Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics Launch Event - The Future of Astronomy

On October 4th, we formally launch the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics. Between 10:00am - 4:00pm we will host a scientific meeting with the theme, The Future of Astronomy. Speakers include Neil Turok, Director Emeritus of the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo and Scott Tremaine, Richard Black Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, members of the WCA governing board.  From 4:00 pm, we will host a reception formally opening the new centre, which will provide a chance to meet and talk to the members. At 6:30 pm, Christine Jones Forman from the Harvard Astronomy Department and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will give a public talk – “Exploring the Invisible and Hot Universe”