Mr Jo Brouns (centre of picture), Flemish Minister for Economy, Innovation, Work, Social Economy and Agriculture, accompanied by the rectors of the five Flemish Universities paid a visit to CERN on Tuesday 6 September 2022. In addition to various presentations on CERN, knowledge transfer and innovation, the delegation had the chance to visit CMS experiment, ISOLDE facility and IdeaSquare. At the end of the visit the Minister and his delegation had fruitful discussions with members of the Belgian community at the Globe. Professors Didar Dobur and Filip Moortgat (right to the Minister), together with Postdoc Amrutha Samalan and PhD student Maarten De Coen (left to the Minister) travelled in person to CERN to represent the Ghent EPP group. We clearly voiced our concerns towards the Minister, confirming in this way our group as a stronghold of particle physics within the Belgian community.
For more pictures, see https://cds.cern.ch/record/2826316.