Templeton–Xiangshan Science Conference October 12 – 15, 2008 Beijing, China Engaging Big Questions in Astronomy & Cosmology Four Hundred Years after the Invention of the Telescope SPEAKERS ADVISORY COMMITTE T. D. Lee, Columbia University Catherine Cesarsky, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere SPONSORS Riccardo Giacconi, Johns Hopkins University Freeman Dyson, Institute for Advanced Study The John Templeton Foundation Madam Ye Shuhua, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory George F. R. Ellis, University of Cape Town (TBD) China Xiangshang Science Conference Cheng Fang, Nanjing University Roger Angel, University of Arizona (TBD) Owen Gingerich, Harvard University Ministry of Science and Technology John Barrow, Cambridge University (TBD) Wenhan Jiang, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Madam Xiangqun Cui, Nanjing Institute of Astronomical National Natural Science Foundation of China Optics & Technology (TBD) Fred Lo, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Chinese Astronomical Society Freeman Dyson, Institute for Advanced Study (TBD) Frank Shu, University of California San Diego Dingqiang Su, Nanjing University National Astronomical Observatories George Ellis, University of Cape Town (TBD) Lu Tan, Purple Mountain Observatory Chinese Academy of Sciences Reinhard Genzel, Max Planck Institut Für Extraterrestrial Physics Robert Williams, Space Telescope Science Institute Peking University Zezong Xi, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Owen Gingerich, Harvard University (TBD) Chinese Academy of Sciences James Gunn, Princeton University (TBD) PROGRAM COMMITTE Doug Lin, University of California Santa Cruz (TBD) Donald G. York, University of Chicago Geoff Marcy, University of California Berkeley (TBD) Jiansheng Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences John Mather, NASA (TBD) and Peking University John Barrow, Cambridge University Michel Mayor, University of Geneva (TBD) Jacqueline Bergeron, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris Saul Perlmutter, University of California Berkeley (TBD) Chris Carilli, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Sara Seager, Carnegie Institute of Washington (TBD) Dun Liu, Institute for History of Natural Science, Michael Shao, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (TBD) Chinese Academy of Sciences Xiaowei Liu, Peking University William Shea, University of Padua Shude Mao, University of Manchester Joseph Silk, Oxford University Saul Perlmutter, University of California Berkeley George F. Smoot, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Joseph Silk, Oxford University Xiaochun Sun, Institute for the History of Natural Mike Shao, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shuangnan Zhang, Tsinghua University Max Tegmark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gang Zhao, National Astronomical Observatories, Wes Traub, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Chinese Academy of Sciences Lifan Wang, Texas A&M University LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Xiaoquan Jiang, (institution?) Jun Yan (Chair), National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences SPONSORS Jianhua Lin (Co-Chair), Peking University The John Templeton Foundation Suijian Xue, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences China Xiangshang Science Conference Yansong Li, Peking University Ministry of Science and Technology Zhenya Chen, Peking University Chinese Academy of Sciences Jin Zhu, Beijing Planetarium National Natural Science Foundation of China Jinxin Hao, Chinese Academy of Sciences Guoxuan Dong, National Science Foundation China Chinese Astronomical Society National Astronomical Observatories Chinese Academy of Sciences Peking University.