Are you passionate about science? Do you like communicating that passion to the general public? Then come along to the 2017 CERN Summer Student Webfest on the weekend of 21-23 July! The event is a grassroots initiative, open to all summer students, staff, and users. It aims to spark new ideas and innovation for the future of web-based education about CERN, the LHC, and particle physics, as well as in humanitarian aid, development, and health.

The CERN Summer Student Webfest is a weekend of online web-based creativity, modelled on the gatherings (sometimes called hackfests or hackathons) that energise many open-source communities. You can work with like-minded students and CERN staff, to design and build demos of the web apps you would like to see online. Prizes will be awarded to the best projects.

Participants in the CERN Summer Student Webfest will work in teams to design applications that encourage the public to learn more about science and, in particular, CERN’s work. Projects can range from designing online games for kids to creating citizen-science projects and developing low-cost mobile-phone-based cosmic ray detectors. Examples of past projects can be found on the Webfest website.

Although primarily targeted at CERN and CERN openlab summer students, the event is open to people of all ages at CERN with a passion for web-based science outreach and education. You do not have to be a software or hardware expert to contribute: many types of skill sets are needed, from writing and designing to physics and engineering.

So, come along for the weekend and create, innovate, and educate about science on the web!