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Happy 20th Birthday, World Wide Web!

On 13 March CERN celebrated the 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web. Check out the video interview with Web creator Tim Berners-Lee and find out more about the both the history and future of the Web. To celebrate CERN also launched a brand new website, CERNland, for kids. >>

Towards the CERN of tomorrow

The Council working group on the geographical and scientific enlargement of CERN met for the first time during the week of 9 March. >>

Paul Collier : Balancing beams

As former head of AB Operations, Paul Collier and his group were in the ‘cockpit’ for the LHC’s maiden voyage - piloting the first beam around the ring. But now, as Head of the Beams Department, he will need his feet firmly on the ground in order to balance all the beam activities at CERN. >>

Vincent Vuillemin: Consolidating CERN’s technical base

Former head of the Technical Support Department, Vincent Vuillemin is pursuing his mission as the head of the new Engineering Department. The remodelled department is working towards the resumption of LHC operations, on the Laboratory’s numerous projects and consolidation of the existing facilities. >>

Frédérick Bordry: The LHC first and foremost

The new TE Department is focussed on getting the LHC back in operation. This task is being tackled even as the Department is adapting its activities for the LHC operational phase. >>

CERN honours Georges Charpak

CERN pays tribute to the work of Georges Charpak at a colloquium in honour of his 85th birthday. >>

The Latest from the LHC

In Sector 3-4 repair work on the cryogenic pipeline that supplies liquid helium to the magnets has been completed. >>

CERN honours Carlo Rubbia

On 7 April CERN will be holding a symposium to mark the 75th birthday of Carlo Rubbia, who shared the 1984 Nobel Prize for Physics with Simon van der Meer for contributions to the discovery of the W and Z bosons, carriers of the weak interaction. >>

ALICE’s new meeting room

There’s no reason to be late for a meeting in Wonderland (Point 2) anymore as ALICE gets a brand new conference room and a ‘clean up’. >>

Dirk Bakker 1947 – 2009

Dirk Bakker, far left, with his colleagues in the former AB-CO group during a test of new prototype consoles for the CERN Control Centre in 2005. >>

Official News

Official communication of the Safety Commission  
Foreign driving licences in Switzerland  
Replacement of Swiss "Attestations de fonctions"   
Pension Fund  
To all members of the personnel  

Training and Development

CERN Technical Training: available Places in forthcoming Courses   
CERN Academic Training Programme 2008/2009  
CERN Technical Training: available Places in forthcoming Courses  
CERN Technical Training: Digital Signal Processors  
CERN Technical Training: new courses on computer security  
CERN Technical Training: LABVIEW courses include RADE  
CERN Management & Communication Training programme  

General Information

Publication of the Bulletin in April  
Car park by the flag poles closed at Gate B end  
Thank you  
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