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Solvay Public Lectures: Astrophysics and Cosmology

OCTOBER 2014 - Flagey Studio 4 at 15:00





**THE VENUE IS NOW FULL**

IF YOU REGISTER NOW YOU WILL BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST

 

Programme

Moderator

Prof. Franklin Lambert (VUB & International Solvay Institutes)


15:00 - 15:05

Opening by Prof. Marc Henneaux (ULB & International Solvay Institutes)


15:05 -15:45

Professor Conny Aerts (KULeuven)

“Starquakes and exoplanets in our Milky Way galaxy”


15:45 - 16:25

Professor Martin Rees (Cambridge)

“From a ‘simple’ big bang to our complex cosmos”


16:25 -17:15

Professor François Englert (ULB)

“The origin of mass and the Brout-Englert-Higgs boson”


17:15 -18:05

Discussion with the participation of Profs. Conny Aerts (KULeuven), Roger Blandford (Stanford), François Englert (ULB), David Gross (Santa Barbara), James Peebles (Princeton), Jean-Loup Puget (Paris-Sud), Martin Rees (Cambridge). Moderator: Prof. Franklin Lambert


18:05 -18:10

Closing


 


Speakers

Professor Conny Aerts (KULeuven, Belgium)

Professor Martin Rees (Cambridge, UK)

Professor François Englert (ULB, Belgium)

Practical Information for registrants

Free entrance but registration is mandatory

Sunday 12 October 2014 at 15:00 (Doors open at 14:30).

Flagey Studio 4, Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Brussels.

(The parking area is located below the Place Flagey).

Language

English - translation in both French and Dutch will be provided.