Schedule
The following schedule will guide you through the relevant events of the LHC’s first collisions at the energy of 7 TeV. As it is not possible to predict precisely when collisions will occur, regular shuttles to the experimental control rooms are scheduled throughout the day. Live coverage via satellite and webcast will be offered.
Every accredited journalist will be assigned to visit an experimental control room at a specified time on the morning of the event. In addition to this hour-long time slot in the morning, journalists can sign up for additional visits to the control room of their choice or the computing center in the afternoon.
Individual interviews with a CERN scientist can be arranged by request. For more information, speak with a CERN press officer.
The CMS Experiment, one of the four large experiments at the LHC, has 35 centres on five continents that are willing to welcome media on the First Physics day. More details available here.
All times below are Central European Summer Time (CEST):
| 7:00 | Accreditation desks open at CERN Reception, all accredited journalists receive their experiment assignment for morning control room visits The Main Press Centre and Quiet Working Space open for journalists’ use |
| 7:15 | Shuttle from Reception leaves for the Main Press Centre; this shuttle will run continuously between the Reception and Main Press Centre until 10:00 |
| 8:30 | Shuttles begin to depart from the Main Press Centre to the experiment control rooms; shuttles will be offered every hour until 18:00; journalists must check their assignment for the morning’s visit time and control room |
| 9:00 | First attempts to collide particles at 7 TeV begin Live satellite broadcast begins, available via EBU and webcast; Webcasts begin includes updates from the CERN Control Centre and special physics topics with experts |
| 11:00 | Live satellite broadcast ends, webcast continues |
| 12:15 | If no collisions have occurred by 12:00, press briefing in the Main Press Centre summarizes the morning, there will be no outside transmission of the briefing |
| 18:00 | Live Webcast and visits to the experimental control rooms end |
| 18:15 | Press briefing held in the Main Press Centre to summarize the day |
| 20:00 | Main Press Centre and Quiet Working Space close |
When Collisions Occur
Following first collisions of particles at 7 TeV, a press release will be issued, there will also be a live feed on EBU with reactions from the CERN Control Centre.
Approximately one hour after collisions occur, a Press Conference will be held in the Main Press Centre, speakers may include:
- Rolf Heuer, CERN Director-General
- Steve Myers, Director of Accelerators and Technology
- James Gillies, Head of Communication and CERN Spokesperson
- Jurgen Schukraft, Spokesperson of the ALICE experiment
- Fabiola Gianotti, Spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment
- Guido Tonelli, Spokesperson of the CMS experiment
- Andrei Golutvin, Spokesperson of the LHCb experiment
The press conference is tentatively scheduled for 11:15am - this is subject to change.
In the event that collisions do not occur on the first day of the Media Event, webcast coverage will be continued the following day and journalists will be invited to return
These pages will be regularly updated with information about the event, including information for broadcasters concerning distribution of images from the events. Updates will also be distributed via CERN's twitter feed, http://twitter.com/cern