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Science Friday*, Live from ASU, Friday, April 3, 11a.m. 1p.m.Katzin Concert Hall, ASU Tempe campus

*Free, frst come, frst served

Public Symposium**, Monday, April 6, 9:30 a.m. 9:30 p.m.

ASU Gammage, ASU Tempe campus

9:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Steven Pinker Don Johanson Brian Greene

1:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m.

Richard Dawkins Craig Venter Lawrence Krauss

Nobel Panel moderated by Ira FlatowBaruch Blumberg Walter Gilbert Sheldon Glashow

David Gross John Mather Frank Wilczek

7:15 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

World Champion of Magic, Jason Latimer

Panel on Science, Science Fiction, Technology, and Culturemoderated by Aaron Brown

Werner Herzog Christopher Hitchens Ann Druyan and more!8:30 p.m.

Stephen Hawking**Tickets will go on sale March 4 at ASU Gammage or those with

an ASU ID, and March 6 at Ticketmaster or the general public.

April 3 6, 2009The worlds leading scientists, authors, and public

intellectuals inaugurate the new Origins Initiative at ASU.Public Events

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Scientifc Symposium* April 35

Participants to include:

Monday, April 6

Public lectures by Richard Dawkins, Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking,Don Johanson, Lawrence Krauss, Steven Pinker, Craig Venter,a Nobel panel, and more.* Attendance to scientifc symposium by invitation only. Please send inquiries to origins@asu.edu

Ariel AnbarBarry Barish

Bob BatesPeter BearmanRoger BlandfordBaruch Blumberg**Rob Boyd

Dorothy CheneyPhil Christensen

Patricia ChurchlandPaul Davies

Richard DawkinsAnn DruyanDoug ErwinJohn Fleagle

Carlos FrenkWendy FreedmanWalter Gilbert**

Sheldon Glashow**A. C. GraylingBrian GreeneDavid Gross**

Alan GuthJonathan HaidtAlex HallidayStephen Hawking

Werner Herzog

Christopher HitchensKip HodgesBert HlldoblerDonald C. Johanson

Lawrence KraussAntonio LazcanoMargaret LeviAndrei Linde

Michael Macy

Curtis Marean

John Mather**Steve MojzsisBen MooreRandy NesseJames Peebles

Kevin PetersonSteven PinkerGeorge Poste

David QuellerV. S. RamachandranMartin ReesAdam RiessSue RosserJohn Ruhl

Anneila SargentJerrold SeigelMichael Shermer

Joe SilkMaria SpiropuluDavid Stevenson

Joan StrassmannIan TattersallSarah TishkoffMichael TurnerSander van der Leeuw

Craig Venter

Alex VilenkinPeter WardSteven Weinberg**

Frank Wilczek**Rogier WindhorstPolly WiessnerEd Young

** Nobel Laureate^ to be confrmed

Exploring oreront questions at theedge o knowledge: from the origin of theuniverse and the laws of nature to the evolutionof life, humans, consciousness, and culture

April 36, 2009