Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009

October 15, 2009 - October 25, 2009

31 talks C09011

Quantum to Cosmos Festival

Displaying 1 - 12 of 31

Q2C Wrap - Up

Raymond Laflamme , Neil Turok - University of Edinburgh , Wilson da Silva - Cosmos Magazine

October 25, 2009 PIRSA:09100037 Cosmology
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Creating Spacetime

October 25, 2009 PIRSA:09100014 Quantum Gravity
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Quantum Foundations: From Plato's Cave to Bertlmann's Socks

Robert Spekkens - Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 25, 2009 PIRSA:09100013 Quantum Information
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Physics of Innovation

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

October 25, 2009 PIRSA:09100030
Communicating Science in the 21st Century

Ivan Semeniuk - The Globe and Mail , Véronique Morin - Télé-Québec , Kathryn O'Hara - Carleton University , Chad Orzel - Uncertain Principles

October 24, 2009 PIRSA:09100071
Worlds Beyond Earth

Ivan Semeniuk - The Globe and Mail , John Grant - Smithsonian Institution , Ralf Gellert - University of Guelph , Sabine Stanley - University of Toronto

October 24, 2009 PIRSA:09100008
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand - Long Now Foundation

October 24, 2009 PIRSA:09100073
Lecture Series presented by KPMG- Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematicians

Craig Kaplan - University of Waterloo

October 24, 2009 PIRSA:09100078
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Quantum Physics in Sixty Minutes

Damian Pope - Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 24, 2009 PIRSA:09100074
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Do We Still Believe in Science?

Mike Lazaridis - Quantum Valley Investments , Neil Turok - University of Edinburgh , Michael Griffin - University of Alabama , Stewart Brand - Long Now Foundation , Natalie Angier - The New York Times , Steve Paikin - TVO

October 23, 2009 PIRSA:09100070
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Sense from Chaos: Controlling the Dynamic Networks of the Brain

Larry Abbott - Columbia University

October 23, 2009 PIRSA:09100025
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Robotics Revolution and the Future of Evolution

Michael Belfiore , Hod Lipson - Cornell University , Eliezer Yudkowsky - Machine Intelligence Research Institute , Cory Doctorow - Craphound , Steve Paikin - TVO

October 22, 2009 PIRSA:09100069

Q2C Wrap - Up

Raymond Laflamme , Neil Turok - University of Edinburgh , Wilson da Silva - Cosmos Magazine

October 25, 2009 PIRSA:09100037 Cosmology

In this closing session, festival panelists will look back over the preceding ten days to review what we've learned about the Quantum, the Cosmos, and Ideas for the Future.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Creating Spacetime

October 25, 2009 PIRSA:09100014 Quantum Gravity

Our understanding of the physical world at the most fundamental level is based on two theories: quantum theory and general relativity. They are impressively successful when each is considered on its own, but in situations where both play a role, we are reduced to puzzles and absurdity. To the great…
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Quantum Foundations: From Plato's Cave to Bertlmann's Socks

Robert Spekkens - Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 25, 2009 PIRSA:09100013 Quantum Information

The mysteries of quantum theory run deep. Despite 80 years of research, there is still no consensus on its interpretation. This talk will explore some of the important issues in the foundations of quantum theory, from the idea that we have only a limited knowledge of a deeper reality, like the…
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Physics of Innovation

Richard Epp - University of Waterloo

October 25, 2009 PIRSA:09100030

Where does technology come from? Physics! Exploring basic mysteries such as "What is light?", "How can atoms exist?", and "What is space and time?" led to computers, wireless communication, mp3 players, lasers, medical imaging - indeed, virtually every "high tech" device on the planet. Join us in a…
Communicating Science in the 21st Century

Ivan Semeniuk - The Globe and Mail , Véronique Morin - Télé-Québec , Kathryn O'Hara - Carleton University , Chad Orzel - Uncertain Principles

October 24, 2009 PIRSA:09100071

Science journalism is the essential glue connecting science to society. Looking around the world, how is science journalism changing? Is science journalism even essential to good science communication? How else might scientists come to understand the relationship between new technologies and the…
Worlds Beyond Earth

Ivan Semeniuk - The Globe and Mail , John Grant - Smithsonian Institution , Ralf Gellert - University of Guelph , Sabine Stanley - University of Toronto

October 24, 2009 PIRSA:09100008

It has taken thousands of generations and countless migrations to explore our own small planet. Now, in less than one lifetime, our robot surrogates have ventured to nearly every significant object in the solar system. Vast new territories and landscapes have opened up before our eyes. The…
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand - Long Now Foundation

October 24, 2009 PIRSA:09100073

Three profound transformations are under way on Earth right now. Climate change is real and is pushing us toward managing the planet as a whole. Urbanization—half the world’s population now lives in cities, and eighty percent will by midcentury—is altering humanity’s land impact and wealth. And…
Lecture Series presented by KPMG- Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematicians

Craig Kaplan - University of Waterloo

October 24, 2009 PIRSA:09100078

From prehistoric times onward, people have always found ways to incorporate mathematical thinking into art. Today, we have sophisticated mathematical machinery that we can use both to understand the rules that underlie historical patterns and to describe new designs of great beauty and originality…
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Quantum Physics in Sixty Minutes

Damian Pope - Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 24, 2009 PIRSA:09100074

Quantum Physics. Along with neuroscience and rocket science, it has a reputation of being abstract, inpenetrable and horrendously complicated. Even Einstein himself struggled to get his head around it. But, there’s hope! Using references from movies, books and art, this presentation will guide you…
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Do We Still Believe in Science?

Mike Lazaridis - Quantum Valley Investments , Neil Turok - University of Edinburgh , Michael Griffin - University of Alabama , Stewart Brand - Long Now Foundation , Natalie Angier - The New York Times , Steve Paikin - TVO

October 23, 2009 PIRSA:09100070

From the Enlightenment onward, science gained our trust and we followed its logic readily. But in an increasingly complex and skeptical world, will advancements in genetics, Artificial Intelligence, and countless other endeavours keep us believing, or will we lose the taste for a life shaped by…
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Sense from Chaos: Controlling the Dynamic Networks of the Brain

Larry Abbott - Columbia University

October 23, 2009 PIRSA:09100025

Activity recorded from neurons in the brain often looks random or chaotic. How do we make sense of the world and produce precisely controlled responses when so much of the activity in our brains is chaotic? This talk will show how brain circuits can switch between chaotic and well-controlled…
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Robotics Revolution and the Future of Evolution

Michael Belfiore , Hod Lipson - Cornell University , Eliezer Yudkowsky - Machine Intelligence Research Institute , Cory Doctorow - Craphound , Steve Paikin - TVO

October 22, 2009 PIRSA:09100069

How will robotics change us and our lives? Will AI driven robots put us on and accelerated evolutionary path? Why would we want a more heavily robotized society? Do we have choice in the matter? Be part of the live studio audience for this special edition of TVO's Agenda with Steve Paikin.

Title	Speaker(s)	Date
Q2C Wrap - Up	Raymond Laflamme, Neil Turok, Wilson da Silva	2009-10-25
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Creating Spacetime		2009-10-25
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Quantum Foundations: From Plato's Cave to Bertlmann's Socks	Robert Spekkens	2009-10-25
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Physics of Innovation	Richard Epp	2009-10-25
Communicating Science in the 21st Century	Ivan Semeniuk, Véronique Morin, Kathryn O'Hara, Chad Orzel	2009-10-24
Worlds Beyond Earth	Ivan Semeniuk, John Grant, Ralf Gellert, Sabine Stanley	2009-10-24
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Whole Earth Discipline	Stewart Brand	2009-10-24
Lecture Series presented by KPMG- Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematicians	Craig Kaplan	2009-10-24
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Quantum Physics in Sixty Minutes	Damian Pope	2009-10-24
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Do We Still Believe in Science?	Mike Lazaridis, Neil Turok, Michael Griffin, Stewart Brand, Natalie Angier, Steve Paikin	2009-10-23
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Sense from Chaos: Controlling the Dynamic Networks of the Brain	Larry Abbott	2009-10-23
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Robotics Revolution and the Future of Evolution	Michael Belfiore, Hod Lipson, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Cory Doctorow, Steve Paikin	2009-10-22

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