In conjunction with the COSMO-14 conference we have arranged a public screening of the film "Particle Fever", followed by a round-table discussion with Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS; who plays a major role in the film), Marcela Carena (FNAL) and Joe Lykken (FNAL), moderated by Rocky Kolb (UChicago). All participants are welcome to attend the event, which will happen on Tuesday August 26, after the last session. Free shuttles will be provided from the conference venue (Gleacher center) to the film (Logan Center, on the University of Chicago campus), returning to the conference hotels afterwards. In addition, a free box dinner will be provided.

PARTICLE FEVER - A film by Mark Levinson
Running time: 99 minutes
Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity?
PARTICLE FEVER gives audiences a front row seat to our generation's most significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens. The film follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet.

10,000 scientists from over 100 countries join forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter. But our heroes confront an even bigger challenge: have we reached our limit in understanding why we exist? PARTICLE FEVER is a celebration of discovery, revealing the very human stories behind the tale of this epic experiment.
A discussion with Nima Arkani-Hamed, Marcela Carena and Joe Lykken moderated by Rocky Kolb, Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences at UChicago, will follow the screening.

The Shapiro Center presents an evening of cosmology in collaboration with COSMO 2014 and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) at the University of Chicago. The "multiverse" theory posits that our universe is but one of an enormous number of separate and distinct universes. This theme has inspired science fiction, literature and art. Cosmologists and artists who use cosmological themes in their work will participate in this installment of "Conversations on Art and Science," a lecture series launched in 2011 by SAIC president Walter Massey.

Artist Anna Von Martens will discuss her textile compositions that use computer programs to accurately map out the rotation of the stars and planets; SAIC Professor Kathryn Schaffer will discuss her production of the zine series "The Small Science Collective"; and artist Julie R. Amrany and scientist Emil Martinec will discuss their collaborative work based on the theories of black holes.

The University of Chicago's Michael S. Turner will moderate a provocative discussion on the multiverse with panelists: Raphael Bousso, a theoretical physicist at UC Berkeley, Rocky Kolb, a cosmologist at the University of Chicago, Eva Silverstein, a MacArthur Fellow at Stanford University, Jeff Harvey, a string theorist at the University of Chicago, and 2014 Kavli Prize winner Andrei Linde from Stanford University.

There is no registration required; attendance at the event will be on a "first come, first served" basis. Shuttle transportation to event at the School of the Art Institute (SAIC) will not be provided. Distance from Gleacher to SAIC (37 S. Wabash Avenue) is approximately one mile.