Particle Physics in the LHC Era and beyond

Abstract

I present a concise review of where we stand in particle physics today. First, I will discuss QCD, then the electroweak sector and finally the motivations and the avenues for new physics beyond the Standard Model.

Comments: 17 pages. Concluding talk given at the XXIV International Symposium on Lepton Photon Interactions at High Energies (Lepton Photon 2009), Hamburg, Germany, 17-22 August 2009