Program

1. What were the big questions in the history of physics?

· Alan Shapiro (Minnesota)

· Olivier Darrigol (Paris)

2. Is there an origin of the universe?

· Jim Peebles (Princeton)

· Abhay Ashketar (Penn State)

3. How does time emerge in quantum gravity?

· Fay Dowker (Imperial College)

· Bill Unruh (Vancouver)

4. What is the nature of the arrow of time and the passage of time?

· Huw Price (Cambridge)

· Craig Callender (UCSD)

5. Is the development of complex structure in our universe inevitable?

· Philip Stamp (British Columbia)

· Albert Libchaber (Rockefeller)

6. Can computers become conscious?

· Sir Roger Penrose (Oxford)

· Scott Aaronson (MIT)