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A Symposium Honoring Robert C. Richardson, April 12, 2008

Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin hosted a symposium honoring Robert C. Richardson, Floyd R. Newman Professor of Physics and Director of the Kavli Institute at Cornell, on April 12, 2008. Morning talks focused on the science of low temperature physics; afternoon panels reviewed the roles of industrial labs and universities in the generation of knowledge and innovation. [View photos from the event.]

Program

Friday, April 11, 2008

• 6:30 pm Reception, Statler Hotel Ballroom, campus
• 7:30 pm Buffet Dinner, Statler Hotel Ballroom

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall

• 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast, Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall
• 9:00 am Welcome, Carolyn A. Martin, Provost
  
• 9:10 am Low Temperature Physics, Then and Now
  Session Chair, Jeevak Parpia, Cornell University
  • William Halperin, Northwestern University [talk]
  • P. Chris Hammel, The Ohio State University [talk]
  • Michael L. Roukes, California Institute of Technology
  • John Saunders, Royal Holloway University of London [talk}
• 12:30 pm Lunch, Statler Hotel Ballroom
• 2:00 pm Role of Industrial Research in the 20th Century
  Session Chair, William Brinkman, Princeton University
  • David J. Bishop, Bell Labs [talk]
  • William F. Brinkman, Princeton University [talk]
  • David McQueeney, IBM Corporation
  • Sandip Tiwari, Cornell University [talk]
• 3:30 pm Refreshment, Foyer, Schwartz Auditorium
• 4:00 pm Role of University Research in the 21st Century
  Session Chair, Venky Narayanamurti, Harvard University
  • William Happer, Princeton University [talk]
  • Charlotte Kuh, National Research Council [talk]
  • Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Harvard University
  • Lance Haworth, National Science Foundation [talk]
• 5:30 pm Reception, Biotechnology Building, Room G10, campus
  • Pre-dinner remarks, Don Randel, Mellon Foundation
• 6:30 pm Dinner, Biotechnology Building, Room G10
  • Post-dinner keynote, Douglas Osheroff, Stanford University