The Shaw Prize Lecture in Astronomy

6 October 2009

The Shaw Prize is an international award to honour individuals who are currently active in their respective fields and who have achieved distinguished and significant advances, who have made outstanding contributions in culture and the arts, or who in other domains have achieved excellence. The award is dedicated to furthering societal progress, enhancing quality of life, and enriching humanity's spiritual civilization. Preference will be given to individuals whose significant work was recently achieved.

The Shaw Prize for 2009 consists of three annual awards: the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science and Medicine, and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences. Each prize carries a monetary award of US$1 million.

In support of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, The Shaw Prize Lecture in Astronomy, organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong on October 8, 2009 at The Shaw College, will be broadcast live and interested parties are invited to view the lecture on-line. A link will be posted on the IYA Hong Kong node website (http://www.astronomy2009.hk/activities/ShawLecture.php) and the Shaw Prize website (http://www.shawprize.org/ or http://www.shawprize.org/en/shawprize2009/lecture/index.html) on or before the day of the lecture.

Live Webcast
Date: Oct 8. 2009
Time: 17:00 - 18:00 HKT (09:00-10:00 GMT)

Links:
http://www.astronomy2009.hk/activities/ShawLecture.php
http://www.shawprize.org/en/shawprize2009/lecture/index.html