The aim of the new Kavli Institute for Cosmology at Cambridge (KICC) will be to make major scientific advances in our knowledge and understanding of the Universe, with initial emphasis on the theme of The Universe at High Redshifts more >>
KAVLI OPENING
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009
| 15:30 16:30 | Opening Ceremony, KICC Common Area | |
| 16:30 16:45 | Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society | |
| Introduction | ||
| 16:45 17:45 | Richard Ellis, Steele Professor, Caltech | |
| Cosmic Dawn: The Quest for the First Galaxies | ||
| 17:45 18:00 | George Efstathiou, Director, KICC | |
| Closing Comments |
Scientific Workshop
Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Lecture Theatre
| 10:40 11:00 | Coffee, Hoyle Foyer |
| Chairperson: George Efstathiou, Director, KICC | |
| 11:00 11:50 | Roger Blandford, Director KIPAC, Stanford |
| High Energy Cosmology | |
| 11:50 12:40 | Doug Lin, Director KIAA, Beijing |
| Origin and Evolution of Extrasolar Planetary Systems and Non-Anthropic Conjecture for Habitable Worlds | |
| 12:40 14:00 | Lunch |
| Chairperson: Antony Hewish, Emeritus Professor of Radio Astronomy | |
| 14:00 14:50 | Jackie Hewitt, Director MKI, Massachusetts |
| Exploring the Early History of our Universe | |
| 14:50 15:40 | John Carlstrom, Director KICP, Chicago |
| New cosmic microwave background results from the South Pole Telescope | |
| 15:40 16:10 | Tea, Hoyle Foyer |
| 16:10 17:00 | Dick Bond, Director, CIFAR Cosmology & Gravity Program, Toronto |
| Cosmology and Fundamental Physics | |
| 17:00 17:20 | Robert Conn, President, The Kavli Foundation |
| Closing Comments | |
2008 Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge