Wonderfest 2008

The 10th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Festival of Science

 

 

                Standing-room-only crowds enjoyed mind-expanding events at                    Stanford and UC Berkeley according to the following schedule:

SATURDAY, NOV. 1 ~ STANFORD

1:00 pm Does Anything Happen at Random?
Persi Diaconis, Professor of Statistics, Stanford
Daniel Fisher, Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford

2:30 pm Will Genetics Allow Us to Revive Extinct Species?
Ronald Davis, Professor of Biochemistry & Genetics, Stanford
David Haussler, Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, UC Santa Cruz

4:00 - 7:00 pm Bay Area Science Expo — Science art, books, crafts, & music

4:30 pm Science Laughs — Norm Goldblatt, Merle Kessler, Tim Lee, & Brian Malow

5:30 pm WonderCup Challenge Championship
The Bay Area’s two top high school science quiz teams face off.

8:00 pm Does Civilization Have a Promising Energy Future?
Steven Chu (moderator), Nobel Laureate & Director, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Dan Kammen (conservation), Professor of Energy Resources, UC Berkeley
Mike McGehee (solar), Assoc. Prof. of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford
Lynn Orr (carbon capture), Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford
Per Peterson (fission), Professor of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley

Also: Presentation of the 2008 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization to

Robert Sapolsky, Professor of Neurology & Biology, Stanford

And The Mind Duel — Intrepid professors vs. Wondercup Student champs!
Master of Ceremonies: Richard Hart, Emmy Award-winning sci/tech/comedy journalist

SUNDAY, NOV. 2 ~ BERKELEY

10:00 am Why Do We Seem So Alone In the Cosmos?
Geoff Marcy, Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley
Dan Werthimer, SETI@home Chief Scientist, UC Berkeley

11:30 am - 2:30 pm Bay Area Science Expo — Science art, books, crafts, & music

1:30 pm Science Laughs — Norm Goldblatt, Merle Kessler, Tim Lee, & Brian Malow

2:30 pm Are Dreams Psychologically Significant?
William Dement, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Stanford
Sharon Keenan, Founder, School of Sleep Medicine, Palo Alto

4:00 pm What Science Must Our Leaders Understand?
Richard Muller, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
Robert Siegel, Assoc. Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford

The 9th annual Wonderfest took place at Stanford and Cal in late October 2007.

(see Wonderfest 2007 videos…)


 
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