Public Lecture to inaugurate the Todai Institutes for Advanced Study "Unravelling the Secrets of the Universe"

Public Lecture to inaugurate the Todai Institutes for Advanced Study
"Unravelling the Secrets of the Universe"

 

  • Capacity: 1,000 (Pre-registration required: Admission free)
  • Audience: 15 years of age or above
  • Registration: Registration form here. Registration has been closed. (Registration deadline: March 2nd 17:00, 2011)

In the event that maximum capacity has been reached, you will be contacted.

  • Speaker:

Hitoshi Murayama (Director of IPMU, TODIAS, The University of Tokyo)

David J Gross (2004 Nobel Prize in Physics, Director at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of California, Santa Barbara)

* Interpretation will be provided. (English / Japanese)

  • Sponsor: Todai Institutes for Advanced Study (TODIAS)
  • For inquiries, please contact the Public Relations Section, IPMU, TODIAS, The University of Tokyo
    • TEL:04-7136-5977
    • E-mail:koukai-kouza _at_ ipmu.jp (Please replase "_at_" with "@".)

Programme


13:30 - 13:45 Opening Remarks
Junichi Hamada (President of the University of Tokyo)
Sadanori Okamura (Director of TODIAS, The University of Tokyo)

13:45 - 14:45 Lecture "What is the Universe made of ?"
Hitoshi Murayama (Director of IPMU, TODIAS, The University of Tokyo)


14:45 - 15:00 Break

15:00 - 16:00 Lecture "The Frontiers of Fundamental Physics"
David J Gross (2004 Nobel Prize in Physics, Director in Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of California, Santa Barbara)


16:00 - Closing Remarks
Yoichiro Matsumoto (Managing Director, Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo)

 

Speakers 


Hitoshi Murayama

David J Gross