The Italian research agency dedicated to the study of the fundamental constituents of matter and the laws that govern them, under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR), is the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). It conducts theoretical and experimental research in the fields of subnuclear, nuclear and astroparticle physics. Groups from the Universities of Rome, Padua, Turin, and Milan founded the INFN on 8thAugust 1951 to uphold and develop the scientific tradition established during the 1930s by Enrico Fermi and his school, with their theoretical and experimental research in nuclear physics. In the latter half of the 1950s, INFN designed and built the first Italian accelerator, the electron synchrotron developed in Frascati, where its first national laboratory was set up. During the same period, INFN began to participate in research into the construction and use of ever-more powerful accelerators being conducted by CERN, in Geneva. Today INFN employs some  6000 scientists whose work is recognized internationally not only for their contribution to various European laboratories, but also to numerous research centres worldwide. All of INFN’s research activities are undertaken within a framework of international competition, in close collaboration with Italian universities on the basis of solid academic partnerships spanning decades.

As an Institution working on cutting-edge scientific issues, INFN has a significant impact on the progress of knowledge, on technological development and on the economy of the country. Aware of this role, and of the fact that it is the duty of a public body to share its activities and the results that derive from them with society, the Institute is increasingly committed to outreach and public engagement. The Institute plays an important role in the communication of physics at the national and local level, by promoting, designing and implementing initiatives for the dissemination and promotion of scientific culture, both for the general public and for specific targets. In addition to traditional initiatives, it studies and experiments new forms of communication, emphasizing the fundamental relationship between physics and other areas of knowledge. The Institute also contributes a lot to the training of high school students through scholarships, internships, teacher training and school-work projects.

The LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty) experiment at CERN, located at Point 8 of the LHC near Geneva, focuses on studying b-quarks to understand the differences between matter and antimatter. It started operating in 2010 and investigates CP violation and rare particle decays, providing insights into why the universe is dominated by matter. LHCb has made significant discoveries, including exotic particles like tetraquarks and pentaquarks, and has observed CP violation in baryons. Its findings test the Standard Model and explore potential new physics.

The LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty) experiment at CERN, located at Point 8 of the LHC near Geneva, focuses on studying b-quarks to understand the differences between matter and antimatter. It started operating in 2010 and investigates CP violation and rare particle decays, providing insights into why the universe is dominated by matter. LHCb has made significant discoveries, including exotic particles like tetraquarks and pentaquarks, and has observed CP violation in baryons. Its findings test the Standard Model and explore potential new physics.

QuarkNet and Fermilab are the leading institutions for United States particle physics outreach.

Both institutions had an exciting 2020, transitioning quickly to virtual offerings and expanding particle physics education and outreach to new audiences.

In addition to offering remote workshops at centers across the US, QuarkNet offered a

Wednesday Webinar series for high school classrooms toward the end of the 2019–20 school year and a six-week Summer Session for teachers which introduced participants to the history and development of the Standard Model. For the 2020–21 academic year, we have inaugurated QuarkNet Educational Discussions, which are an opportunity for teachers to come together every two weeks to share ideas and learn from one another about teaching physics remotely. Many of Fermilab’s biggest programs went virtual in 2020 and attracted expanded audiences, including the annual STEM Career Expo, teacher training workshops, Saturday Morning Physics, Fermilab Arts and Lecture Series, classroom visits from Fermilab staff, Ask-a-Scientist, and even Mr. Freeze. Although nothing can ever replace the feeling of seeing big science up close, these virtual offerings are filling a gap until we can return to welcoming the public to in-person events.

Each summer the EPE Office offers a number of different workshops for K–12 teachers, each geared toward specific grade levels. On short notice, Fermilab sent kits across the country to teachers interested in participating, thus ensuring that the hands-on piece of the program was not lost. Now, Fermilab science will be taught in the virtual and in-person classrooms of 109 more teachers across the United States.

Saturday Morning Physics is a long-standing tradition at Fermilab. In September 2020 the program was relaunched as fully virtual for the present time. Featuring talks by Fermilab staff, virtual tours and plenty of time for questions, this program had its largest graduating class ever. For the public Fermilab was able to relaunch Ask-a-Scientist and our Summer Science Series as virtual programs. The events have been well-attended:  500 people have participated in the two series.

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The Swiss Institute for Particle Physics (CHIPP) is an association according to Swiss law regrouping all the particle, astroparticle, and nuclear physicists holding a Master in physics and working for a Swiss institution, as well as the Swiss PhD nationals working at CERN.
Founded in 2003, CHIPP aims at strengthening in Switzerland three main pillars: Particle physics at the high-energy and intensity frontiers
astroparticle physics and neutrino physics.
This is achieved by promote public awareness on particle and astroparticle physics, helping towards a successful participation of Swiss groups in international projects and ensuring a proper Swiss representation in relevant national and international bodies.

In France, introducing young people and the general public to basic science (nuclear physics, physics of elementary particles, cosmology and astrophysics), the technological advances they require and their related applications (energy, health, etc.), is a key mission for the 25 CNRS/IN2P3 national research laboratories and platforms, and the CEA/IRFU. Our educational and outreach activities are carried out in close collaboration to teaching staff and take many forms: visit to laboratories, “Masterclass” discovery days, teacher-training courses, loans of cosmic-ray detectors for use in classrooms, teaching aids, exhibitions, websites, virtual visits, audiovisual productions, books, etc.

Our goal: to give people a taste for science and physics