A Decade of Discoveries in High-Energy Physics

Europe/Brussels
Brussels Town Hall - Grand Place

Brussels Town Hall - Grand Place

Description

Curiosity drives us to explore the largest and smallest scales in our Universe. In the last ten years, our research made a major breakthrough on the smallest scales with the discovery of the Higgs boson and on the largest scales by using new messengers to study our Universe.

This opened a unique window for a decade of novel research on these fascinating phenomena. It is now time to celebrate these achievements and plan for the future. To this aim, we are organising an open symposium, involving

- renowned scientists: Bruce Allen (MPI, Hannover), Stan Bentvelsen (Nikhef), Daniela Bortoletto (University of Oxford), Livia Conti (INFN, Padua), François Englert (ULB), Christophe Grojean (DESY), Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Antoine Kouchner (Université Paris-Cité, CNRS) and Paris Sphicas (University of Athens)

- academic institutions: Vincent Blondel (recteur de l'UCLouvain), Jan Danckaert (rector van VUB), Annemie Schaus (rectrice de l'ULB),  Herman Van Goethem (rector van UAntwerpen), Marius Gilbert (vice-recteur à la recherche et à la valorisation de l'ULB), Isabel Van Driessche (Dean of Faculty of Sciences at UGent)

- funding agencies: Véronique Halloin (Secrétaire générale du F.R.S.-FNRS) and Hans Willem (secretaris-generaal van FWO))

- policy makers: Valérie Glatigny (Ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Promotion sociale, de la Recherche scientifique, des Hôpitaux universitaires, de l'Aide à la jeunesse, des Maisons de Justice, de la Promotion de Bruxelles, de la Jeunesse et du Sport)


In parallel, an outreach village will be opened as the kick-off event for a series of outreach activities that will last several months and tour around Belgium.

For info on the village, click here.

The organising committee:

Prof. Nick van Remortel (Universiteit Antwerpen),

Prof. Barbara Clerbaux, Prof. Ioana Maris, Spokesperson of the COSPA network, Prof. Michel Tytgat (Université Libre de Bruxelles),

Prof. Steven Lowette, Prof. Jorgen D’Hondt, be.h deputy spokesperson (Vrije Universiteit Brussel),

Prof. Didar Dobur (Universiteit Gent),

Prof. Francqui Docent Gwenhaël De Wasseige, Coordinator of the outreach activities, Prof. Fabio Maltoni, Spokesperson-coordinator of the be.h EOS project (Université catholique de Louvain).

 

Participants
  • Alba Romero-Rodríguez
  • Alberto Mariotti
  • Alexander Sevrin
  • Amrutha Samalan
  • Ana Godinho
  • Andrea Malara
  • Andrew Cheek
  • Angela Taliercio
  • Anoop Nagesh Koushik
  • Antoine Depasse
  • Antoine Kouchner
  • Antoine Van Proeyen
  • Aqeel Ahmed
  • Archisman Ghosh
  • Audrey Terrier
  • Aäron Rase
  • Barbara Clerbaux
  • Ben Craps
  • Bob Oeyen
  • Bruce Allen
  • Camille Eloy
  • Carinne Mertens
  • Caroline Volckaert
  • Catherine De Clercq
  • Catherine Vander Velde
  • Cezary Turski
  • Christian Döring
  • Christophe Delaere
  • Christophe Grojean
  • Claude Semay
  • Claudio Caputo
  • Clément Lauzin
  • Cristina Giordano
  • Céline Degrande
  • Daniela Bortoletto
  • Daniela Pascucci
  • Daniele Massaro
  • David Marcus E Marckx
  • Denis FAVART
  • Didar Dobur
  • Dieder Van den Broeck
  • Dirk Ryckbosch
  • Eduardo Cortina Gil
  • Eleni Bagui
  • Enrique Huesca Santiago
  • Fabio Maltoni
  • Federico De Lillo
  • Felix Heyen
  • Felix Schlueter
  • Francis Halzen
  • François Briard
  • François Englert
  • Freija Beirnaert
  • Gauthier Durieux
  • Gaétan Facchinetti
  • Gergely Dálya
  • Giacomo Bruno
  • Gilles De Lentdecker
  • Glenn Barnich
  • Gran Marino
  • Guillaume Boileau
  • Gwenhael De Wasseige
  • Hannah Duval
  • Hans Van Haevermaet
  • Hans Willems
  • Haolin Li
  • Herman Van Goethem
  • Hesham El Faham
  • Hugues Evard
  • Iason Baldes
  • Ioana Maris
  • Ioanna Stamou
  • Isabel Mira Oldengott
  • Isabel Van Driessche
  • Itana Bubanja
  • Jan Danckaert
  • Jan Govaerts
  • Jan Jerhot
  • Jean Kimus
  • Jean-Marc GERARD
  • Jean-Marie FRERE
  • Jean-René Cudell
  • Jerome de Favereau
  • Jethro Stoffels
  • Jim Madsen
  • Jindrich Lidrych
  • Jishnu Suresh
  • Jonathan Mauro
  • Jorgen D'Hondt
  • Joris van Heijningen
  • Joscha Knolle
  • Juan Antonio Aguilar Sánchez
  • Julien Touchèque
  • Juraj Klaric
  • Kamiel Janssens
  • Karlijn Kruiswijk
  • Khawla Jaffel
  • Khawla Jaffel
  • Kirill Skovpen
  • Kourosch Abbaspour Tehrani
  • Krijn de Vries
  • Kumar Akhil Kukkadapu
  • Laurent Favart
  • Laurent Thomas
  • Liam Wezenbeek
  • Livia Conti
  • Lopez-Honorez Lopez
  • Luka Lambrecht
  • Marco Drewes
  • Marco Hufnagel
  • Marius Gilbert
  • Marta Colomer Molla
  • Martin Casier
  • Maryam Shooshtari
  • Mathieu Lamoureux
  • Matteo Lucca
  • matthias vereecken
  • Max Lalleman
  • Max Vanden Bemden
  • Michael Korntheuer
  • Michael Tytgat
  • Michel Herquet
  • Michel Tytgat
  • Michele Lucente
  • Miguel Vanvlasselaer
  • Mihailo Backovic
  • Mitja Desmet
  • Mostafa Mahdavikhorrami
  • Mubarak Abdallah
  • Muhammad Usman Ashraf
  • Natalie Jachowicz
  • Nhan Chau
  • Nick van Eijndhoven
  • Nick van Remortel
  • Nicolas Esser
  • Nicolas Grimbaum-Yamamoto
  • Nicolas Lurkin
  • Niels Van den Bossche
  • Nordin Breugelmans
  • Olivier Mattelaer
  • Orazio Zapparrata
  • Paola Mastrapasqua
  • Paramita Dasgupta
  • Paris Sphicas
  • Pascal Vanlaer
  • Pengbo Li
  • Peter Tinyakov
  • Pierre Van Mechelen
  • Pierre-Alexandre Petitjean
  • Piet Van Duppen
  • Quentin Decant
  • Rafael Aoude
  • Ramon Winterhalder
  • Riccardo Argurio
  • Rieesh Keloth
  • Rose Stanley
  • Sandhya Jain
  • Santiago Paredes Saenz
  • Sebastian Zell
  • Senne Van Putte
  • Sergio Ernesto Aguilar Gutierrez
  • Shahram Vatani
  • Simon De Kockere
  • Simon Maenaut
  • Simona Toscano
  • Simone Blasi
  • Simone Tentori
  • Soumya Dansana
  • Stan Bentvelsen
  • Stefaan Sonck Thiebaut
  • Steven Lowette
  • Suat Donertas
  • Sébastien Clesse
  • Sébastien Wertz
  • Thomas Hambye
  • Tomas Kello
  • Tommaso Armadillo
  • Tu Thong Tran
  • Uzair Abdul Latif
  • Valentin Weber
  • Valérie Glatigny
  • Veronique Dehant
  • Vincent Blondel
  • Vincent Lemaître
  • Véronique Halloin
  • Xander Nagels
  • Yannis Georis
  • Yanwen Hong
  • Yanwen Hong
  • Yarno Merckx
  • Yifan Yang
  • ZeQiang Wang
    • 08:30 09:30
      Welcome and introduction
      • 08:30
        Arrival 45m
      • 09:15
        Introduction 15m
        Speaker: Fabio Maltoni (UCL)
    • 09:30 12:30
      Young scientist presentations
      • 09:30
        A H boson story -- Chair: Didar Dobur 1h
        Speakers: Angela Taliercio (CERN - EP/UCM), Dr Didar Dobur (UGent), Hesham El Faham (Université catholique de Louvain), Kirill Skovpen (CERN - EP/UCM)
        • Introduction 5m
          Speaker: Didar Dobur (UGent)
        • H boson self interaction 15m
          Speaker: Angela Taliercio (CERN - EP/UCM)
        • H and Top quark interplay 15m
          Speaker: Kirill Skovpen (CERN - EP/UCM)
        • SMEFT in H and top quark sector 15m
          Speaker: Hesham El Faham (Université catholique de Louvain)
      • 10:30
        Coffee break 30m
      • 11:00
        The Dark Universe -- Chair: Steven Lowette 45m
        Speakers: Aqeel Ahmed (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Iason Baldes (Paris), Steven Lowette (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
        • Introduction 10m
          Speaker: Steven Lowette (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
        • Dark Side of the Universe 15m
          Speaker: Aqeel Ahmed (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
        • The BEH mechanism at high temperature: a link to matter production 15m
          Speaker: Iason Baldes
      • 11:45
        The rise of neutrinos -- Chair: Thomas Hambye 45m
        Speakers: Joscha Knolle (UGent), Marta Colomer (ULB), Thomas Hambye (ULB - Physique Théorique)
        • Introduction 10m
          Speaker: Thomas Hambye (ULB - Physique Théorique)
        • Search for Heavy Neutral Leptons in CMS 15m
          Speaker: Joscha Knolle (UGent)
        • Neutrinos at reactor experiments - JUNO and Solid 15m
          Speaker: Marta Colomer (ULB)
    • 12:30 13:50
      Lunch 1h 20m
    • 13:50 16:00
      Keynote talks
    • 16:00 16:10
      Rectors address 10m
      Speaker: Vincent Blondel
    • 16:10 16:40
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:40 16:50
      HEP research in Belgium : FNRS 10m
      Speaker: Véronique Halloin (FNRS)
    • 16:50 17:00
    • 17:00 18:00
      Scientific panel discussion with Bruce Allen, Stan Bentvelsen, Daniela Bortoletto, François Englert, Francis Halzen chaired by Ana Godinho 1h
      Speakers: Ana Godinho (CERN), Bruce Allen, Daniela Bortoletto (Oxford University), Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin, Madison), François Englert (ULB), Prof. Stan Bentvelsen (NIKHEF)
    • 18:00 19:00
      Visit of the outreach village 1h