Belle II International Masterclasses
Belle II International Masterclasses will be held over several days and in different time zones. Based on your location, choose the most suitable one. We offer the following video conferences:
- Europe – Feb. 23, 2027 , 16:00-17:00 CET
- Europe – Mar. 10, 2027, 16:00-17:00 CET
- Europe – Mar. 16, 2027 , 16:00-17:00 CET
- US – March 16, 2027, 11:00-12:00 EDT
- Japan – March 2027
- India – April 2027
If your institution wishes to participate, please ask its Belle II representative to register here.
If there is no Belle II representative from your institution, please email marko.bracko@ijs.si with your preferred date, institution name, contact email address and expected number of participants.
Tutorials for instructors will be held during the Belle II General Meeting, scheduled for early Feb. 2027.
Foreseen timetable of the events
| 8:45 | Registration |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Introduction |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Physics of elementary particles |
| 10:15 – 11:00 | Experimental methods in high energy physics |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Belle II Virtual reality |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Introduction Data Analysis |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch – meet the HEP researchers |
| 13:30 – 16:00 | Belle II Data Analysis |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Joint Video conference |
Past editions:
| Year | Events per Region | Participating Institutes | Total number of participants |
| 2019 | EU 1 | 206 | |
| 2020 | EU 3 | 50 | |
| 2021 | EU 3 | 292 | |
| 2022 | EU 3 | 236 | |
| 2023 | EU 5 | IPHC Strasbourg, LMU Munich, University of Bonn, INFN Padova, Uni Göttingen, INFN Roma Tre, JSI, Ljubljana, INFN And Univ. Pisa, CPPM Marseille, AANL Armenia, Charles University | 400 |
| 2024 | EU 3, JP 1, US 2, IN 2 | JSI, Ljubljana , AANL Yerevan, Armenia , IPHC Strasbourg, LMU Munich, University of Bonn, INFN/Univ. Padova, INFN/Univ Torino, INFN/ Roma Tre, INFN/Univ. Pisa, CPPM/IN2P3, Uppsala, INFN/Univ. Napoli, IIT Jodhpur, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bhubaneshwar, IISER Mohali, University of Mississippi, Virginia Tech, Nagoya University, Nara Women’s Univ | 698 |
| 2025 | EU 3, US 1, IN 2 | HEPHY Vienna, IPHC Strasbourg, CPPM Marseille, Roma Tre, University of Bonn, IPNP Prague, INFN Pisa, JSI, Ljubljana, LMU Munich, AANL Armenia, INFN Torino, INFN Napoli, INFN Padova, Krakow, IIT Hyderabad, Mississippi, Southern Mississippi, Iowa State | 595 |
| 2026 | EU 3, US 1 | 428 |
- 2026: EU: Mar. 12, Mar. 17, Mar. 25, 2026; US – Mar. 25, 2026
- 2025: EU: Mar. 11, Mar. 19, Mar. 25 2025, US – Mar. 25
- 2024: EU: Mar. 5, Mar. 13, Mar. 26, US: Mar 26, JP , Mar. 30, US: Mar. 5., IN: May 1, May 8
- 2023: Mar. 7, Mar. 14, Mar.23 , Mar. 24, Jan.17
- 2022: Mar. 7, Mar. 14, Mar.23
- 2021: Mar. 3, Mar. 10, Mar.17 .Tutorials for instructors: Feb. 5 )
- 2020: Mar. 4, Mar. 11, Mar. 18 (Tutorials for instructors: Feb. 5 )