Future Circular Collider

🔵 FCC Week 2026 | Helsinki | 8–12 June 2026

FCC Week 2026, the twelfth edition of the Future Circular Collider Conference, will take place from 8 to 12 June 2026 in Helsinki, Finland, hosted by the University of Helsinki. The event marks a major milestone for the Future Circular Collider initiative, as it will be the first collaboration meeting following the publication of the FCC Feasibility Study report.

Taking place at a pivotal moment for European and global particle physics, FCC Week 2026 aligns with the final phase of the 2025–2026 update to the European Strategy for Particle Physics. The conference will provide a comprehensive review of the FCC study’s achievements to date and mark the transition to the next project phase.

Over five days, the conference will bring together international experts in particle physics, accelerator science, engineering, technology development, and socio-economic studies, reinforcing the FCC’s role as a truly global research endeavour coordinated by CERN.

📅 8–12 June 2026
📍 University of Helsinki, Finland
🔗 https://lnkd.in/d54G_GxT

The 2026 edition is organised in collaboration with the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), as well as with the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), University of Tartu (Estonia), LUT University (Finland), Universität Rostock (Germany), Riga Technical University (Latvia), Vilnius University (Lithuania), University of Oslo (Norway), University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) and Uppsala University (Sweden).

We look forward to welcoming the FCC community to Helsinki in June 2026.

The European Strategy for Particle Physics has reached today an important milestone. At its 225th session, the CERN Council received the recommendations for the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics.

Read more: https://home.cern/news/press-release/cern/european-strategy-particle-physics-reaches-important-milestone?

The European Strategy for Particle Physics reaches an important milestone

At its 225th session, the Council received the recommendations for the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics.

Read more: https://home.cern/news/press-release/cern/european-strategy-particle-physics-reaches-important-milestone

*The image is an artistic representation of the tunnel for the Future Circular Collider.

Exploring innovation from the ground up. / Explorer l’innovation à ciel ouvert.

🇬🇧 English below / Version française plus bas 👇

During a recent press visit at , journalists from Temps visited CERN ’s blue sky laboratory and explored how researchers are developing new approaches to reuse excavated rock from the proposed

The material in question — the molasse that forms much of the Geneva basin — has long been considered difficult to repurpose. At , researchers are experimenting with an and process to transform this sterile rock into functional , which could one day support local landscaping and ecological restoration.

This initiative highlights how large can serve as platforms for open innovation, generating and solutions well before construction begins.

🎥 Watch the video by Le Temps: https://lnkd.in/eruRiiFC
📖 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/enbRFG4p

🇫🇷 Explorer l’innovation à ciel ouvert

Lors d’une récente visite de presse à , des journalistes du Temps ont découvert le laboratoire à ciel ouvert du CERN et exploré la manière dont les chercheurs développent de nouvelles approches pour réutiliser les roches excavées dans le cadre du projet proposé du .

Le matériau en question — la molasse qui compose une grande partie du bassin genevois — a longtemps été considéré comme difficile à valoriser. À , les chercheurs expérimentent un processus et visant à transformer cette roche stérile en fonctionnel, qui pourrait un jour servir à l’aménagement paysager et à la restauration écologique locale.

Cette initiative montre comment les grandes peuvent devenir de véritables plateformes d’innovation ouverte, générant des et des bien avant le début de la construction.

🎥 Voir la vidéo de Le Temps : https://lnkd.in/eruRiiFC
📖 Lire l’article complet : https://lnkd.in/enbRFG4p