HELEN Program: Connecting Latin America and Europe in High Energy Physics

1. http://www.roma1.infn.it/exp/helen/

2. Latin America: 8 Countries 22 Universities Europe 5 Countries 2 Research Centres 17 Universities

3. Network Objectives • To integrate, consolidate and booster the collaborations in the field of High Energy physics between Latin America and Europe. • To provide specialized training for young Latin American scientists • To contribute to the modernization of physics education in Latin America;  • To foster the scientific collaboration in Fundamental Physics between Latin America and Europe by using the existing or foreseen large facilities,  • To contribute to the technological development of Latin America Coordinator Luciano MAIANI   Università degli Studi di Roma, "La Sapienza"  Dipartimento di Fisica  

4. HELEN OBJECTIVES Advanced training to young physicists: • in the preparation of detectors, • hardware / software analysis tools for LHC, DESY, CNGS or Auger experiments, • theoretical Physics . Technology Transfer Mobility from researchers between Europe-LA Outreach: • Participation to the CERN High School Teachers Programme • Training of the same students by the Outreach unit at CERN.

5. Applications

6. HELEN HST 2006 - 2008 We are the first three Latinamericans to participate in the HST in a three-year program Our main goals from HST 2006: • To acquire the experience and knowledge accumulated in HST program • To receive updated information on High Energy Physics • To gather, choose and translate material to communicate HEP and the work made at CERN • To share our experience in our own countries, to communicate to others what HST and CERN are and to encourage others to participate! • To create a network between HST/CERN and Latin American participants to build together our own program. • To promote collaboration in Latin America between high schools, universities and institutions to reinforce the developement of science in our countries.

7. What we would like to do … • To promote the teaching of modern physics in high schools in our countries • To promote training for Physics teachers in HEP • To give lectures in High Schools, to general public and to students at universities • To translate teaching material in Spanish for students and teachers • To participate in differents meetings on education, science communication and policies on science and technology • To write articles in Educational/Science Communication Publications and newspapers • To create a HEP-Experimental Network for High School Teachers: e.g. cosmic rays

8. The Dream / Objective A Latin-American HST –200X Creation of a Latin American Committee: • To analyze the situation - curricula, infrastructure - in each country using the HELEN network • To evaluate the viability of this enterprise • To prepare the Project • To find the required support

9. THANKS TO HELEN PROGRAM (ALFA-EC FUNDS) HST - 2006