International Masterclasses 2013 Status Central Coordination Uta Bilow

International Masterclasses 2013 Status Central Coordination Uta Bilow Pre-meeting - 29. 11. 2012, CERN

INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASSES 2013 New countries: • Romania • Turkey • Cyprus • Palestine • Egypt • India 37 countries!

International Masterclasses 2013 New institutes: • Ankara METU, TR • Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, EG • University of Nicosia, CY • Birzeit University, PS • Welios (Science Center), AT • Cosenza, IT • University of Kwa. Zulu-Natal, Durban, Z • Irfu Saclay, FR • Curitiba, BR • Trinity College Dublin, IE • Ponte Delgada, PT • Évora, PT • Novi Sad, RS

Registration (so far) • Period: 25. 2. – 22. 3. 2013 (22 days) (21 in 2012) • 158 Masterclasses (143) – ALICE: 10 (13) – ATLAS W: 50 (42) – ATLAS Z: 58 (53) – CMS: 40 (35) • 36 video conferences with CERN (36), with 2 -5 institutes • 129 institutes registered (117) + local masterclasses, teachers´ days + U. S. program talk by Ken

Organisation • Central organisation at TU Dresden – Michael Kobel – Uta Bilow – student assistants for website and DVD • Steering group – Farid Ould-Saada – Michael Kobel – Ken Cecire – Pete Watkins – Despina Hatzifotiadou – Yiota Foka – Ralf Averbeck – Uta Bilow – N. N. (Moderators) Meeting ~monthly from Oct - Feb

WG Video Conference Members: Laurenz Widhalm Kate Shaw Michael Hauschild Uta Bilow • successfully established last year • evaluated feedback from 2012 • working on further improvement of material and concept Retain new concept + timeline Retain time slot (4 – 5 pm CET) New Vidyo Features – Chat integration planned Dec 2012 – Silence all (everyone joins muted) – Setup from indico

Funding and Support Coordinator (50 % FTE) • So far: Helmholtz-Alliance ending 2012 • from 2013 on CERN (for 3 years) Student assistants: TU Dresden DVDs • So far: BMBF "Upgrade of Masterclass Measurements from LEP to LHC" (ended 6/2012) • Funding from EPS HEP Division (have to apply from year to year) not sufficient for production and shipping of 10. 000 DVDs but enough to send few to each institute (to make copies) in kind contributions (CERN, Vidyo team, moderators, …)

DVD / Website Physics content • Update of measurements, amount varies! • Translations by IPPOG members we need your help! • DVD Production starting ~ Jan 10 Material for local organisators / moderators • Instructions (use of template for unification) § § § § § Supported languages Dataset(s) – composition, from which run… Proposed outline for the day Students´ tasks How they do it (step by step) Presentation of results (plot, table, histogram…) What can be discussed (proposed questions) Details on combination Supporting material for students (cheat sheets, …) Supporting material in general (talks, films, animations, documentations…)

Looking forward to International Masterclasses 2013