2012-09-27 The State Hall att Uppsala Castle, Uppsala Sweden The discovery of the Higgs particle this summer was world braking news. What is the Higgs particle? How was it discovered? Why did it take 50 years to make the discovery and why was it so difficult? What does the discovery mean and why is it so important? Uppsala University participates in the Higgs research at CERN and will celebrate the Higgs discovery with a public Higgs Fest Symposium for its employees and students and for the general public. Program Higgs and Uppsala University Introduction by Tord Ekelöf, professor of elementary particle physics at Uppsala University How the great discovery was made at CERN Talk by Fabiola Gianotti, Spokesperson for the ATLAS experiment at CERN, Honorary Doctor at Uppsala University Congratulations Interlude by Janet Conrad, professor of physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA What the great discovery means and why it is so important Talk by Frank Wilczek, Nobel Prize in Physics, professor of physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA ------------------ In 2005 a world particle physics conferens was held in Uppsala. At the conference dinner at Uppsala Castle prof. Franck Wilczek and prof. Janet Conrad, both from MIT in the USA, made a bet recorded on a paper towel. Frank Wilczek bet that the Higgs boson would be found at CERNs large accelerator LHC. Janet Conrad bet against. She will meet Frank Wilczek again at Uppsala Castle during the Symposium to congratulate him as the winner of the bet. See article in New York Times: tiny.cc/higgsbet ---------------- Program: (Alla programpunkter på engelska.) Higgs and Uppsala University, Inledning av Tord Ekelöf, professor i elementärpartikelfysik vid Uppsala universitet. How the great discovery was made at CERN Föreläsning av Fabiola Gianotti, talesman för ATLAS-experimentet vid CERN, Hedersdoktor vid Uppsala universitet Congratulations Mellanspel av Janet Conrad, professor i fysik vid Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA What the great discovery means and why it is so important Föreläsning av Frank Wilczek, nobelpristagare, professor i fysik vid Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. www.uu.se

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