LHC inauguration, LHCfest only two weeks away!
The official ceremony for the inauguration of the LHC with Heads of State and Ministers from CERN’s Member States, to be held on Tuesday 21 October, will be followed by an LHCfest to thank all those who took part in bringing the accelerator to completion.
The invitation will be sent in the next few days by internal mail.
The event has been made possible by generous donations from a range of companies and organizations.
Practical information for CERN personnel involved
1. REGISTRATION will be at the Globe of Science and Innovation
- invited members of personnel: follow instructions on your invitation card;
- volunteers: you will receive instructions via e-mail.
2. SHUTTLE SERVICE
There will be no access to the inauguration site for private vehicles. A shuttle service will be provided from the Globe of Science and Innovation between 7:30 and 11:30 for members of the personnel involved in the organization and thereafter for all invited guests:
- Shuttle departures for all invited guests after registration and security check as indicated on personal invitation cards;
- Return shuttles from ceremony location, back to reserved parkings start at 18:00.
Regularly updated maps available at:
http://www.cern.ch/LHC2008/inauguration/traffic.html
LHCfest
After the official ceremony, the party will go on at the same location to involve and thank all "Cernois" – physicists, engineers, technicians and administrators – who took part in the LHC adventure and who could not be invited to the Official Inauguration ceremony. Since the maximum capacity of the LHCfest location is limited to about 3000 people, an invitation will be sent in the next few days by internal mail to all members of personnel (blue card) and to members of the other categories (users, retired staff and industrial support) invited by the departments and LHC experiments.
PROGRAMME
- 18:30 Musique municipale de Meyrin and LHC films;
- 20:00 Address by Director-General Robert Aymar;
- 20:15 Introduction by Frans Lanting and visual concert "Origins";
20:30-22:30 Buffet service;
- 21:30 Concerts by Cernettes and Canettes;
- 23:30 End of LHCfest.
PRACTICAL INFO
Therewill be no access to the LHCfest site for private vehicles. Please use the shuttle service from the designated car parks on the Meyrin and Prévessin sites.
Shuttle departures will start at 18:30.
The last return shuttle to the Meyrin and Prévessin car parks will be at 23:30.
… And more Highlights
As already indicated in previous Bulletin articles, innovation will be the leitmotiv of the two events. A central highlight of both the LHC inauguration and the LHCfest will be a special visual concert.
More info on the LHC2008 website:
ORIGINS
Adapted from LIFE: A Journey Through Time
ORIGINS is a celebration of the wonder of the cosmos and the glory of life on Earth, as expressed through the imagery of National Geographic resident photographer Frans Lanting and the music of Philip Glass. Specially commissioned by CERN for the ceremony to inaugurate the Large Hadron Collider, ORIGINS is a 20-minute adaptation of the original, one-hour, multimedia production LIFE: A Journey Through Time, featuring Frans Lanting’s photographs and Philip Glass’s music, choreographed by Alexander V. Nichols. Performed by a symphony orchestra with projected images, LIFE interprets the history of life on Earth from its earliest beginnings with the Big Bang to its present diversity.
Performed by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Carolyn Kuan.
Concepts and images by Frans Lanting, music by Philip Glass, arranged for orchestra by Michael Riesman, visual choreography by Alexander V. Nichols.
Project editing by Christine Eckstrom.
