PROGRAM AND SCHEDULE OF THE (ORIGINAL, NOW POSTPONED) 2020 CONFERENCE
The 2021 Program will be similar in structure, but with (of course) different dates, and possibly different venues
FRIDAY, June 5, 2020:
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM Registration desk open (Fiondella Great Room, Ruane Center for the Humanities) 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Reception and Poster Session #1 (Fiondella Great Room, Ruane Center for the Humanities)
SATURDAY, June 6, 2020:
7:00 AM MASS (St. Dominic Chapel) 7:45- 8:45 AM BREAKFAST (Raymond Dinng Hall)
8:45 AM Welcoming Remarks by SCS President (This and all Lectures in Room 105, Ruane Center for the Humanities) 9:00 AM Keynote Lecture: Christopher T. Baglow (Univ. of Notre Dame) 10:00 AM break 10:15 AM Invited Lecture: Jonathan I. Lunine (Cornell Univ.) 11:15 AM break 11:30 AM Invited Lecture: Karin I. Öberg (Harvard Univ.)
12:00 PM LUNCH (Raymond Dining Hall)
1:15 PM Lecture (All Lectures in Room 105, Ruane Center for the Humanities) 1:45 PM Lecture 2:15 PM break 2:30 PM Invited Lecture: Conway Morris, FRS (Univ. of Cambridge) 3:30 PM break 3:45 PM Lecture 4:15 PM break 4:30 PM St. Albert Award Lecture: Lawrence M. Principe (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
5:30 PM: Cocktails (Cocktails, Banquet and Banquet Address in '64 Hall, Slavin Center) 6:30 PM: CONFERENCE BANQUET 8:00 PM: Banquet Address: Jennifer J. Wiseman (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
8:30 PM to 10:00 PM SOCIAL HOUR
SUNDAY, June 7, 2020:
8:00 AM CONFERENCE MASS (St. Dominic Chapel) 9:00 AM BREAKFAST (Raymond Dining Hall)
10:00 AM Lecture (All Lectures in Room 105, Ruane Center for the Humanities) 10:30 AM Lecture 11:00 AM Lecture
11:30 AM Poster Session #2 (Room 105, Ruane Center for the Humanities)
12:45 PM LUNCH (Raymond Dining Hall)
1:30 PM SCS Membership Meeting (Room 105, Ruane Center for the Humanities)
12:00-4:00 Dorm room check-out
3:30 PM Conference ends
