Origins: From the Big Bang to Life
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo
Palacio de Magdalena, Santander, Cantabria (Spain)
Del 10 al 14 de julio de 2006
10th to 14th July, 2006

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Program

Monday, July 10

10:30 Inauguration
Juan Pérez Mercader

11:00 After the Big Bang
Simon Lilly
Astrophysicist, Institut für Astronomie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich , Switzerland .

12:30 Star formation and the evolution of galaxies
Simon Lilly

16:30 Round table discussion: Life as a cosmic imperative
Juan Pérez Mercader, Simon Lilly, Jack W. Szostak

Tuesday, July 11

10:00 Origins of planetary systems
Alan P. Boss
Astronomer, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington , D.C. , U.S.A.

12:00 Protoplanetary disks and the early Solar System
Alan P. Boss

16:30 Round table discussion: Exoplanets ñ what we do and do not know
Alan P. Boss, Simon Lilly, Bruce Runnegar

Wednesday, July 12

10:00 The nature of life
Jack. W. Szostak
Molecular biologist, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

12:00 Origin of life on Earth
Jack. W. Szostak

16:30 Round table discussion: Astrobiology ñ what we would like to know
Juan Pérez Mercader, Alan Boss, Jack W. Szostak

19:00 Public Lecture
José Pedro Calvo Sorando, Director General del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)

Thursday, July 13

10:00 Life's first steps on Earth
Bruce Runnegar

12:00 Co-evolution of Earth and its life
Bruce Runnegar

16:30 Student group presentations

Friday, July 14

10:00 Life as a consequence of the evolution of the Universe
Juan Pérez Mercader

12:00 Synthesis, diplomas, farewell

15:00 K-T boundary field excursion, San Juan de la Canal
Jesús Martínez Frías, Bruce Runnegar