Diapositiva 1

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http//www.roma1.infn.it/exp/helen/
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Latin America 8 Countries 22 Universities
                    Argentina                     Brasil                     Chile                     Colombia                     Cuba                     Mexico                     Peru                     Venezuela
Europe 5 Countries 2 Research Centres 17
Universities
                 CERN                 DESY                     France                     Italy                     Portugal                     Spain                     United Kingdom

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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    

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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.

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Applications
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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.

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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

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A Latin-American HST 200X
The Dream / Objective

• 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

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THANKS TO

• HELEN PROGRAM
• (ALFA-EC FUNDS)
• HST - 2006