CERN Alumni Weekly News | The Return of SPARKS, Open Quantum Institute and CERN Alumnus Regional Group
Has the CERN Alumni Network helped you find your job, either through the jobs board, or via a connection or an event found on alumni.cern? If so, we would like to hear from you: https://alumni.web.cern.ch/form/found-my-job-thanks-to-the-cern-
Are you based in the United Arab Emirates? Then we invite you to join a networking event organised by CERN Alumni local group managers in Dubai on 02 November! https://alumni.cern/events/97370
We are also currently looking for local CERN Alumni group managers in Boston, Milan & Turin – get in touch if you’d like to know more!
Following our latest News from the Lab featuring CERN Knowledge Transfer group, this CERN Courier article provides a high-level tour of CERN’s unique research and innovation ecosystem: https://cerncourier.com/a/cerns-partnerships-underpin-a-joined-up-innovation-pipeline/
The 2nd edition of SPARKS! is back this year with the theme “Future Technology for Health”. Whether in the domains of prevention, diagnosis or treatment, the topics for this edition of Sparks! will seek to ask new questions linking medical technologies to fundamental science, ethics, globalisation and more: https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/cern/sparks-cerns-serendipity-forum-brings-together-experts-discuss-future-technology
Bringing together the brightest minds in the field, SPARKS! podcast explores the visions of the future shaped by health technologies, and digs deep into the important questions around medical ethics, equity, and open science: https://sparks.cern/podcast
CERN has joined a coalition of science and industry partners proposing the creation of an Open Quantum Institute. This institute will work to ensure that emerging quantum technologies are put to use to tackle key societal challenges: https://home.cern/news/news/computing/cern-joins-leaders-research-and-industry-propose-open-quantum-institute
Finally, do you ever wonder what it is like to be a mid-career scientist? Five researchers field questions from junior colleagues, and describe what they wished they’d known at their age: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03340-0?
Stay connected,
The CERN Alumni Relations team