Science4Peace Forum - Promoting Science as a Driver for Peace

Thursday 20 Mar 2025, 14:45 → 19:00 Europe/Brussels

Auditoire CYCL01 (Marc de Hemptinne (chemin du Cyclotron, 2, Louvain-la-Neuve))

Andres Tanasijczuk (CP3), Andrea Giammanco (CP3)

Dr. Hannes Jung is an emeritus experimental particle physicist from DESY and member of the CMS experiment (CERN). He is the founder of the Science4Peace Forum, a forum for discussion among scientists to promote science as a driver for peace. Prof. Jonathan Ellis is a prominent theoretical particle physicist, staff member of CERN until 2011 and Professor at King’s College London since then. He is known for his efforts to involve non-European nations in CERN scientific activities. In this colloquium, Dr. Jung will introduce the Science4Peace Forum and its activities/initiatives, while Prof. Ellis will speak about scientific collaboration as a form of diplomacy. A discussion session will follow to allow participation and contributions from the audience.

14:45 → 15:00 Coffee at the entrance

15:00 → 15:35 Science4Peace Forum introduction and activities

Speaker: Dr Hannes Jung (DESY)

15:35 → 16:00 Scientific diplomacy in (in)action

Speaker: Prof. John Ellis (King's College London and CERN)

16:00 → 17:00 Questions, discussions and propositions

17:00 → 19:00 Reception & Informal session for more questions, discussions and propositions