Programme


Friday 8th January 2021 (UK times)

5.30pm

Pre-show reel

6pm

Welcome to event by host of evening, Professor Anne Davis

6.05pm

Dr Stella Seitz (LMU) introduces the first speaker, Professor Eiichiro Komatsu

6.10pm

Professor Eiichiro Komatsu

Where are we from? Clues from the light of the fireball Universe

6.45pm

Professor Komatsu answers live questions moderated by Dr Seitz

7pm

Preview of student/postdoc Q&A

7.05pm

Professor Harvey Reall (Cambridge) introduces the second speaker, Professor Sir Roger Penrose

7.10pm

Professor Sir Roger Penrose

Black holes, cosmology, and spacetime singularities

7.45pm

Professor Reall interviews Professor Penrose about working with Stephen Hawking. Professor Penrose then answers moderated questions live

8.05pm

End of official event

8.10-8.55pm

Dr Hayley Macpherson, introduces Cambridge/LMU students and postdocs, who answer further questions from the general public live