Geometry and the Universe: Program and Media

Geometry and the Universe:
Symposium Program and Media

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Thursday October 20, 2005
Morning Lecture Session: 9:00am - 12:30pm, Math. Phys. Conf. Rm. S-240
Introduction and welcome by the organizers, YITP director George Sterman, and Stony Brook University president Shirley Strum Kenny	Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
9:00am - 10:00am	Jürgen Ehlers	Einstein's path to GR		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
10:00am - 11:00am	James Hartle	The future of gravity		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
11:00am - 11:30am	break
11:30am - 12:30pm	Robert Pound	Gravitational redshift		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
Lunch: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Afternoon Lecture Session: 2:00pm - 5:30pm, Math. Phys. Conf. Rm. S-240
2:00pm - 3:00pm	Francis Everitt	Testing Einstein with orbiting gyroscopes		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Remo Ruffini	Energy of black holes, dark matter, dark energy		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
4:00pm - 4:30pm	break
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Thibault Damour	General relativity, experiment and gravitational waves		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|

Reception & Dinner: 6:30pm - 10:30pm, Port Jefferson Country Club:
	Maurice Goldhaber	Remembering Einstein		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
	Daniel Kennefick	History of Gravity Waves		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|

Friday October 21, 2005
Morning Lecture Session: 9:00am - 12:30pm, Math. Phys. Conf. Rm. S-240
9:00am - 10:00am	Sean Carroll	Dark energy, or worse?		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
10:00am - 11:00am	Gary Gibbons	Singularity theorems and black holes		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
11:00am - 11:30am	break
11:30am - 12:30pm	Irwin Shapiro	Past and future GR experiments: Equivalence principle, time delay, black holes		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
Lunch: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Afternoon Lecture Session: 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Math. Phys. Conf. Rm. S-240
2:00pm - 3:00pm	Erik Verlinde	Strings and black holes		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Michael Kramer	From the binary to the double pulsar: Precision tests of general relativity		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|

General Public Lecture: 4:30pm - 5:30pm, Student Activities Center Auditorium:
	John Stachel	Einstein's odyssey: from special to general relativity		Download: large \| small \| snapshots	Stream: \| \|	Download: large \| small	Stream: \|

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Geometry and the Universe:Symposium Program and Media

Geometry and the Universe:
Symposium Program and Media