The theme for the second edition will be Future Technology for Health. Whether in the domains of prevention, diagnosis or treatment, the topics for this edition of Sparks! will seek to ask new questions linking medical technologies to fundamental science, ethics, globalisation and more.

CERN has actively pursued medical applications of nuclear research since the 1970s, and the importance of global collaboration across the medical field has never been so pronounced. Therefore, this year CERN will be bringing together some of the best minds at the forefront of not only the technology and research, but also the ethical and social dimensions which we must collaborate on. In a future with more people, more pandemics, and longer life spans, it is moments such as these that are so important to stop and think deeply of how we move forward together.

The Sparks! 2022 Talks will be streamed live online. Following CERN’s open access policy, there will be satellite viewing events around the world.

If you are interested in hosting a streaming party and your own informal forum, please get in touch with: Laetitia Veyrat <laetitia.veyrat@cern.ch>