CERN Alumni Weekly News | Fourth Collisions submissions, From CERN to industry — Andrea Dotti, FCC Dedicated group, Summer students reunite after 50 years

THIS WEEK’S DIGEST AT A GLANCE

COMMUNITY: Fourth Collisions reunion & call for talks submissions
CAREERS: From CERN to industry — Andrea Dotti shares what worked when transitioning
GROUPS: Eindhoven, Vienna, Digital Memory, Space group
FCC: Dedicated group, news, and public events
EVENTS: Knowledge Transfer Seminar — Precision Instrumentation and CERN’s Single Frequency Raman Laser
FROM CERN: Summer students reunite after 50 years & Run 3 finale preparations

COMMUNITY — FOURTH COLLISIONS

Planning for the next Fourth Collisions CERN alumni reunion is already underway — and the organising committee would like to have your input. Help shape the event by sharing what would make you want to attend, reconnect, and participate.

We are also launching a call for submissions. Do you know a speaker who would inspire the community, or would you like to propose a talk yourself? Let us know through the form below: https://alumni.cern/surveys/forms/7659

CAREERS

From CERN to Industry — Andrea Dotti (PIX4D) - Moving from CERN to industry is a path many alumni have taken, but it is rarely straightforward. How do you translate research experience into language recruiters understand? What should stay — or go — on your CV? And how do you prepare for interviews where no one has heard of ROOT or GEANT4? In the latest article of the What Worked for Me series, Andrea Dotti, Head of R&D at PIX4D, shares practical advice drawn from his own transition experience: https://alumni.cern/news/13238697

Do you also have career advice you’d like to share with fellow alumni? Contribute here: https://alumni.web.cern.ch/form/what-worked-for-me-cern-alumni-c

GROUPS

• CERN Alumni Eindhoven — Alumni Meet-up, 30 May 2026 | 18:00. Join fellow alumni at City Brewery Eindhoven, Café 100 Watts: https://alumni.cern/events/p/97982
• CERN Alumni Vienna — Atominstitut Visit, 2 June 2026: http://alumni.cern/events/212231
• Digital Memory Group — Help preserve CERN history, 3 June 2026, hybrid. Join the next Digital Memory Group meeting dedicated to recognising, identifying, and preserving CERN photos and videos from 1985–2003. Coffee and biscuits included: https://alumni.cern/events/212160
• CERN Alumni Space Group — A TED-like Talk from Space, 3 June 2026, online- Join the first community event of the CERN Alumni Space Group featuring talks from members of the community on topics ranging from AI-driven space mission risk classification and analog space missions to astrodynamics and commercial reentry operations: https://alumni.cern/events/213188

FCC — FUTURE CIRCULAR COLLIDER

Following the publication of the FCC feasibility study, CERN has expanded its dialogue and information activities with local communities in Switzerland and France where the project could potentially be established. Public participation processes are now officially underway in both countries ahead of any future investment decision by the CERN Council: https://home.cern/le-processus-de-participation-citoyenne-sur-le-futur-collisionneur-circulaire-fcc-debute-en-suisse-et-en-france/

• In Switzerland, consultations run from 18 May to 2 October 2026.
• In France, the public debate takes place from 2 June to 1 October 2026.

Learn more about the process and access the FCC dossier here: https://home.cern/science/accelerators/future-circular-collider/

We have also launched a dedicated CERN Alumni FCC group on the platform. Join discussions, stay informed about public events, and connect with fellow alumni following the future of the project: https://alumni.cern/topics/58509/home

You can also post your FCC-related questions directly in the forum: https://alumni.cern/topics/58509/forum/t/61963

EVENTS

Knowledge Transfer Seminar — Precision Instrumentation and CERN’s Single Frequency Raman Laser, 2 June 2026 | 15:30–17:00 CEST

FabNS, a Brazilian deep-tech company specialising in scientific instrumentation, will present its nano-Raman Porto platform and discuss its collaboration with CERN Venture Connect to integrate CERN’s single-frequency Raman laser technology into future nano-scale spectroscopy applications: https://alumni.cern/events/213676

FROM CERN

• The CERN Council examines the feasibility study of a next-generation collider- During a dedicated meeting of the CERN Council on 6–7 November, delegates from CERN’s Member and Associate Member States reviewed the results of the feasibility study for the Future Circular Collider project: https://home.cern/cern-council-reviews-feasibility-study-next-generation-collider/
• CERN summer students reunite 50 years later - Alumni of the 1976 Summer Student Programme recently returned to CERN for a special reunion, revisiting the place where they first met half a century ago: https://home.cern/cern-summer-students-reunite-50-years-later/
• Accelerator Report — Preparing for the Run 3 finale - As Run 3 approaches its final phase, the LHC and its injector chain are transitioning from proton to ion operations in preparation for the final months of the physics programme: https://home.cern/accelerator-report-from-protons-to-ions-the-lhc-and-its-injectors-prepare-for-the-run-3-finale/