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Quantum Unplugged: Geneva's diplomatic community engages in dialogue on quantum technology with OQI and ITU

Quantum Unplugged: Geneva's diplomatic community engages in dialogue on quantum technology with OQI and ITU (Photos by OQI/ITU)

On 14th October, representatives from 40 Permanent Missions in Geneva attended the second edition of Quantum Unplugged, in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), and with the support of the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations in Geneva (Wallonie-Bruxelles à Genève).



Ideas, collaboration, and lots of coding at the 2nd Next Generation Triggers hackathon

Participants of the 2nd NGT Hackathon at the Globe. Picture: Alex Lasa Lamarca

From 20 to 24 October 2025, more than 40 participants from NGT CMSATLAS, and other NGT work packages gathered at IdeaSquare for the second edition of the 



Hacking quantum materials for sustainable development

From 11-13 July, 35 students from over 20 countries came together at CERN IdeaSquare to take part in a hackathon co-organised by OQI and the University of Geneva (Geneva Responsible Entrepreneurship Center).
Quantum Materials Hackathon From 11-13 July, 35 students from over 20 countries came together at CERN IdeaSquare to take part in a hackathon co-organised by OQI and the University of Geneva (Geneva Responsible Entrepreneurship Center).

1st Next Generation Triggers Hackathon: a week of innovation and collaboration

1st Next Generation Triggers Hackathon: a week of innovation and collaboration

The 1st NGT Hackathon, held at CERN IdeaSquare from 7–11 April 2025, brought together more than 40 students and researchers from across the Next Generation Triggers (NGT) collaboration and 15 other institutes.



A hackathon to reconstruct the trajectories of particles in the CMS experiment

The 15th Patatrack Hackathon took place at IdeaSquare to focus on reconstruction algorithms for the CMS experiment.
Cutaway diagrams of CMS detector The 15th Patatrack Hackathon took place at IdeaSquare to focus on reconstruction algorithms for the CMS experiment.

An introduction into the world of sketchnoting with Jennifer Cham

Sketchnoting posters by Jennifer Cham

Jennifer Cham is a senior user experience designer in the Business Computing Group of the Finance and Administrative Processes Department.



CMS Patatrack Hackathon

The 10th Patatrack Hackathon - CMS Experiment

From 1 - 4 November 2021, CMS held their Patatrack Hackathon in the open space at IdeaSquare. Both newcomers and experts were involved in this in-person hackathon, of which IdeaSquare has hosted a number of successful variations.



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