The World Science Festival Announces Science in September
NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Science Festival, the premier gathering bringing cutting-edge science to public audiences, has unveiled its first live events in New York City since the pandemic, an extended weekend of programming moderated by the Festival's Co-Founder, renowned Columbia University physicist and author, Brian Greene, exploring cosmology, quantum reality, black holes, string theory, unification, and artificial intelligence, comprising a kickoff for the Festival's planned yearlong series of live and digital offerings.
- Tracy Day, four-time National Emmy Award Winning journalist, who is the Co-Founder and CEO of the World Science Festival, drives the Festival's creative content with a prime focus on threading deep scientific insights through smart, entertaining, and richly visual programs.
- "We are thrilled to invite New Yorkers to engage with world-leading thinkers in explorations of mind, matter and the cosmos—the first of our Festival events that we will offer throughout the coming year."
- Participants include Nobel Prize winner David Gross, Breakthrough Prize winners Andrew Strominger and Cumrun Vafa, and Fields Medalist Edward Witten.
- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants featuring Nobel Laureate and long-time lead scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, John Mather.