Stockholm University Erik Johansson EPPOG – European Particle Physics Outreach Group Mandate from ECFA HEPP of EPS Members CERN member and user states (USA) Chairs Frank Close ( ) Erik Johansson ( )

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Meetings Two meetings per year, one at CERN, one in a member state Italy (Pisa) Austria (Vienna) Greece (Athens) Spain (Valencia) UK (London) Portugal (Lisbon) Czech Republic (Prague)

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Main activities Forum for outreach projects Platform for European /International/ education and outreach projects

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Exhibition in Berlin tube station

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Remotely performed Cosmic Ray experiments - Crescere Audience/2 40 Italians 40 Romanians 45 Portuguese

Stockholm University Erik Johansson ATLAS Student Event Challenge

Stockholm University Erik Johansson CERN Teachers Programme Czech Teachers at CERN

Stockholm University Erik Johansson NIKHEF portable spark chamber

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Krakow Science Festival

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Cascade competition in UK 150 students giving talks to over 1500 students (at 41 schools) Birmingham University and STFC

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Observing particles in House of Science (Stockholm) Cosmic muons and alfa particles (Rn decay) PET model

Stockholm University Erik Johansson US Quarknet: Bring the Research World to the Classroom Grid Tools, Methods, & Ideas

Stockholm University Erik Johansson CMS calorimetry for students

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Huge variety of outreach projects An amazing number of ideas and successful projects Mentioned only a very small number

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Masterclasses Originally a UK idea Became a European-wide project in 2005 Grew larger and larger Dresden Technical University (M. Kobel)

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Masterclasses 2005 and 2006 One day of particle physics for students 2005 and European institutes 3000 students (incl. 500 at RAL) 18 countries institutes (7 in US, 1 in South Africa) 4600 students institutes (11 in US + 2 Brasil) 5000 students

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Masterclasses

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Video session

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Hands on CERN 2000 DELPHI events (Z and WW) Translated to 15 languages Awarded a Webby in 2005 A physicist on Broadway is an unusual event

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Resources and publications Publications European Particle Physics Masterclasses make Students Scientists for a Day, Erik Johansson, Michael Kobel et al, Physics Education 42(2007) Hands on CERN – a well used Physics Education Project, Erik Johansson, Physics Education 41(2006) Resources on the web hands-on-cern.physto.se

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Participants doubled In 4 years the number of participants has almost doubled In Portugal, the number has increased with a factor of 5 (from 100 to >500) Has become International Masterclasses Europe North and Latin America Thanks to the German ministry, the future is secured for a few years

Stockholm University Erik Johansson European LHC exhibit Involve European and other Science Centres and Science Museums in a science project including LHC and the LHC experiments CERN Ecsite EPPOG

Stockholm University Erik Johansson LHC European exhibit EPPOG meeting at Imperial College London 2006 EPPOG and CERN LHC session at Ecsite in Lisbon minute session (chaired by EJ)

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Erik Johansson LHC European exhibit – the future EPPOG and CERN at Ecsite in Milan 2009 For the new EPPOG chairs

Stockholm University Erik Johansson EPPOG projects EPPOG has become an important platform for European and International education and outreach projects The Masterclasses are now well established The Science Centre contacts are increasing

Stockholm University Erik Johansson New chair(s) We have listened to EPPOG and ECFA members, and to national research organisitations 7 candidates became 4 Initiative to have two co-chairs as the EPPOG activities and its importance has grown a lot Two-chair arrangement got overwhelming support at the last EPPOG meeting Michael Kobel and Dave Barney were overwhelmingly chosen as candidates for next three year period

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Michael Kobel PhD 1991 – Crystal Ball, DESY 1999, Professor Bonn University 2006, Professor Dresden Technical University HEPP Outreach Prize 2002 Coordinator of International Masterclasses since 2005 ATLAS representative in German LHC Kommunikation Nominated for the Descartes Prize in 2005

Stockholm University Erik Johansson Dave Barney PhD 1993, Imperial College, London CERN staff with CMS Project manager of the preshower sub- detector Since 2000, CMS outreach coordinator HEPP Outreach Prize 2005 (joint with Peter Kalmus) Member of Masterclass team Member of Quarknet Advisory Board

Stockholm University Erik Johansson New EPPOG chairs Dave Barney (CERN) and Michael Kobel (Dresden, Germany) are an excellent choice as co-chairs for EPPOG for the coming 3 year period. They have a long experience of EPPOG activities, particularly the successful International Masterclasses. They have a very strong support from the EPPOG members