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Starmus ProgrammeBeginnings. The Making Off of Modern Cosmos
Tenerife, 22nd
-27th
September 2014
The Ritz-Carlton, Abama
Monday September 22nd The Ritz-Carlton, Abama
15:00- Opening Ceremony
Garik Israelian(Astrophysicist, director and founder of
Starmus, together with two members of the advisory board)
15:30-16:15- Robert Wilson(Physicist, Nobel Laureate)
The Beginning of all beginnings
16:15-17:00- David Eicher (Editor, Astronomy Magazine)
Does the Universe Really Care About Itself? Communicating
Astronomy in the 21st Century
17:00-17:30 - Coffee Break
17:30 -18:15 - Richard Dawkins (Evolutionary biologist)
A Tentative Taxonomy for Alien Life
18:15 -19:00 - Katerina Harvati (Anthropologist)
Neanderthals in the mirror? Modern human origins and our
extinct Pleistocene relatives
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21:00 -Gala dinner, live music, and surprises. (El Mirador
Restaurant,The Ritz-Carlton, Abama)
Tuesday September 23nd The Ritz-Carlton, Abama
15:00-16:00 - Stephen Hawking (Theoretical Physicist, Best
selling author of the Brief History of Time)
The Origin of the Universe
16:00-16:45 - John Mather(Astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate):
Traveling in Space and Time with the James Webb Space
Telescope
16:45 -17:15 -Coffee Break
17:15-18:00 - Walt Cunningham(Apollo 7 Astronaut):
The Chance of Dangerous Adventure
18:00-18:45 - Mark Boslough (Astrophysicist):
Death Plunge! Destructive near Earth impact events Asteroids
& Airbursts
21:00 -Exclusive Film Screening 51 Degrees
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Wednesday September 24th The Ritz-Carlton, Abama
11:30 -13:00 -Informal Meeting with Starmus VIP guests and
speakers
15:00 - 15:45 - Charlie Duke(Apollo 16 Astronaut):
The Dark Side of the Moon
15:45 16:30 - Harold Kroto(Chemist, Nobel Laureate):
Carbon in Nano and Outer Space
16:30 -17:00 -Coffee Break
17:00-17:45 - Brian May (Musician and Astrophysicist):
Seeing Space in 3-D!
17:45 -18:30 - John Ellis (Particle Physicist):
From Little Bangs to the Big Bang, and Back?
22:00 Teide Star Party (Teide Observatory)
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Thursday September 25th
10:00 - Excursion to Teide Observatory (Optional)
(16:00 Return to the hotel)
18:00 - GTC Round Table 108 Minutes (La Palma)
Live Transmission from La Palma Delegates will watch the
round
table from the Ritz-Carlton, Abama
Friday September 26th
07:00 - Excursion to La Palma Observatory (Optional)
(18:45 Return to the Hotel)
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20:30 - MAGMA Arte & Congresos - Sonic Universe Concert
Rick Wakeman
Special Guest: Brian May
Saturday September 27th Auditorio de Tenerife
11:30-14:00 Space Legends: A Tribute to Neil Armstrong
(first man to walk on the moon)and Alexei Leonov (firstman to
spacewalk)
Neil Armstrong Starmus 2011 was Neil Armstrongs last
public presentation.
2014,Alexei Leonovs Anniversaries:
Born 80 years ago
50 years since first man to spacewalk
40 years since commander of first Soyuz/Apollo mission
Alexei Leonov (Soviet Cosmonaut and first man to
spacewalk)Why did the Soviet Union not send a man to the Moon?
Will Russia
ever achieve this?
Stephen Hawking (Theoretical Physicist, Best selling
author of the Brief History of Time)
Black Holes
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The Music of Spheres:Special Programme and performance
by Rick Wakeman, Alexandros Hahalis and Katerina Mina
21:00-24:00 - STARMUS FAREWELL BEACH PARTY(The Ritz Carlton,
Abama Beach Club, TBC)
**Each talk will be Simultaneously translated from English into
Spanish and will
last for 45 minutes.
The Ritz-Carlton Abama, Club de PlayaThe Ritz-Carlton Abama
Auditorio de Tenerife, Santa CruzTeide Star Party
MAGMA Arte & Congresos, Costa Adeje The Ritz-Carlton Abama,
Club de Playa
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