UCL-French Embassy Lectures 2011-12 Series Two: Research Frontiers - The Origin of the Solar System

This is the second in a second series of UCL-French Embassy events proposed by Dr Serge Plattard, Counsellor for Science and Technology of the French Embassy in London, and UCL’s Pro-Provost (Europe), Professor Mike Wilson. The four events in Series One were linked to UCL’s society-focused Grand Challenges programme.

In Series Two the orientation is UCL’s new Research Frontiers programme, with an emphasis on ‘origins’. Distinguished figures from research-intensive universities and institutes in France and from UCL will speak from different, complementary, and sometimes conflicting perspectives on four research frontier topics. We start the second series with the biggest question of them all: how it all began – the Origin of the Universe.

The UCL-French Embassy Lecture series 2011-12 is sponsored by the French Embassy, by the UCL Pro-Provost Europe, and by the UCL Grand Challenges programme of the Office of the UCL Vice-Provost (Research).

Programme

17.00 Introduction – David Price / Mike Wilson

17.05 1^st talk: – Jean-Pierre Bibring (chairman: Serge Plattard)

17.45 2^nd talk:– Lars Stixrude (chairman: Serge Plattard)

18.25 Questions and Answers session (chairman: Serge Plattard)

19.05 Reception in the Roberts Foyer