Schedule
The symposium featured open discussions among international experts about conceptual, foundational and philosophical issues, enigmas, paradoxes and open questions regarding the role that the second law of thermodynamics plays in natural sciences, including physics, biology, energy, engineering, quantum information, micro and nanotechnology, and cosmology.
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Presentations and discussions have been recorded and can be viewed here. - Symposia Proceedings
The Symposium Proceedings will appear in an edited book published by the American Institute of Physics and in the AIP Proceedings Series available online.
Note: This event has already occured. This schedule will remain available for archival purposes.
7:30 |
Registration |
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8:00 |
Opening remarksSpeaker: Ahmed Ghoniem, Symposium Chairman |
8:15 |
Welcoming remarksSpeaker: Susan Hockfield, President, MIT |
8:30 |
J.H. Keenan’s Contribution to ThermodynamicsSpeaker: George Hatsopoulos |
9:00 |
The Second Law and Statistical MechanicsSpeaker: Dick Bedeaux, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
9:50 |
Coffee Break |
10:20 |
The Second Law and Quantum PhysicsSpeaker: Charles Bennett, IBM Research Center |
11:10 |
The Second Law and CosmologySpeaker: Max Tegmark, Professor of Physics, MIT |
12:00 |
Lunch Break Keynote AddressTopic: Building on the Legacy of Joseph H. Keenan Speaker: Elias Gyftopoulos, Professor Emeritus, MIT Location: MIT Faculty Club |
13:30 |
Panel DiscussionTopic: Foundations of the Second Law Moderators: Seth Lloyd and Robert Silbey, MIT Participants: Seth Lloyd, MIT; Owen Maroney, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; Silviu Guiasu, York University; Ping Ao, University of Washington; Jochen Gemmer, University of Osnabrueck; Bernard Guy, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne; Gian Paolo Beretta, Università di Brescia; Speranta Gheorghiu-Svirschevski; Dorion Sagan |
15:00 |
Coffee Break |
15:30 |
Panel DiscussionTopic: Frontiers of the Second Law Moderators: Seth Lloyd and Robert Silbey, MIT Participants: Adrian Bejan, Duke University; Bjarne Andresen, Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen; Miguel Rubi, Universitat de Barcelona; Signe Kjelstrup, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Miroslav Grmela, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal; Lyndsay Gordon; Thomas Avedisian, Cornell University; Eric Schneider, Hawkwood Institute; George Hatsopoulos |
17:00 |
Adjourn |
18:30 |
Gala Dinner and Commemoration of J.H. KeenanLocation: Museum of Science Invitees: Symposium participants, alumni, and friends |
8:30 |
The Second Law and BiophysicsSpeaker: Kenneth Dill, Professor of Biophysics, University of California San Francisco |
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9:20 |
Coffee Break |
9:50 |
Panel DiscussionTopic: Teaching the Second Law Moderators: Seth Lloyd and Robert Silbey, MIT Participants: Joseph Smith, MIT; Howard Butler, University of West Virginia; Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Linda Griffith, MIT; Kim Hamad-Schifferli, MIT; Bernhardt Trout, MIT; Jeffery Lewins, Magdalene College; David Jou, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Enzo Zanchini, Università di Bologna; Michael von Spakovsky, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
11:20 |
Lunch Break The MIT Energy InitiativeSpeaker: Ernest Moniz, Professor and Director of MITEI, MIT Location: Cambridge Marriott Hotel |
13:00 |
The Second Law and EnergySpeaker: Steven Chu, Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1997 Nobel Laureate |
13:50 |
Panel DiscussionTopic: The Second Law and Energy Moderators: Seth Lloyd and Robert Silbey, MIT Participants: Thomas Widmer; Ernest S. Geskin, New Jersey Institute of Technology; James Keck, MIT; Noam Lior, University of
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15:20 |
Closing remarksSpeakers: Ahmed Ghoniem, George Hatsopoulos |
15:35 |
Adjourn |
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