This page provides an overview of all exhibitions and events that took place in 2009, the year of DESY's 50th anniversary.

2 March 2009
Wechselwirkung
Ceremonial hand-over of office from Albrecht Wagner to his successor Helmut Dosch and kick-off event for DESY’s 50th anniversary.
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25 March 2009
Wissenswert: Von der Vision zur Wirklichkeit - DESYs erste Beschleuniger
Publich Lecture (in German) with Dr. Erich Lohrmann
DESY, Hamburg



28 March 2009
Blickwinkel
The first Science Photo Walk at DESY - turn your lens on “live research”
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3 April 2009
Wagner-Fest
Farewell Colloquium Honouring Albrecht Wagner



6 April 2009
Prof. Dr. Volker Soergel
Honorary Doctorate for Volker Soergel



22 April 2009
Wissenswert: Hermann von Helmholtz - Der Mensch, 1821-1894
Public Lecture (in German) with Dr. Jost Lemmerich



7 - 28 May 2009
Exhibition
Photographs of the Science Photo Walk 2009 at DESY, Hamburg (Levantehaus, Mönckebergstraße 7)



8 - 10 May 2009
Hamburg's 820th Harbour Birthday
Weltmaschine exhibition and public lectures about CERN and the LHC.
Kehrwiederspitze, Hamburg Harbour
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11 - 15 May 2009
Photon 2009
International Conference on the Structure and the Interactions of the Photon including the 18th International Workshop on Photon-Photon Collisions and the International Workshop on High Energy Photon Linear Colliders.
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27 May 2009
Wissenswert: Computing - Wirklich erst seit 50 Jahren?
Public lecture (in German) with Volker Guelzow
DESY, Hamburg



28 May 2009
Anniversary
5 years DESY School Lab in Zeuthen



3 June 2009
Wissenswert: Illuminati - die wahre Geschichte der Antimaterie
Public Lecture by Dr. Philip Bechtle (in German)
DESY, Hamburg



10 June 2009
Wissenswert: Weltbilder auf dem Prüfstand - DESY und die Zukunft der Teilchenphysik
Public lecture (in German) with Dr. Karsten Büßer
DESY, Hamburg



13 June 2009
Science Night in Berlin and Potsdam
more (in German)

13 June 2009
Open Uni
Open Day at the University of Hamburg (programme and photos)
"Weltmaschine" exhibition about the LHC at CERN in Geneva at Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6
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24 - 25 June 2009
Brainstorming meeting
Perspectives for time-resolved studies and imaging with laser based and FEL photon sources.
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5 July 2009
Open Day at DESY in Zeuthen
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6 - 10 July 2009
PASCOS 2009
  15th International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology
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7 July 2009
Heinrich Hertz Lecture: Dark Matters
  Professor Joseph Silk, University of Oxford
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21 July 2009
Laying the Cornerstone
Begin of Construction of the Accelerator Module Test Facility Hall AMTF for the European XFEL



17 - 22 August 2009
Lepton Photon 2009
XXIV International symposium on lepton-photon interactions at high energies.
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21 August 2009, 7 p.m.
Teilchenphysik und das Dunkle Universum - 50 Jahre Teilchenphysik bei DESY
Public lecture (in German) with Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, CERN Director-General
Congress Centre Hamburg CCH



4 September 2009, 15:00
Lord of the rings
A colloquium honouring Gustav-Adolf Voss on the occasion of his 80th birthday
DESY Auditorium, Hamburg
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9 September 2009
Wissenswert: Eine brilliante Zukunft für DESY - Röntgenlaser in Hamburg
Public lecture (in German) with Dr. Elke Plönjes
DESY, Hamburg



16 - 17 September 2009
Teilchenphysikshow
Professor Herbi Dreiner from the University of Bonn and his students show that physics is fun (It's Physikshow time in Germany, CERN Courier)
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21 October 2009
Wissenswert: Die Geschichte der Synchrotronstrahlung bei DESY
Public lecture (in German) with Prof. Dr. Edgar Weckert (Director in charge of Photon Science at DESY)
DESY, Hamburg



28 October 2009
Wissenswert: Wie die Astroteilchenphysik zu DESY kam
Public lecture (in German) with Dr. Christian Spiering
DESY, Zeuthen



16 November 2009
Brilliant ring
Inauguration of DESY's new high-brilliance lightsource PETRA III in Hamburg.



7 November 2009
DESY's Open Day in Hamburg
Open Day at DESY and Science Night in Hamburg

7 November 2009
365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas
PETRA III is a winner of the “365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” contest
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11 November 2009
Jentschke Lecture: Black Holes and the Fate of the Universe
Prof. Dr. Günther Hasinger
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany
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18 December 2009
DESY 50
Reception in Hamburg's town hall on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY.



19 May 2010
Final DESY 50 fest as closing event for DESY’s 50th anniversary