PRL 50th Anniversary symposium at Stony Brook (June 27, 2008)

Symposium to be held at the Wang Center, Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York, USA. These events are by invitation only. Badges will be prepared for invited guests.

Directions to the Wang Center: Take the LIE to exit 62, and follow Nicolls Road (Route 97) north for 9 miles. The main entrance to Stony Brook University is on the left and the signs before you come to it will indicate that it is also the turn for the Wang Center. Turn left into the campus. You'll see the Wang Center almost immediately on making the turn into the main entrance. Just past the first traffic light, it's a large silver gray building on the right with red entryway fencing, crowned with a big silver tower. Additional information here: http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/wang/directions.shtml

Parking: Go through that light and up to the Wang Center, drop off any passengers if you like, then turn left. Directly opposite the Wang Center is a paid parking lot. At some point in the evening, around 8:00, parking will become free so you *may* not have to pay if you are staying for dinner.

If you prefer, or if the paid parking lot is full, you can use the nearby "overflow" parking lot. Circle around back to the traffic light and make a left. You'll pass John Toll Road on your left. Keep going and the first right turn you come to is the overflow lot, in easy walking distance to the Wang Center.

Participants and Program, Symposium, Charles B. Wang Center Theatre

Participants:
Gene Sprouse, Editor in Chief, American Physical Society
Jack Sandweiss, Chairman of the Board of Editors, Physical Review Letters
Martin Blume, APS Editor in Chief Emeritus and Senior Physicist Emeritus, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Reinhardt Schuhmann, Managing Editor, Physical Review Letters
Barbara Jacak, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
Chris Wesselborg, Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters
Peter Koch, Chair, Stony Brook University Department of Physics & Astronomy
Robert Garisto, Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters
Lawrence Krauss, Professor and Director of the Center for Education & Research in Cosmology & Astrophysics, Case Western Reserve University

Program Agenda:

2:00 Welcome: Gene Sprouse
2:10 Introduction of Martin Blume by Jack Sandweiss
2:15 Martin Blume, “PRL at 50: From Then to Now”
2:45 Questions: Moderator, Reinhardt Schuhmann
2:55 Introduction of Barbara Jacak by Gene Sprouse

3:00 Barbara Jacak, “Penning a Letter with 500 of My Best Friends”

3:30 Questions: Moderator, Chris Wesselborg
3:40 Coffee Break
4:00 Introduction to Part 2, Peter Koch
4:05 Introduction of Lawrence Krauss by Robert Garisto

4:10 Lawrence Krauss, “PRL at 50: From Here to Eternity”

4:40 Questions: Moderator, Robert Garisto
4:50 Symposium Closing Remarks: Reinhardt Schuhmann
5:00 - 6:00 Reception, Water Garden
6:00 - 8:00 Dinner, Zodiac lower level
Buffet dinner with choices of chicken, fish, or meat, with salads and side dishes; choice of dessert.
8:00 Closing Remarks, Reinhardt Schuhmann

The Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University

An invitation to celebrate 50 years of Moving Physics Forward.

The Symposium speakers, (L-R) Lawrence Krauss, Marty Blume and Barbara Jacak, pose with Sam Goudsmit's portrait.