Starmus Programme “Beginnings. 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, Magazine) Does the Universe Really Care About Itself? Communicating Astronomy in the 21st Century

17:00-17:30 - Coffee Break

17:30 -18:15 - (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 - (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 ( 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 ( 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 - (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 (first man to walk on the moon) and (first man to spacewalk) Neil Armstrong – Starmus 2011 was Neil Armstrong’s last public presentation.

2014, Alexei Leonov’s 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)

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**Each talk will be Simultaneously translated from English into Spanish and will last for 45 minutes.

Teide Star Party Auditorio de Tenerife, Santa Cruz

MAGMA Arte & Congresos, Costa Adeje The Ritz-Carlton Abama, Club de Playa

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