UNESCO, Paris, France, January 13-15 2005

Physics for Tomorrow

Launch Conference of the International Year of physics
Conférence Inaugurale de l’Année Internationale de la Physique

The conference languages will be English and French (with simultaneous translation from English to French or conversely).

Final Programme

Thursday, January 13, 2005
9h00 - 10h30 Inauguration Session
10h30 - 11h00 Coffee Break
11h00 - 12h00 K. R. Sreenivasan (India/United States/ICTP, Italy)
“Physics and development”
12h00 - 13h00 Claus Weyrich (Siemens, Germany)
“Innovation - a challenge for science and industry”
13h00 - 14h30 Lunch
14h30 - 15h30 Zhores Alferov (Russia, Nobel Prize in Physics 2000)
“Physics and information technology”
15h30 - 16h30 Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (France, Nobel Prize in Physics 1997)
“Quantum physics and its impact on daily life”
16h30 - 17h00 Coffee Break
17h00 - 18h00 Myriam Sarachik (USA)
“Nanophysics and nanotechnologies: their impact in the real world”

Friday, January 14, 2005
9h00 - 11h00 Round Table
“What can bring physics to the socio-economic challenges of the 21st century?”
with Philippe Camus, Sylvie Joussaume, Sergio Rezende, Burton Richter, Carlo Rubbia, Alex Taylor (moderator)
11h00 - 11h30 Coffee Break
11h30 - 12h30 Denis Le Bihan (France)
“Physics and life sciences”
12h30 - 14h00 Lunch
14h00 - 15h00 Harold Kroto (United Kingdom, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996)
“2010, a NanoSpace Odyssey”
15h00 - 16h00 C.N.R. Rao (India)
“The chemistry-physics interface over the decades”
16h00 - 16h30 Coffee Break
16h30 - 17h30 Gerard t'Hooft (Netherlands, Nobel Prize in Physics 1999)
“Unified theories for elementary particles and forces”
17h30 - 18h30 Masatoshi Koshiba (Japan, Nobel Prize in Physics 2002)
“Cosmology and astrophysics in the 21st century”

Saturday, January 15, 2005
9h00 - 10h00 Georges Charpak (France, Nobel Prize in Physics 1992)
“Teaching and education in physics”
10h00 - 10h30 Coffee Break
10h30 - 12h30 Round Table
“Perception of physics and science in the general public”
with Ana Maria Cetto, Marvin L. Cohen, Ayse Erzan, Chen Jia-er, Pierre Léna, José Luis Moran-Lopez, Dominique Leglu (moderator)
12h30 - 13h00 Closing session

Round Table 1 (Friday, 14.1.2005, 9h00-11h00)
What can bring physics to the socio-economic challenges of the 21st century?

Speakers
Philippe Camus (Executive President, EADS, France)
Sylvie Joussaume (Director INSU/CNRS, France)
Sergio Rezende (Director, FINEP, Brazil)
Burton Richter, Physics Nobel laureate (SLAC, USA)
Carlo Rubbia, Physics Nobel laureate (ENEA, Italy)
Moderator: Alex Taylor
Round Table 2 (Saturday, 15.1.2005, 10h30-12h30)
Perception of physics and science in the general public
Speakers
Ana Maria Cetto (Deputy Director General, IAEA, Mexico)
Marvin L. Cohen (President, APS, USA)
Ayse Erzan (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
Chen Jia-er (Past-President, CPS and NSFC, China)
Pierre Léna (Vice-President, Association Bernard Gregory, France)
José Luis Morán-López (Director, ISTR San Luis Potosi, Mexico)
Moderator: Dominique Leglu

Publishers
Dunod Editeur
Editions Odile Jacob
EDP Sciences
Elsevier
Institute of Physics Publishing
Oxford University Press
Springer Verlag
World Scientific

 

Practical information

Contact: launch@wyp2005.org