Big Ideas in Science: The Lightning Round! - CANCELLED

This event has been cancelled

Five of the Bay Area leading scientists get together to present their work in a lighting round style presentation! Get to know scientists who are making some of the most exciting discoveries of our day and hear the latest on their fascinating research. The event will kick off with a series of nine-minute presentations on scientific topics covering the range from cloud robotics to dark matter from the far corners of the Universe to science visualization. Presented in the Academy's Morrison Planetarium, the world's largest all-digital planetarium dome, learn how science visualization brings complex scientific concepts to life in an immersive visual experience. What if robots and automation systems were not limited by onboard computation, memory, or software? What if scientists could create an artificial retina to put an end to blindness?  What do we know about dark matter? Find out from the beginning of the Universe to the very end. Then, head to the Academy's African Hall to mingle with scientists and have your burning science questions answered in an intimate environment. Plus, Youth Speaks will partner with UCSF to highlight cutting edge human health research and its impacts on our society. Presenters include five local scientists who are changing the way we understand the world, including Ken Goldberg (UC Berkeley), Patricia Burchat (Stanford University), Dean Schillinger (UCSF School of Medicine), Sat Pannu (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) and Ryan Wyatt of the California Academy of Science.