Full video of cityLIVE! event on 15 November 2007
New Hazlett Theater
North Side, Pittsburgh PA
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a do tank, not a think tank
Full video of cityLIVE! event on 15 November 2007
New Hazlett Theater
North Side, Pittsburgh PA
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15 November 2007 | New Hazlett Theater | 6:30 p.m.
Time magazine recently named him the Person of the Century, calling him the “pre-eminent scientist in a century dominated by science. The touchstones of the era – the Bomb, the Big Bang, quantum physics and electronics – all bear his imprint.”
Ever wondered what Eistein was really like? How did he live? How did he think? Find out by spending an evening with two renowned Einstein experts.
Walter Isaacson is President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, and past Chairman and CEO of CNN and Managing Editor of Time magazine. Author of several biographies, including Benjamin Franklin and Henry Kissinger, his biography of Albert Einstein – Einstein: His Life and Universe – was released in April 2007. John Norton, an internationally recognized expert in the science of Albert Einstein, has published extensively on Einstein’s discoveries of general relativity, special relativity and the light quantum and also on philosophical aspects of Einstein’s work. He has been a contributing editor to the publication of Einstein’s collected papers and serves on the publication project’s advisory board. His most notable achievement was the analysis of the “Zurich Notebook,” which contains private calculations made by Einstein in preparation for his greatest discovery, the general theory of relativity. Our moderator is Regina Schulte-Ladbeck , a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research is in the area of observational astrophysics.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a physicist best known for his discovery of the special and general theories of relativity. These theories provide our best accounts of the nature of space, time and gravity and also the famous E=mc^2. He also worked extensively in statistical physics, which provided compelling evidence for the reality of atoms and led him to postulate the notion of the light quantum. Einstein’s discoveries overturned the edifice of classical physics and was distinctive for its simplicity, clarity and its bold and unexpected departures from ordinary thought. These achievements earned Einstein his place as an intellectual hero in popular culture. He is present in spirit whenever we gather to discuss his work.
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Trailer for cityLIVE! event on 1 November 2007
New Hazlett Theater
North Side, Pittsburgh PA
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Full video of cityLIVE! event on 1 November 2007
New Hazlett Theater
North Side, Pittsburgh PA
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01 November 2007 | New Hazlett Theater | 6:30 p.m.
Immigration brings the kind of energy, diversity, entrepreneurship, creativity and of course, great food that make any highly diverse city an enviable place to live. More than that, in an increasingly global economy, international talent plays an especially important role.
Historically, Pittsburgh’s wealth and economy, like most other U.S. cities, was built with the help of a vast pool of immigrant workers. Now we rank 49 out of the top 50 metro areas in the U.S., in percentage of the population who are foreign born and have completed a college degree. Will we be left behind if we don’t? How do we jump-start it? Bring your ideas and join the discussion!
Our panel of both national and local experts includes Sunil Wadhwani, CEO and Co-Founder of iGATE Corporation (formerly Mastech) ; James P. Smith, who holds the chair in labor markets and demographic studies at Rand Corp; Philadelphia’s Councilman-at-large, Jim Kenney who has championed numerous issues affecting the entire city of Philadelphia; and the Pittsburgh Refugee Center’s Executive Director, Khadra Mohammed, a native of Somalia with over twenty years of experience working with refugee populations, both in the US and abroad.
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10 September 2007 | New Hazlett Theater | 6:30 p.m.
On July 18, 2007, Pop City published this response to a survey in our June 27th issue. Readers overwhelmingly judged their city as special in five ways:
• Loyal and proud – “Pittsburgh built America with steel and is leading America in the high tech age.”
• Great value and quality of life – “Pittsburgh has a low cost of living which means artists can buy homes and still have money left over.”
• Accessible and friendly – “Pittsburghers wave you to turn left in front of them in traffic.”
• Leading edge – “Pittsburgh has the first ever Ph.D in robotics.”
• Unique – “Pittsburgh is the first city to put French fries on a sandwich.”
Readers had much more to say, of course, and their comments provide an inside look at our city’s strengths. One respondent summed up one aspect of Pittsburgh that some faster growing cities find hard to duplicate: “The city is at once old world and modern. We allow the future to grow on top of the past.”
So for this, our inaugural event, we invited a panel of people, whose lives and work revolves around the vitality of our region, to get their view of the city, and what they would do if they were in charge. Come and join the discussion, and be sure to bring your own ideas.
Our moderator Carol Coletta, is a passionate advocate for cities, and has devoted her life to answering the question: What makes cities succeed? Our panelists will include Lenore Blum, a Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon; Dr. Eric Beckman, on leave from his academic post at the University of Pittsburgh and founder of Cohera Medical Inc.; Mike Edwards, President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership; and Grant Oliphant, Vice President of programs and planning at The Heinz Endowments.
Cocktails and conversation to follow.