Since I started my career in High Energy Physics I know about the ‘Chamonix Meeting’ where originally the LEP accelerator people got together with the LEP collaborations to plan the year ahead. The meetings seem to have started in 1991. It would happen usually in January with the accelerator in shutdown, due to the high electricity cost during winter times, and Chamonix being the perfect place. Close, but not too close to CERN, and of course a wonderful skiing experience.
The meetings were always very well attended and well run and clarity emerged for the year ahead, but also for the longer term future accents were set. The LHC has continued the tradition. It seems that CERN is at a pivotal moment with the Run 3 of LHC going into it last phase, the High Luminosity phase coming into intense focus and the long term future starting to shape up with the FCC feasibility study concluding in the next months. Checkout the details of this years Chamonix meeting (2025) which has just completed. There is a lot of relevant information for planning our year and our involvement in the future.
