The 2007 European School of High-Energy Physics

The 2007 European School of High-Energy Physics (formerly the CERN-JINR School of Physics) will be jointly organized by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia, and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland together with the Academy of Sciences, and Charles University, Prague.

The European School of High  Energy Physics  is targetted particularly at students in experimental HEP who are in the final years of work towards their PhDs. Other schools, such as the CERN-FNAL Hadron Collider Physics School [http://cern.ch/hcpss ], may provide more appropriate training for young postdocs in experimental HEP, PhD students who have already attended the European school, and  senior PhD students in HEP phenomenology.
Preference will be given to students who have connections with CERN and JINR member states either because of their nationality, or because of their institutional affiliation, or because they are involved in an experimental programme at a laboratory located in one of the member states.

The Schools of Physics are designed to give a survey of up-to-date information, rather than to be a training course. An outline of each of the lecture courses and reading lists will be published on the web. It should be noticed that some pre-knowledge of the subjects is necessary in order to be able to profit fully from the lecture courses.

School Poster in jpg format (0.5 MB): Poster1, and in pdf format (1.3 MB): Poster2

Date and Place of the School

The 15-th European School of High-Energy Physics will be held from August 19 to September 1, 2007 in Trest, Czech Republic.
Trest is located very close to midway between Prague and Vienna following the most direct road. See the red arrow in the middle right at the linked map

The following links could also be consulted:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/cz-ji-tr.html and
http://www.fzu.cz/activities/conferences/ssp9/trest/Trest.jpg

Trest is the second biggest centre in the Vysocina Region, also knows as the Jihlava region, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia and partly in the south-west of the historical region of Moravia. The original village was established at the end of the 12^th Century on the left bank of the small river Trestice. The lectures will be given in the Trest Chateau Hotel, Hotel Zamecky.

This Renaissance Castle was built in the 16^th century of the right bank of the river Trestice.
The town, at an altitude of 584 meters, has a rich cultural and sports base. The Hotel is located in a calm environment surrounded by the hills of the Czech-Moravian Heights. This province is knows as one of the clearest fresh air area in the Czech Republic.

 The weather in August is usually sunny with dominant wind coming from the West and the average temperature is around 16ºC.

Accommodation

Hotel Zamecky welcome the School participants at:
http://www.zamek-trest.cz/uk/welcome.html

The hotel is situated close to the center of Trest, and the entire hotel is reserved for the School’s students, faculty and staff. Students will share double rooms with bathroom. The lecture hall and the rooms for the discussion sessions are also situated in the hotel, which will be equipped with computing and electronic communication facilities. All the meals will be served in the large dining room of the Hotel.

Scientific Programme

The preliminary scientific programme is as follows (Draft Programme):

Draft Programme

There will be thirty four lectures in all, each lasting about 75 minutes, with additional time for questions and discussion.

 Students will be encouraged to present their current research work in the form of a special poster session that is planned for Thursday August 23.

Discussion Sessions

Social Programme

On Saturday 25 August there will be a one-day excursion to Prague with sightseeing and a guided tour through the town in addition to freetime and dinner.

Language

Proceedings

Travel

A Map of the Czech Republic can be found at:
http://www.fzu.cz/activities/conferences/ssp9/trest/CzechRepublic.jpg
and Trest is located close to Jihlava where the road to Vienna leaves the main road between Prague and Bratislava. Trest is 120 km away from Prague and roughly the same distance from Vienna, Austria.

Cost

Participation

Application

• a completed application form
• a letter of reference and ranking from the candidate's professor or supervisor

For the Application Form remember to fill in ALL fields: use "N/A" when "Not Applicable". APPLICATION FORM The application form for the 2007 European School of High Energy Physics should be completed and sent as soon as possible. A 100-word summary of your current work should be sent by completing the appropriate section in the Web application form. NOTE: In order to coordinate the selection of students with the CERN Fermilab School, the application deadline for the European School has been postponed until 31 March, 2007. The submission of the completed application form must be accompanied in parallel by a letter of reference and ranking from the student's professor or supervisor (signed and dated hard copy with letterhead of referee's institution – or a PDF copy sent as an attachment to an email by the supervisor). Applications without a reference letter will not be considered. The professor or supervisor's name and the date of the reference letter should be indicated in the appropriate boxes on the Web application form; and the letter should be sent to Danielle Métral, the CERN Organizing Secretary (see Enquiries and Correspondence below). Students who wish to apply but who do not have a suitable browser for the Web application form should request a hard copy of the form from one of the Organizing Secretaries (see Enquiries and Correspondence), stating clearly their name and postal address. Their 100-word summary of current work should be sent by electronic mail to the CERN Organizing Secretary. Candidates should ensure that their application, letter of reference and 100-word summary reach the CERN Organizing Secretary by March 31, 2007. The selection of the students will be made by the International Organizing Committee together with the local director, and all applicants will be informed by the end of April 2007 whether or not they have been selected.

Organizing Committee

International Committee:

Local Committee:

International Advisors:

Enquiries and Correspondence

All enquiries and correspondence related to the School of Physics should be addressed to one of the Organizing Secretaries: