| "The Ocean of Truth --
Exploring the Great Unknowns in Physics and Cosmology" |
"New Windows to Discovery --
Exploring Possibilities for Innovative Technologies" |
"The 'Big Picture' --
Exploring Questions on the Boundaries of Science" |
8:30
AM |
8:30am - 9:00am
Welcome/Opening Addresses
Hosts, Chair and Convenor
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8:30am - 9:15am Special Plenary Lecture:
Freeman Dyson, Chair
Peter Galison
"Innovation and Invention"
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8:30am - 9:15am
Special Plenary Lecture:
David Gross, Chair Freeman Dyson
"The Future of Science"
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MORNING SESSIONS
9:00 AM –-
12:00 PM
(ONE
COFFEE BREAK)
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9:00am - 10:20am
The Great Unknowns in Physics
Marjorie Shapiro, Chair
David Gross
"Major Unknowns in Fundamental Physics"
Athony Leggett
"Major Unknowns in Quantum Mechanics " 10:40am - 12:00pm
Raphael Bousso
"The Interface Between Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity"
Ignacio Cirac
"Quantum Information"
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9:15am - 12:00am
Young Scholars Competition Owen Gingerich, Chair
Quantum Physics
Boris Blinov
University of Michigan
Brian L. DeMarco
University of Michigan
Steven S. Gubser
Princeton University
Bruce O. Knuteson
M.I.T.
Keith C. Schwab
National Security Agency
Wolf von Klitzing
Institute of Electroinc Structure & Laser Astrophysics
Doug P. Finkbeiner
Princeton University
Seth A. Hoedl
University of Washington
Brian G. Keating
University of California
Marc J. Kuchner
Goddard Space Flight Center
Priyamvada Natarajan
Yale University
Adam G. Riess
Space Telescope Science Institute Technological Innovation
Randy A. Bartels
Colorado State Unversity
Maurice Garcia-Sciveres
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Paul Kwiat
University of Illinois
Marin Soljacic
M.I.T.
Joseph Thywissen
University of Toronto
Jun Ye
University of Colorado
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9:15am - 9:55am
Plenary
Lecture
Charles Harper, Chair Vaclav Smil
"Science, Energy, Ethics and Civilization: Non-random Thoughts on the Dilemma of Power "
10:10am - 12:00pm
Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion:
Conciousness & Free Will
Charles Harper General Chair
Philosophy
John Searle, Chair
Robert Bishop
"Free Will and Closure of Physics"
Nancy Cartwright
"Free Will and the Dominion of Physics"
Nancey Murphy
"Free Will and Downward Causation"
Neuroscience
William Newsome, Chair
Gerald Edelman
"Naturalizing Consciousness: Consciousness, Mental Causation, and Free Will"
Christof Koch
"The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach"
Physics
George Ellis, Chair
"Contextual Introduction to Consciousness and Free Will for Physics Subpanel"
Hans Halvorson
"Quantum Mechanics, Determinism, and Freedom"
Anton Zeilinger
"The Experimentalist's Free Will in Quantum Entaglement Experiments"
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AFTERNOON SESSIONS
1:30 –- 5:30 PM
(ONE
COFFEE BREAK)
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1:30pm - 3:30pm
The Great Unknowns in Astronomy
Donald Backer, Chair
Saul Perlmutter
"Dark Matter & Dark Energy, Observation"
Marc Kamionkowski
"Dark Matter & Dark Energy, Theory"
Adrian Lee
"Dark Matter & Dark Energy-Experiment: The Microwave Background - A Cosmic Time Machine "
4:00pm - 5:30pm Special Panel Discussion on Day-1 Themes
Arno Penzias, Chair
Raymond Chiao
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
William Phillips
Marjorie Shapiro
Boris Stoicheff
Max Tegmark
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1:30pm - 4:30pm
New Technologies --
Nano- & Femtosecond Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Biophysics
Marlan Scully, Chair
Theodor Hänsch
"A Passion for Precision " Ahmed Zewail
"Exploring the Fourth Dimension - From Physics to Biology"
Steven Chu
"Is Life Based on the Laws of Physics "
Wolfgang Ketterle
"New Forms of Quantum Matter Near Absolute Zero Temperature"
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Special Panel Discussion on Day-2 Themes
Marvin Cohen, Chair
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Donald Glaser
Roy Glauber
Douglass Osheroff
Norman Ramsey
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1:30pm - 3:30pm
Beyond Physics
William Phillips, Chair
Michio Kaku
"The Future Vision: Artificial Intelligence & Extraterrestrial
Life"
Paul Davies
"Multiverse Cosmological Models and Anthropic Selection "
Robert Russell
"The Science of Light and the Light of Science"
3:50pm - 5:00pm The Nature of Ultimate Reality: 3-M (Matter, Mind, Mathematics)
George Ellis, Chair
Gerald Gabrielse
Eleonore Stump
"Persons, Patterns, and Trinity"
Leonard Susskind
"Pocket Universes"
Max Tegmark
"Mathematics =>Matter =>Mind"
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EVENING EVENTS
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8:00pm - 9:15pm
CELEBRATING LIGHT
Special Plenary Lecture:
John Heilbron
"The History of Light"
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8:00pm - 10:00pm
SPECIAL PUBLIC NIGHT
Other Worlds - From Imagination to Image:
The Challenge of Building Supertelescopes in Search of Extraterrestrial Life
Geoffrey Marcy, Chair
"Planets, Fringes and Intelligent Life Near and Far"
Reinhard Genzel
"Inward Bound: High-Resolution Astronomy and the Quest for Black Holes and Extrasolar Planets"
Antoine Labeyrie
"Imaging Extrasolar Planets and their Vegetation Patterns with a 100 km Hypertelescope"
For more information:
www.otherworldslecture.org
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GALA BANQUET
HONORING PROFESSOR &
MRS. TOWNES
Special Banquet Speakers
EMCEE
Timothy Ferris
Presentation of "Young Scholars" and Website Competition
Prizes
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