Visits Service &Teacher programme changes The Visits Service has recently been merged with the Teacher Programmes into a new section (headed by Mick Storr Mick.Storr@cern.ch) in the education group which moved to PH. At all levels there is nowadays awareness of the importance of high school visits. Access to the underground installations will soon be impossible. Alternatives have to be found which is a real challenge !! ( BUT Permanent Globe exhibition, ATLAS AVC, Delphi, superconductivity, computing,....)

3. “Study”-visitors top 4 by country 1) Italy 27% 2) Switzerland 14% 3) France 13%, Germany 13% 4) UK 10% Holland 2%, Spain 2%, Finland 2% Norway, Sweden 0.2% REMARKS: Numbers somewhat uncertain as there are also (school)visits not organized by the visit service Constraints vary with distance !! My personal impression is that virtually without exception the visits are highly appreciated (evaluation?)

4. Distribution of visitors per site 2008 Distribution of visitors per sites, 2008 Comment: Antiproton Decelerator1549 Atlas exhibition, 3D film45Will be officialy opened 2nd week Feb. 2009 CAST experiment2535Opened june 2008 Computing center3273Opened March 2006 CMS hall, P53665 CMS cavern, P52152Opened in February 2008 COMPASS experiment167 DELPHI detector, P82938 ATLAS cavern, P13812 LINAC/LEIR SM18, Accelerator technologies4882Opened in May 2008 LHCb experiment ‐ surface, P8 Total25018 Important note: this total is different from the total number of CERN visitors as some of them might have visited more than one itinerary. OPEN DAY about 50000 (ATLAS visits 26000 in 2007, 50000? In 2008)

5. Goals Find ways to accommodate more visitors, create enticing tours of CERN highlights Make the permanent Globe exhibition into a success (starting 1 January 2010) So that people leave CERN well informed, inspired, curious to know more, and act as ambassadors for CERN after going home

6. Summary Invite Mick Storr for a discussion There is support at all levels To go down in an underground area is really the highlight (DELPHI??) Organize CERN open day during 2010-2011 shutdown??? Need of more guide, in particular young guides from LHC experiments