The Big Bang Day, in honour of Professor Georges Lemaître, will take place on Thursday, 23 May 2019.
The programme of the Big Bang Day starts in Louvain-la-Neuve with the official opening of the Big Bang Route. This route is a thematic sustainable, educational and touristic cycling track developed by the sister universities UCLouvain and KU Leuven, the cities of Leuven and Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, as well as the provinces of Brabant-Wallon and Vlaams-Brabant.
The Big Bang is the chosen theme for the path to honour Professor Georges Lemaître (1894-1966), the founder of the theory of the Big Bang and visionary architect of contemporary physical cosmology. Along the track, from the statue of Georges Lemaître in Louvain-la-Neuve to his statue in Leuven, the origin and evolution of our universe are explained.
The second part of the programme of the Big Bang Day continues in Leuven with the unveiling of the European Physical Society (EPS) Historic Site Award Plaque at the main gate of the Heilige Geestcollege. This is the place where Professor Lemaître wrote his visionary papers that laid the foundations of his theory of the Universe, often referred to as the theory of the Big Bang.
The unveiling will be followed by an academic session devoted to the European Physical Society Historic Site Award.
PROGRAMME
12:15 PM· Official opening of the Big Bang Route, Louvain-la-Neuve, Musée L terrace, Place des Sciences 3
4:00 PM · Welcome ceremony, Leuven, College van Premonstreit, Naamsestraat 61
5:00 PM · Unveiling of the EPS Historic Site Award Plaque Leuven, Heilige Geestcollege, Naamsestraat 40
6:00 PM · Academic session, Leuven, Promotiezaal, Universiteitshal, Naamsestraat 22
The Academic session is followed by a reception.
4:00 PM · Welcome ceremony, Leuven, College van Premonstreit, Naamsestraat 61
5:00 PM · Unveiling of the EPS Historic Site Award Plaque Leuven, Heilige Geestcollege, Naamsestraat 40
6:00 PM · Academic session, Leuven, Promotiezaal, Universiteitshal, Naamsestraat 22
The Academic session is followed by a reception.
Please, register before 16 May 2019.
More information is available on our websites :
KU Leuven https://www.kuleuven.be/communicatie/congresbureau/evenementen/bigbangday
UCLouvain uclouvain.be/bigbangday
KU Leuven https://www.kuleuven.be/communicatie/congresbureau/evenementen/bigbangday
UCLouvain uclouvain.be/bigbangday