Chris Llewellyn Smith was CERN Director-General from 1994 to 1998. He was chairman of the council of the world fusion project ITER from 2007 to 2009 and is currently President of the Council of SESAME (Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East). To celebrate his 70th birthday, there will be an all-day seminar at CERN.
Talks will cover highlights from Llewellyn Smith's time at CERN, among other topics such as The LHC – The Inside Story, The Outlook for Fundamental Physics and Fusion – When? Nobel-prize winner David Gross and CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer will be among the speakers.
The event runs from 9am until 5.45pm CET today. Watch the live webcast.