World renowned biologist, author, and science popularizer Richard Dawkins, fresh from the release of his newest books, Flights of Fancy, and Books do Furnish a Life, enjoyed a dialogue with Lawrence Krauss onstage. Richard and Lawrence discussed the books, the state of science, and how the world and the fight for science and reason has changed since the movie, The Unbelievers, was filmed in 2012 and 2013, which followed them on various appearances promoting science and reason.

Join the leading scientists who have played a key role in changing our understanding of our place in the cosmos in a lively panel discussion of the major outstanding challenge, experiments, and theories that are likely to further alter our picture of the universe in the 21st century.

Our understanding of the Universe has been revolutionized over the past 25 years as stunning new observations have opened new windows on the cosmos. Panelists included Nobel Laureate Barry Barish, who helped direct and build the LIGO gravitational wave observatory. John Mather, Senior Astrophysicist NASA Goddard, Chief Scientist JWST, Nobel Prize 2006. John won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work designing and building the COBE satellite, the first satellite to measure the detailed properties of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation from the Big Bang, which revolutionized our understanding of cosmology. Following that he spent the next 27 years designing and leading the science teams for the James Webb Space Telescope, which was launched last year to explore questions ranging from the origins of galaxies and black holes to the nature of life elsewhere in the Universe. Our other world-famous guests included gravitation theorist Kip Thorne, who shared the Nobel Prize with Barish, and Alan Guth. Alan, John, and Kip will be will be beamed into the event virtually.