The AusSMC’s background briefing on Wednesday morning is a physical event at the Melbourne Convention Centre and will also be available online.
SPEAKERS:
START TIME: 11am AEST.
DURATION: Approx 45 min
VENUE: Melbourne CBD (also available online)
SPEAKERS:
- Professor Geoff Taylor is the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale and leads Australia’s research contribution to CERN
- Dr Peter Jenni is a senior CERN physicist and former spokesman for the ATLAS experiment
- Dr Albert De Roeck is Higgs Group convenor for the CMS experiment at CERN
- Dr Pier Oddone, Director of Fermilab
START TIME: 11am AEST.
DURATION: Approx 45 min
VENUE: Melbourne CBD (also available online)
**There will be interview opportunities after the briefing**
With a major announcement expected on Wednesday evening Australian time from CERN in Switzerland, the creators of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the AusSMC is holding a background briefing in Melbourne on Wednesday morning to help journalists get their heads around the search for the so-called ‘god particle’ – the Higgs boson. We hope this event will help you prepare your stories and be on the front foot when the update from CERN comes through.
CERN will make their announcement at a scientific update and press conference (both available as a live webcast) on the search for the Higgs boson made jointly at CERN in Geneva and at the opening session of the 36th International Conference on High Energy Physics in Melbourne (4-11 July) from 5pm Wed 4 July AEST.
The AusSMC’s background briefing on Wednesday morning is a physical event at the Melbourne Convention Centre and will also be available online. It will discuss:
SPEAKERS:
DATE: Wed 4 July
START TIME: 11am AEST
DURATION: Approx 45 min
VENUE: Melbourne CBD (also available online)
PHONE CONTACT ON THE DAY: 0499 072 742 (during the event you can also try calling the AusSMC office on 08 7120 8666)
Note: TV Crews, please contact Niall Byrne if you need assistance with parking (0417 131 977)
JOINING ONLINE:
Journalists can follow the briefing online via audio and video streaming. Each presenter will speak for 5-7 minutes followed by questions. Journalists will have the opportunity to ask questions online.
1. Go to the briefing web portal by clicking here 5 minutes before the start time or anytime during the briefing.
2. Enter your name and email address
3. Click “Join”.
(System requirements: You will need a broadband connection and speakers/headphones to hear the event. Allow 1-2 mins for your computer to be configured correctly, install ActiveX, if asked)
If you have any problems joining the briefing online, phone Webex on 1800 12 92 78 quoting event number 868 801 496.
A recording of the event will be posted here as soon as possible after the event.
For further information, please contact the AusSMC on 08 7120 8666 or email info@smc.org.au.
Date issued: 3 July 2012
NB: The AusSMC generally runs two different types of media briefings:
NEWS BRIEFINGS – Where new research or data will be released as part of the briefing
BACKGROUND BRIEFINGS – Where experts discuss an issue which is in the news or an issue we consider newsworthy, but no new research or data is being released
With a major announcement expected on Wednesday evening Australian time from CERN in Switzerland, the creators of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the AusSMC is holding a background briefing in Melbourne on Wednesday morning to help journalists get their heads around the search for the so-called ‘god particle’ – the Higgs boson. We hope this event will help you prepare your stories and be on the front foot when the update from CERN comes through.
CERN will make their announcement at a scientific update and press conference (both available as a live webcast) on the search for the Higgs boson made jointly at CERN in Geneva and at the opening session of the 36th International Conference on High Energy Physics in Melbourne (4-11 July) from 5pm Wed 4 July AEST.
The AusSMC’s background briefing on Wednesday morning is a physical event at the Melbourne Convention Centre and will also be available online. It will discuss:
- What is Higgs boson?
- Why have physicists been looking for evidence of Higgs boson for 50 years?
- If proven to exist, how will Higgs boson change our knowledge of the world?
- Will there be any practical implications if the Higgs boson is shown to exist?
SPEAKERS:
- Professor Geoff Taylor is the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale and leads Australia’s research contribution to CERN
- Dr Peter Jenni is a senior CERN physicist and former spokesman for the ATLAS experiment
- Dr Albert De Roeck is Higgs Group convenor for the CMS experiment at CERN
- Dr Pier Oddone, Director of Fermilab
DATE: Wed 4 July
START TIME: 11am AEST
DURATION: Approx 45 min
VENUE: Melbourne CBD (also available online)
PHONE CONTACT ON THE DAY: 0499 072 742 (during the event you can also try calling the AusSMC office on 08 7120 8666)
Note: TV Crews, please contact Niall Byrne if you need assistance with parking (0417 131 977)
JOINING ONLINE:
Journalists can follow the briefing online via audio and video streaming. Each presenter will speak for 5-7 minutes followed by questions. Journalists will have the opportunity to ask questions online.
1. Go to the briefing web portal by clicking here 5 minutes before the start time or anytime during the briefing.
2. Enter your name and email address
3. Click “Join”.
(System requirements: You will need a broadband connection and speakers/headphones to hear the event. Allow 1-2 mins for your computer to be configured correctly, install ActiveX, if asked)
If you have any problems joining the briefing online, phone Webex on 1800 12 92 78 quoting event number 868 801 496.
A recording of the event will be posted here as soon as possible after the event.
For further information, please contact the AusSMC on 08 7120 8666 or email info@smc.org.au.
Date issued: 3 July 2012
NB: The AusSMC generally runs two different types of media briefings:
NEWS BRIEFINGS – Where new research or data will be released as part of the briefing
BACKGROUND BRIEFINGS – Where experts discuss an issue which is in the news or an issue we consider newsworthy, but no new research or data is being released
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