Media Invitation: The Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics opens its doors to you

On Friday November 15th, there will be a celebration at the University of Durham of the opening of the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics

The multi-million pound science complex will create a world-leading centre of excellence in fundamental physics, combining research into the building blocks of the universe and the large scale structure of the universe, coupled with a mission to inspire a new generation of young scientists.
This is your opportunity to meet researchers working at the cutting edge of physics research from both the Institute for Computational Cosmology (ICC) and the Institute for Particle Physics phenomenology (IPPP), brought together in the Ogden Centre.
There will be time for informal discussions with the scientists during the day, but if you would like to make contact with a specific person (*) or arrange an interview, please contact Julia Maddock (details below).
Programme
10.00 Tours of the Ogden Centre ,11.00 Conferring of honorary degrees on Richard Ellis and Peter Ogden ,Interval and lunch - opportunity for informal interviews with some of the UK''s leading scientists ,14.00 for 14.15 Particle Physics Lecture by Sir Christopher Llewellyn-Smith ,15.15 Astronomy Lecture by Sir Martin Rees
The Prime Minister Tony Blair officially opened the centre on October 18th. ,For the original press release and pictures of his visit see ,http://www.pparc.ac.uk/Nw/Press/blair.asp
*Some of the scientists expected are:
From Durham University: ,Mike Pennington (Head of Department), James Stirling (Director IPPP & PPARC Science Committee Chair), Carlos Frenk (Director ICC), Brian Tanner, Ray Sharples, Arnold Wolfendale
From other Universities: ,Phil Allport (Liverpool), David Bailin (Sussex), Peter Dorman (ICSTM), John Dowell (Birmingham), George Efstathiou (Cambridge), Erwin Gabathuler (Liverpool), Scott Kay (Sussex), Peter Ratoff (Lancashire), Leszek Roskowski (Lancashire) David Saxon (Glasgow), Neil Spooner (Sheffield), Simon White (MPI Munich).
To confirm your attendance or for further information, contact:
Julia Maddock ,PPARC Press Office ,Tel: [phone] ,Mobile: [phone] ,Email: [e-mail]
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