The International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG)

The International Particle Physics Outreach Group is a network of particle physicists, researchers, informal science educators and science explainers engaged in world-wide outreach and informal science education for particle physics.

IPPOG's Aim

IPPOG's purpose is to raise awareness, understanding and standards of global outreach efforts in particle physics and general science by:

• Providing discussion forums and regular information exchange for science institutions and labs engaged in global outreach and informal science education
• Proposing and implementing strategies to share lessons learned and best practices for outreach in particle physics and general sciences
• Promoting current outreach efforts of network members

Network Members

IPPOG is composed of

• one member nominated by the particle physics community of each CERN Member State (normally the responsible person for outreach activities in the state concerned)
• one member each from DESY and CERN, appointed by the managements of those laboratories
• additional representatives from particle physics experiments, astroparticle physics and non-Member States of CERN

IPPOG was formed in 1997 under the joint auspices of the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) and the High Energy Particle Physics Board of the European Physical Society (EPS-HEPP Board).

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