A Celebration of Discovery from the Universe to Humanity

Attendees and Speakers (as of March 7)

** Nobel Laureate

Invited Scientists, Scholars, Artists, Writers:

  • Ariel Anbar
  • Barry Barish
  • Bob Bates
  • Peter Bearman
  • Roger Blandford
  • Baruch Blumberg**
  • Rob Boyd
  • Dorothy Cheney
  • Phil Christensen
  • Patricia Churchland
  • Paul Davies
  • Richard Dawkins
  • Hugh Downs
  • Ann Druyan
  • Doug Erwin
  • John Fleagle
  • Carlos Frenk
  • Wendy Freedman
  • Walter Gilbert**
  • Sheldon Glashow**
  • A. C. Grayling
  • Brian Greene
  • David Gross**
  • Alan Guth
  • Jonathan Haidt
  • Alex Halliday
  • Stephen Hawking
  • Christopher Hitchens
  • Kip Hodges
  • Bert Hölldobler
  • Donald C. Johanson
  • Marc Kaufman
  • Lawrence Krauss
  • Antonio Lazcano
  • Margaret Levi
  • Andrei Linde
  • Michael Macy
  • Curtis Marean
  • John Mather**
  • Steve Mojzsis
  • Ben Moore
  • Randy Nesse
  • James Peebles
  • Kevin Peterson
  • Steven Pinker
  • George Poste
  • David Queller
  • V. S. Ramachandran
  • Martin Rees
  • Adam Riess
  • Sue Rosser
  • John Ruhl
  • Jerrold Seigel
  • Michael Shermer
  • Joe Silk
  • Maria Spiropulu
  • David Stevenson
  • Joan Strassmann
  • Ian Tattersall
  • Michael Turner
  • Sander van der Leeuw
  • J. Craig Venter
  • Alex Vilenkin
  • Peter Ward
  • Steven Weinberg**
  • Frank Wilczek**
  • Rogier Windhorst
  • Polly Wiessner
  • Ed Young

Attendance at scientific symposia is by invitation only. Those interested in attending and receiving an invitation should contact Origins Symposium staff coordinator, Jessica Lee. Some travel support may be available for Junior people.

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