The LHC Official Inauguration will take place on October 21st, from 15h00 to 18h00, in the presence of the highest representatives of the member states of CERN and representatives of the communities and authorities of the countries participating in the LHC adventure.
Relevant information for the press will be continuously updated in the coming days.
CERN Press Releases
Accreditation
Live Satellite and Web Broadcast
Pictures of the Ceremony
Speeches from the Ceremony
Latest CERN videos
Accreditation
Media accreditation is being handled by the national missions in Geneva. Journalists wishing to attend should contact press.office@cern.ch, to be put in contact with the relevant mission. Places are strictly limited.
Live Satellite and Web broadcast
A limited number of video connections will be available on the CERN webcast site and links to other sites webcasting the ceremony will be made available there.
Satellite uplink will be provided by Hotbird 13º Est (thanks to the project ERICERN) and by Eurovision. Televisions can pick up the free signal here:
EBU REF 08/094087/01 SE 26948 Cern LHC Inauguration
Date: 21/10/08 timing: 14:10-17:10 UTC WF
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Cern LHC Inauguration
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Pictures of the Ceremony
On the Inauguration Day photographs will be posted at regular intervals on this site. High-resolution copies will be available at no charge, subject to acceptance of CERN’s conditions of use.
Please note that access to CERN’s high-resolution photo collection is via login. Media wishing to access photographs on the day might like to set up accounts in advance.
Speeches from the Ceremony
- Talk of Robert AYMAR, Director General of CERN
- Allocution de Robert Aymar, Directeur général du CERN
- Talk from Lyn Evans, LHC Project leader
- Address by Professor Jan Mikolaj, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Slovak Republic
- Address by Professor José Mariano Gago, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
- Address by dr. Annette Schavan, MdB, Federal Minister of Education and Research
- Rede der Bundesministerin für Bildung und Forschung, dr. Annette Schavan, MdB
- Intervention de M. François Fillon, Premier Ministre de la République française
- Closing remarks by the President of the CERN Council, Professor Torsten Åkesson
- Discours de clôture du Président du Conseil du CERN, le professeur Torsten Åkesson
- Address by Frans Lanting, photographer, introducing ORIGINS
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