Astrophysics and Cosmology
2014 Solvay Public Lectures
Since 2005, the International Solvay Institutes organize an annual conference for the general public inviting scientists of the highest level to talk about the latest developments in the field of chemistry, physics and biology.
Programme
Opening
15:00
Marc Henneaux
ULB & International Solvay Institutes
Franklin Lambert
Moderation
VUB & International Solvay Institutes
Lecture
15:05
Conny Aerts
“Starquakes and exoplanets in our Milky Way galaxy”
KULeuve
Lecture
15:45
Martin Rees
“From a ‘simple’ big bang to our complex cosmos”
Cambridge
Lecture
16:25
François Englert
“The origin of mass and the Brout-Englert-Higgs boson”
ULB
Pannel discussion
17:15
Conny Aerts
KULeuven
Roger Blandford
Stanford
François Englert
ULB
David Gross
Santa Barbara
James Peebles
Princeton
Jean-Loup Puget
Paris-Sud
Martin Rees
Cambridge
Closing
17:50
Marc Henneaux
ULB & International Solvay Institutes
Drink
18:00
Sunday 12 October – 15:00 (doors open at 14:30)
Flagey – Studio 4
Place Sainte-Croix
1050 Bruxelles
Language : English – translation in both French and Dutch
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