CERN Alumni Weekly News | Future Collider Strategy Update, Summer Student Stories, Meetups in Barcelona, Munich & Tallinn, First Sustainability Event, Moving out of Academia, Honouring Herwig Schopper
THIS WEEK’S DIGEST AT A GLANCE:
• Towards a Future High-Energy Collider: European Strategy for Particle Physics update event.
• Where are they now? Summer student interviews launch a five-year journey.
• Connect in Barcelona, Munich, Tallinn – plus our first in-person Sustainability event.
• Career event: Moving out of Academia to industry.
• Honouring Herwig Schopper, plus news from CERN.
NEWS FROM THE LAB - 18 Sept 2025, 18.00 CEST (online & in person)
The European Strategy for Particle Physics (ESPP) guides Europe’s long-term priorities – from the next collider at CERN to complementary research. More than 600 scientists from 40 countries shared input at the Venice Open Symposium in June. Hear the key conclusions and next steps.
👉 Join: https://alumni.cern/events/188831
ALUMNI VOICES
In 2024, we spoke to summer students about their CERN experience – we’ll revisit them in 5 years to see how their careers unfold.
Interviews: Janet Sarfo https://alumni.cern/news/2780096 & Abdool Sattar Cassim https://alumni.cern/news/2780097
CERN feature: https://home.cern/news/news/cern/summer-students-shine-cern
GROUP ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
• Barcelona, Castellers training (29 Aug): https://alumni.cern/events/189133
• Munich hike & networking (7 Sept): https://alumni.cern/events/187806
• Tallinn meetup (10 Sept): https://alumni.cern/events/188300
• Sustainability group, first in-person event (19 Sept): https://alumni.cern/events/183545
• Careers event, Moving out of Academia: (31 Oct): https://alumni.cern/events/185479
IN MEMORY – HERWIG SCHOPPER
We mourn the passing of former DG Herwig Schopper (1924–2025), who played a key role in shaping fundamental physics in Europe and in making CERN the prestigious laboratory we know today.
Obituary: https://home.cern/news/obituary/cern/herwig-schopper-1924-2025
Herwig Schopper’s CERN Alumni Second Collisions presentation: https://alumni.cern/news/513966
FROM CERN
• The latest Accelerator Report: https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/accelerator-report-summer-hot-spells-lhc
• Artificial intelligence has been used at CERN since the 1980s; now a new Steering Committee is helping the Organization adopt it more widely: https://home.cern/news/news/cern/building-cerns-ai-strategy