New Year’s reception


CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer welcoming Carlo Lamprecht (left), Chairman of the Geneva Diplomatic Club, former State Counsellor of Geneva and former CERN staff member, and Etienne Blanc (right), Deputy-Mayor of Divonne-les-Bains and Chairman of the Community of communes of the Pays de Gex.



At a reception on 28 January in the Globe of Science and Innovation, the CERN management presented their best wishes for 2009 to politicians and representatives of the administrations in the local area, and diplomats representing CERN’s Member States, Observer States and other countries. The event was attended by some 180 people, including many CERN staff. In his address, Rolf Heuer spoke of his desire to open the CERN Laboratory to the local community and to the world and to strike up new partnerships. The guests greatly appreciated this willingness.