CERN Alumni Weekly News | Look Who We Bumped Into — Michel Delacollette, AI for Science Newsletter, Group meetings in Vienna, Helsinki, New York and Morocco

THIS WEEK’S DIGEST AT A GLANCE

ALUMNI STORIES: Look Who We Bumped Into — Michel Delacollette 
GROUPS: Vienna, Digital Memory, Space Group, Helsinki, Morocco, New York
AI FOR SCIENCE NEWSLETTER
EVENTS: Knowledge Transfer Seminar on CERN’s Single Frequency Raman Laser
FROM CERN: ALPHA antimatter precision milestone & ATLAS observes new particle

ALUMNI STORIES

Look Who We Bumped Into — Michel Delacollette 

Michel began his journey at CERN in 1977 as a scholarship student before moving into industry, where he held roles ranging from project manager to division director and later board-level mandates in Belgian and international companies. After completing a seven-year philosophy programme, he now advises young entrepreneurs and writes novels on political and economic philosophy. He recently came back to CERN to share more about his fascinating career path and reflections on life after the Lab. Watch the video here: https://alumni.cern/news/13260060

GROUPS

• 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 on AI-driven mission risk classification, analog space missions, astrodynamics and commercial reentry operations: https://alumni.cern/events/213188
• Join us during CERN FCC Week in Helsinki — Meet the Director-General and reconnect with CERN, 9 June 2026: https://alumni.cern/events/213386
• CERN Alumni Morocco — Second Hybrid Meeting, 13 June 2026 | Rabat + Online. Join CERN Alumni Morocco for a discussion on how experiences gained at CERN can contribute to scientific development and research capacity in Morocco: https://alumni.cern/topics/57373/events/213502
• New York CERN Alumni x Flatiron Institute Meetup — Science and Technology Exchange & Happy Hour, 25 June 2026: https://alumni.cern/topics/3712/events/214097https://alumni.cern/topics/3712/events/214097https://alumni.cern/topics/3712/events/214097https://alumni.cern/topics/3712/events/214097

AI FOR SCIENCE NEWSLETTER

The CERN Alumni AI for Science Group has launched its new monthly newsletter, bringing together updates, insights, opportunities and discussions at the intersection of AI, science and industry.

Check out the first edition for May here:  https://alumni.cern/topics/58027/news/13260675

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

• ALPHA measures tiny energy gap in antimatter with improved precision- The ALPHA Collaboration has improved the precision of its measurement of the ground-state hyperfine splitting of antihydrogen by two orders of magnitude: https://home.cern/alpha-measures-tiny-energy-gap-in-antimatter-with-improved-precision/
• ATLAS observes new composite particle - The ATLAS Collaboration reports the first observation of the Bc*+ meson, an excited counterpart of a particle made up of a charm quark and a bottom antiquark: https://home.cern/atlas-observes-new-composite-particle/