Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009

Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand
The Long Now Foundation

October 24, 2009

PIRSA:09100073
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
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
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Physics of Innovation

Richard Epp
University of Waterloo

October 25, 2009

PIRSA:09100030
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 - Creating Spacetime
October 25, 2009

PIRSA:09100014
Quantum Gravity
Q2C Wrap - Up
- Raymond Laflamme
  Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
- Neil Turok
  University of Edinburgh
- Wilson da Silva
  Cosmos Magazine
October 25, 2009

PIRSA:09100037
Cosmology

Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand
The 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 biotechnology is becoming the world’s dominant engineering tool. In light of these changes, environmentalists are going to have to reverse some longheld opinions and embrace tools that they have traditionally distrusted. Only a radical rethinking of traditional green pieties will allow us to forestall the cataclysmic deterioration of the earth’s resources.
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 experience has transformed the way we understand our species and its place in the universe. It may yet uncover alien life. Join scientists in a discussion of what we are learning today from worlds beyond Earth and find out where this effort is likely to lead us next.
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 products of research and the public who will ultimately use them?
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 celebration of the immense power of theoretical physics to transform our world for the betterment of humanity, and learn how current theoretical explorations may hold potential for even more fantastic innovations in the future.
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 prisoner in Platoâs cave who sees only the shadows of objects and never the objects themselves, to John Bellâs famous discovery of the difference between quantum correlations and Dr. Bertlmannâs socks, namely, that whereas the mismatched colours of the doctorâs socks can be attributed to a decision at the sock drawer that morning, certain quantum correlations cannot be explained by a common cause, at least not without doing violence to some cherished principles of physics, such as the fact that causes cannot travel faster than the speed of light.
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 frustration of researchers, candidate theories of quantum gravity produce more puzzles than answers. We shall tour of some of the problems, focusing on the role of spacetime and causality. We will consider the possibility that spacetime did not always exist but is instead emergent and explore how one can create a spacetime from a world with no notion of "here" and "there".
Q2C Wrap - Up
- Raymond Laflamme
  Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
- 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.

Title	Speaker(s)	Date	Info
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Whole Earth Discipline	Stewart Brand	2009-10-24	View details
Worlds Beyond Earth	Ivan Semeniuk, John Grant, Ralf Gellert, Sabine Stanley	2009-10-24	View details
Communicating Science in the 21st Century	Ivan Semeniuk, Véronique Morin, Kathryn O'Hara, Chad Orzel	2009-10-24	View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - The Physics of Innovation	Richard Epp	2009-10-25	View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Quantum Foundations: From Plato's Cave to Bertlmann's Socks	Robert Spekkens	2009-10-25	View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Creating Spacetime		2009-10-25	View details
Q2C Wrap - Up	Raymond Laflamme, Neil Turok, Wilson da Silva	2009-10-25	View details

Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009

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