When: August 8, 2009, 2:30 p.m.
Where: TRIUMF Circle, Vancouver, British Columbia
Schedule
2:30 p.m. Welcome
- Nigel S. Lockyer, TRIUMF, Director
2:35 From Newton to Hawking: Gravity Matters
- Mark Halpern, University of British Columbia
2:40 Historical Context
- Erich W. Vogt, TRIUMF, Director Emeritus
2:45 Observations from “Circles Around TRIUMF” (3 min each)
- Jan Fialkowksi, University Neighbourhoods Association, Executive Director
- John Hepburn, University of British Columbia, Vice President, Research
- Richard T. Lee, M.L.A., Burnaby North, and Parliamentary Secretary for the Asia‐Pacific Initiative
- Joyce Murray, M.P., Vancouver‐Quadra
- Gary Goodyear, M.P., Cambridge, and Minister of State for Science and Technology (by video)
3:00 Introduction of Commemorative Plaque
- Mrs. Lorna Warren
3:05 p.m. Closing Remarks
- Nigel S. Lockyer, TRIUMF, Director