100-lecie urodzin Profesora

A one-day session to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Professor Marian Mięsowicz (1907 - 1992) will be held on Friday, November 23, 2007, at the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cracow. The session will be associated with an exposition of photographs, documents, papers and other memorabilia pertaining to the life and activity of Professor Mięsowicz. A special volume bringing a collection of articles and reminiscences on Professor written by his colleagues and former students, published by PAU, will be available at the session.

23rd November 2007, the Assembly Hall of PAU, Cracow, 17 Sławkowska Street

8:00 – 9:00	Holy mass for prof. Marian Mięsowicz in the Basilica of Holy Virgin Mary
9:30 – 9:40	opening of the Symposium
9:40 – 10:10	Marian Mięsowicz – Fascination with Liquid Crystals, Wacław Witko (Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)
10:10 – 10:55	Marian Mięsowicz and Flows in Complex Fluids, Paweł Pieranski (University of Paris Sud)
10:55 – 11:30	coffee break, opening of the photographic exhibition
11:30 – 12:15	Marian Mięsowicz and Cosmic Rays – the Early Days, Arnold Wolfendale (Durham University)
12:15 – 13:00	Cosmic Ray Physics – Past, Present and Future, Francis Halzen (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)
13:00 – 14:30	lunch break
14:30 – 15:00	Marian Mięsowicz – the Father of Cracow Particle Physics, Andrzej Białas (Jagiellonian University)
15:00 – 15:45	From Cosmic Rays to LHC, Martinus Veltman (Univ. of Utrecht/Univ. of Michigan)
15:45 – 16:30	Anticipating a New Golden Age, Frank Wilczek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
16:30 – 17:00	tea break
17:00 – 17:30	Nuclear Geophysics in Poland and the Role of Marian Mięsowicz, Kazimierz Przewłocki (AGH Univ. of Science and Technology)
17:30 – 18:00	Perspectives of Nuclear Physics Applications, Jerzy Niewodniczański (Polish National Atomic Energy Agency)
19:15 – 20:00	Concert at the Church of The Holy Cross
20:00 – 22:30	Reception at the Cracow City Hall