Cosmology Short Course for Planetarium Staff:
Big Bang & Beyond, 21st Century Cosmology

September 23 - 25, 2005
at the University of Chicago & the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum

Follow-Up Session: October 19 - 22, 2005
at the GLPA Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI

Who Should Attend: Planetarium and museum professionals who develop public programming and exhibits.

Application Deadline: July 1, 2005 (note: rolling admissions policy).

FRIDAY     SATURDAY     SUNDAY

FRIDAY: September 23, 2005 University of Chicago
8:00 AM	Coffee and Welcome (R. Landsberg)
8:30 - 10:00 AM	Lecture: Overview (C. Pryke)
10:00 AM	Coffee
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Lecture: Observations of Large Scale Structure (J. Frieman)
12 PM	Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 PM	Lecture: Simulations of Structure Formation (A. Kravtsov)
2:30 PM	Coffee
3:00 PM	Bus to Adler Planetarium
3:30 PM	SDSS/NVO Demo (M. SubbaRao)
4:30 - 6:00 PM	Participants Present Part I
6:00 - 8:00 PM	Dinner
SATURDAY: September 24, 2005
8:30 AM	Coffee Question & Answer Session
9:00 - 10:30 AM	CMB (W. Hu & D. Huterer)
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Participants Present Part II
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Informal Lunch (Break-out Session continued)
1:00 - 2:30 PM	Lecture: CMB Observed (S.Meyer)
2:30 - 3:00 PM	Coffee Q & A
3:00 - 6:00 PM	CMB Experiments (J. Carlstrom, B. Winstein)
6:00 PM	Dinner/Social
SUNDAY: September 25, 2005
8:30 AM	Coffee Q & A Session
9:00 - 10:00 AM	Lecture: Inflation (S. Dodelson)
10:00 AM	Coffee
10:30 - 11:30 AM	Lecture: Dark Matter (Juan Collar)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Lecture: Dark Energy (S. Carroll)
12:30 - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 PM	Informal Q & A; Close-out (S. Carroll)