Liverpool Particle Physics Masterclass 2026

Friday 27 Mar 2026, 09:00 → 16:31 Europe/London

Liverpool Central Teaching Laboratories

09:30 → 10:00 Arrival and registration

Coffee provided

10:00 → 11:00 Introductory Lectures

10:00 Introduction to Particle Physics

Speaker: Saskia Charity

10:50 Welcome

Welcome and safety briefing

Speaker: Carl Gwilliam

11:00 → 12:00 Interactive activity and lab tours

11:00 Interactive workshop

11:00 Lab tours

Groups will rotate between the lab tour and the interactive session. Lab tours are 20 minutes long.

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

Lunch is provided. Undergraduate students from UoL will attend to chat about life as a Liverpool Physics student. A range of particle physics detectors built at Liverpool will be on display.

13:00 → 15:00 LHCb computing activity

13:00 Intro to LHCb activity

Speaker: David Hutchcroft (University of Liverpool)

13:15 LHCb computing activity

15:00 → 16:31 CERN Videoconference and Closeout

15:00 Videoconference with CERN

16:00 Feedback and closeout

16:30 Depart