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Quantum to Cosmos Festival: Online and around the world

September 16th, 2009

With only one month to go until launch, Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos Festival is gaining interest - on-site, online and on TVO.

Engaging content is available to preview right now at q2cfestival.com, including clips of:

'The Quantum Tamers', a new documentary premiering at the Festival and on TVO, that features Stephen Hawking and reveals how a coming technological revolution may change your world.
'Alice & Bob in Wonderland', a new series of animated chalk drawings that shares simple questions leading to profound insights.

The free, highly accessible content is available online to everyone, and registered members can log in to start discussions, offer comments, and exchange emails. Guests are joining the virtual community from Canada, China, India, Germany, Hong Kong and the United States.

Come October 15-25, the q2cfestival.com website will rapidly expand as the actual lectures and panel discussions are shared online from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Among the 60+ cutting-edge scientists, writers, and thinkers converging at this festival are:

Natalie Angier (New York Times)
Peter Diamandis (X Prize Foundation)
Cory Doctorow (Author, Activist and Blogger)
Michael Griffin (formerly of NASA)
Jaron Lanier (Virtual Reality pioneer)
Chris Hadfield (Astronaut)
Kári Stefánsson (deCODE Genetics)
David Cory (MIT)

Online visitors can watch these lectures and panel discussions as they happen through live video-streaming, or on demand at any time - all through q2cfestival.com.

Television audiences can turn to TVO, Ontario's public educational media organization, and special editions of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, live from Waterloo.

On-site visitors can delve deeper into science with hands-on experiments in the 6000 square foot Physica Phantastica Exhibit, by viewing the Q2C Sci-fi Film Festival, informally chatting with guest speakers at the Science in the Pub sessions, and soaking up the atmosphere at a variety of cultural events. Free tickets are still available for in-person visits, with full details at q2cfestival.com/tickets (Cultural Events available at a nominal charge).

Source: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

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