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Blowing out 70 candles: CERN celebrates seven decades of discoveries and looks ahead to a brilliant future of science and innovation
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A special high-level ceremony held at CERN crowned a year-long celebration taking place across Europe and beyond
Geneva, 01 October 2024. Today, CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, is hosting a special high-level ceremony to celebrate its 70th anniversary, attended by 38 national delegations, including Heads of State and Government from Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia, Serbia, Slovakia and Switzerland, Her Royal Highness the Princess Astrid of Belgium, and the President of the European Commission. In addition to the national delegations, many scientific, political and economic leaders are also joining the celebration hosted in the CERN Science Gateway, the new hub for education and outreach bridging science to the general public.
This high level group of distinguished guests demonstrates the strong support for CERN’s mission and its ambition. CERN is the world’s leading laboratory for high-energy physics, it is a centre of development of advanced technologies, a platform for training and education and a brilliant example of collaboration across borders.
“I am very honoured to welcome representatives from our Member and Associate Member States, our Observers and our partners from all over the world on this very special day”, said Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General. “CERN is a great success for Europe and its global partners, and our founders would be very proud to see what CERN has accomplished over the seven decades of its life. The aspirations and values that motivated those founders remain firmly anchored in our Organization today: the pursuit of scientific knowledge and technological developments for the benefit of humanity; training and education; collaboration across borders, diversity and inclusion; knowledge, technology and education accessible to society at no cost; and a great dose of boldness and determination to pursue paths that border on the impossible.”
“CERN is living proof that human ingenuity knows no bounds when set on a common goal that transcends borders,” said Eliezer Rabinovici, President of the CERN Council. ” When celebrating 70 years of CERN, we are celebrating the daring vision of the founding fathers. We are recognising the work of generations of CERN personnel that have made possible seminal scientific and technological contributions that led to uncovering the secrets of nature for the benefit of all humanity. CERN has brought Europe to the front line of human endeavours. It is my belief that CERN will continue to carry the torch, with the support of the European public and its leaders.”
The CERN community continues to work tirelessly to uncover the many mysteries of the Universe. There is still much to learn about the Higgs boson, and many other puzzles remain about how and why matter in the Universe is the way it is. 95% of the Universe is dark to us, made of forms of energy and matter that we cannot see or understand. Discoveries, observations and measurements made at CERN over the decades, most recently at the LHC, are key to our understanding of the world we live in. The LHC has surpassed expectations, having already produced more data so far in its current third run than during the entire second run, the operation period spanning from 2015 to 2018.
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CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s leading laboratories for particle physics. The Organization is located on the French-Swiss border, with its headquarters in Geneva. Its Member States are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Cyprus and Slovenia are Associate Member States in the pre-stage to Membership. Brazil, Croatia, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Pakistan, Türkiye and Ukraine are Associate Member States. Japan and the United States of America currently have Observer status, as do the European Union and UNESCO. The Observer status of the Russian Federation and of JINR is suspended in accordance with the CERN Council Resolutions of 8 March 2022 and 25 March 2022, respectively.
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