James Gillies, EPPCN, Paris 12 April 2012 News from CERN

The Director General Mandate extended to end 2015 “We felt that the LHC's first long shutdown needed management continuity, given the important nature of the work to be carried out” – Walter van Doninck, Belgian Delegate to Council

The communications strategy Chief Communications Officer International relations Outreach Spokesperson Content manager Audience engagement manager Press office Content production Audience engagement LHC outreach group EPPCN IPPOG Interactions <

Stakeholder survey Project by MBA students at University of Geneva Title: Strategy and institutional communication in non-profit organisation: improving community engagement and securing long-term resources in times of economic hardship. Case study: CERN Deliverables: methodology and tool to continuously measure the variations on the level of engagement of CERN’s key stakeholders; ideas for an improved strategy for communication focused on the stakeholders to ensure their continued support and commitment of sustainable resources. Timescale: April August 2012 Question for EPPCN: Should the survey be conducted CERN-wide (current membership and potential member States), or should it be limited to four members (e.g. France, Austria, Romania, Portugal)? Request for EPPCN: recommend contacts from member states to approach with the survey within the three stakeholders’ groups: governments, scientific communities and industry/private sector. Contact:

The LHC…. First stable beams of 2012, 5 April Schedule to run for physics until end of year First long shut down to end 2014 No machines running at CERN in 2013 Restart of non-LHC programme early 2014

A neutrino walked into a bar… 23/09/11: OPERA seminar at CERN 18/11/11: Short pulsed beam 23/02/12: Optical fibre 16/03/12: ICARUS 30/03/12: Ereditato stands down ??/05/12: Short pulsed beam _____________________________

LEP cavities Many available Whole or in pieces Need to be reclassified as not active Need to know precisely what people want Probably not before next year

Major result announcement If coincident with ICHEP, joint announcement? If not: similar to Higgs search update Parallel events welcomed

Upcoming events 25 July 2012: Visit of STS134 crew, media launch of AMS payload operations centre October 2012: The Big Bang and the interfaces of knowledge TBC : Passport Big Bang inauguration TBC 2013: TEDxCERN 27 September 2013: CERN Industry Day 28 September 2013: CERN Personnel Day 29 September 2013: CERN Open Day 29 September 2014: CERN’s 60 th Birthday

Open Day 2013 Planning just getting underway The only chance for the public to visit the LHC tunnel in /8 Access points open Ticketing system – competition, tweetup… Access to experiments may be possible through the year Dedicated days for industry and CERNois

Sponsorship Permament exhibition fully sponsored materials budget sponsored Actively seeking funding for education and outreach initiatives Ethical policy for fundraising in preparation Will help us heal with cases such as this…

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