More than 55 world famous scientists from CERN - The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, are meeting in Malta this week for a key symposium on the Large Hadron Collider.

The event is being organised at the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) in Bighi Kalkara.

For the first time in the 26-year history of the largest and most powerful scientific instrument ever constructed by mankind, scientists will officially discuss its technical upgrade.

The upgrade needs to be planned well in advance in the long term strategy of the instrument’s foreseen operational lifetime. Discussions on the LHC upgrade were prompted by the recent successes in the LHC operation. Recently, the LHC broke the world record for particle acceleration by a factor of 3.5.

The LHC is a 27 km machine, 100m underground with a price tag of 6.5 billion Euros. Its aim is to understand the foundations of science which eventually will result in better technology for mankind. CERN is also known to have invented the World Wide Web and the technology behind the medical imaging systems like Positron Emission Tomography known as PET.

Scientists from USA, Europe and Japan are currently in Malta representing other top notch laboratories that collaborate with CERN. These include Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Fermilab, KEK, GSI and Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory.

The event is by invitation only.

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