2008 Awards Week Events Schedule
Schedule Details
This page contains the detailed schedule of the 2008 Franklin Institute Awards Week.
- Laureates' Laboratory
- Meet the Scientists
- Broecker Panel Discussion
- Eschenmoser Symposium
- Ambros, Ruvkun, Baulcombe Symposium
- Kanade Symposium
- Phadke and Thorp Symposium
- Jin Symposium
- Pearl Symposium
- Kolata Symposium
Laureates' Laboratory
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Open to the Public
Meet the Laureates and participate in interactive demonstrations geared towards students visiting the Museum, highlighting the scientific concepts behind the work of the medal winners.
Location:
The Franklin Institute
Planetarium Hall
222 N 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Rita Hoffstadt, rmhoffstadt@fi.edu
Meet the Scientists
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
By invitation only
A question-and-answer program for invited high school students. This lively and interesting discussion presents a unique opportunity for students to interact with some of the world's most important and accomplished scientists.
Location:
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Theater (program
Harcourt Center (reception)
222 N 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Ali Robinson-Rogers, arogers@fi.edu
Broecker Panel Discussion
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
"The Ocean and Earth's Climate: Past, Present and Future"
Panel Discussion Featuring Wallace S. Broecker
2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science
Sponsored by The Franklin Institute
Reservations required - contact bscheraga@fi.edu
Moderator:
Dr. Joe Palca
National Public Radio
Panelists:
Dr. Wallace S. Broecker, Laureate
Columbia University
Dr. D. James Baker
Global Carbon Measurement Program, The William J. Clinton Foundation
Dr. John Byrne
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware
Dr. Nancy M. Targett
College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware
Location:
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Theater
222 N 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Deirdre Bojie, dbojie@fi.edu
Eschenmoser Symposium
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
"Organic and Bioogranic Chemistry: Challenges - Past Present and Future"
Symposium honoring Albert Eschenmoser
Download the flyer for this symposium
2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry
Co-Sponsored by The Franklin Institute, University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemistry, and AstraZeneca
Speakers:
Professor Albert Eschenmoser, Laureate
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and The Scripps Research Institute
Professor Scott E. Denmark
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor M. Reza Ghardiri
The Scripps Research Institute
Professor Erik J. Sorensen
Princeton University
Location:
Chemistry Laboratories, 1973 Wing
(New Chemistry)
Room 102
34th and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.upenn.edu
Contact: Krista Simmons, kristals@sas.upenn.edu
Ambros, Ruvkun Baulcombe Symposium
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 noon
"The Biology of Small RNAS"
Symposium honoring Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun and David Baulcombe
Download the flyer for this symposium.
2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
Co-Sponsored by The Franklin Institute; Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI); IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE); The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitve Research (EPSCoR); Office of the Provost, University of Delaware and College of Agriculture, University of Delaware
Speakers:
Dr. Victor R. Ambros, Laureate
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Dr. Gary Ruvkun, Laureate
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. David Baulcombe, Laureate
University of Cambridge
Location:
University of Delaware
Roselle Center for the Arts
Gore Recital Hall
110 Orchard Road
Newark, DE
http://www.udel.edu
Contact: Sharon Bancroft, bancroft@dbi.udel.edu
To register, visit http://www.dbi.udel.edu/smallRNAsymposium.html
Kanade Symposium
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
"Current Topics in Robotics and Computer Vision"
Symposium honoring Takeo Kanade
Download the flyer for this symposium
2008 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Co-Sponsored by The Franklin Institute, and the GRASP Laboratory and Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
Speakers:
Professor Takeo Kanade, Laureate
Carnegie Mellon University
Professor Matthew T. Mason
Carnegie Mellon University
Professor Camillo J. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
An open house of the GRASP Laboratory will follow the program.
Location:
University of Pennsylvania
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Berger Auditorium
Skirkanich Hall
210 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.upenn.edu
Contact: Cheryl Hickey, cherylhj@cis.upenn.edu
Phadke and Thorp Symposium
Thursday, April 17, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
"The Development of Computer Relaying and Phasor Measurement Technologies"
Symposium honoring Arun G. Phadke and James S. Thorp
Download the flyer for this symposium.
2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering
Co-Sponsored by The Franklin Institute; Drexel University College of Engineering; American Electrical Power Service Corporation (AEP); GE Multilin; Gothia Power AB, Sweden; PECO; and Quanta Services
Speakers:
Professor Arun G. Phadke, Laureate
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Professor James S. Thorp, Laureate
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Mark G. Adamiak, PE
GE Multilin
Stanley H. Horowitz
Consultant, Former Head of System Protection, AEP
Dr. Daniel Karlsson
Gothia Power, AB
Professor Willis F. Long
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Location:
Drexel University
Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center Auditorium
Market Street, Between 31st and 32nd Streets, South Side
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.drexel.edu
Contact: Professor Karen Miu, miu@ece.drexel.edu
Jin Symposium
Thursday, April 17, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
"The BCS-BEC Crossover in Cold Atoms"
Symposium honoring Deborah S. Jin
2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics
Co-Sponsored by The Franklin Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Speaker:
Professor Deborah S. Jin, Laureate
National Institute of Standards & Technology and University of Colorado
Professor Murray Holland
University of Colorado
Professor Randall Hulet
Rice University
Professor Kathryn Levin
University of Chicago
Location:
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Chemistry
Carolyn Lynch Lecture Hall
213 S. 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA
www.upenn.edu
Contact: Vivian Hasiuk, hasiuk@physics.upenn.edu
Pearl Symposium
Thursday, April 17, 2008
10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
"Advances in Probabilistic Reasoning and Casual Inference"
Symposium honoring Judea Pearl
2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science
Co-Sponsored by The Franklin Institute and the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science and Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
Speakers:
Professor Judea Pearl, Laureate
University of California, Los Angeles
Professor A. Philip Dawid
University of Cambridge
Professor Michael I. Jordan
University of California, Berkeley
Professor Michael Kearns
University of Pennsylvania
Location:
Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
Large Conference Room, 4th Floor
3401 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
www.upenn.edu
Contact: Cheryl Hickey, cherylh@cis.upenn.edu
Kolata Lecture and Book Signing
Friday, April 18, 2008
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
"Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss -- and the Myths and Realities of Dieting"
Lecture and Book Signing by Gina Kolata
Registration required -- contact aayer@fi.edu
Speaker:
Gina Kolata, Host of The 2008 Franklin Institute Awards Ceremony
Author and Senior Writer, The New York Times
Location:
The Franklin Institute
5th Floor
222 N 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Andria Ayer, aayer@fi.edu