Info on the Origins Symposium can be found here http://origins.asu.edu/pdf/origins_symp2009.pdf Tickets go on sale March 4 for ASU students and March 6 for us general public folk. No clue on prices, etc. but it's: "April 3-6, 2009 The Origins Symposium will inaugurate the new Origins Initiative at ASU. We will assemble in one place a group containing the most well known scientific public intellectuals in the world including Stephen Hawking, Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Craig Venter, Lawrence Krauss, Brian Greene and Donald C. Johanson" (and many many more other really great astronomy speakers) But...there's more! This Wed.(3.4.9)7:30 $FR.ee Jay Melosh is giving the annual Shoemaker Memorial Lecture at ASU--and they'll have a drawing for 10 sets of Symposium tickets. And not that Jay Melosh is chopped liver! He's given amazing talks to the astro clubs in the past--well worth the trip. (Gene L--call me) Hope to see you there! Jennifer Polakis 480 967 1658 ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeanette Perez Cc: Paul Davies ; Jeanette Perez Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:18 AM Subject: FREE ORIGINS SYMPOSIUM TICKETS! The long-awaited release of tickets for the April 6 Origins Symposium, featuring Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Craig Venter, Steven Pinker, Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss and 6 Nobel laureates, will occur on March 4. That evening The Beyond Center will be giving away a limited number of FREE TICKETS, at the 2009 Shoemaker Memorial Lecture: "Our Catastrophic Solar System," given by Jay Melosh. Details of the lecture are attached. Seating will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Please forward and distribute this message to anyone who might be interested. Thank you! JEANETTE R. PEREZ BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science deepthought@xxxxxxx | http://beyond.asu.edu Arizona State University | P.O. Box 871504 | Tempe, AZ 85287 480.965.3240 | Fax: 480.965.6362 jeanette.r.perez@xxxxxxx