HIVE to THRIVE and The Alchemist's Kitchen present an exciting discussion about the most recent evidence of extraterrestrial life.Â
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With Professor Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy
Hosted and interviewed by entrepreneur Sam Tabar.
Friday, June 16th
8:00-9:30 pm
This event is sold out. Tickets will not be available at the door.
In recent months, the possibility of contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life has taken on a renewed public interest. Prior to this, evidence was often anecdotal and taken by faith alone.
But this time, credibility is at the very center of the discussion. With institutions like Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution spearheading recent findings, it's time that we take a serious look again at our place in the universe.
Harvard's Prof. Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy, will discuss his recent findings on FRBs -- fast radio bursts that have been detected which have a seemingly organized pattern and no natural source of explanation.
Could FRBs be the first testable evidence for highly advanced extraterrestrial life? Professor Loeb suggests this may be the case and argues that these FRBs could be the result of a mega-structure, such as an alien probe traveling through space.
For more information on what we can expect to learn at this exciting event refer to this March 2017 Harvard press release:  https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/ news/2017-09).
In addition to FRBs, Professor Loeb will discuss the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative (http://www. breakthroughinitiatives.org/ About)Â and touch on his dedicated work on Black Holes with The Black Hole Initiative (https://bhi.fas.harvard.edu)
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Avi Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. He serves as Chair of the Department of Astronomy, Founding Director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC) . He also chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative, serves as the Science Theory Director for all Initiatives of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, and holds the Sackler Senior Professorship by Special Appointment at Tel Aviv University. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics, as well as Vice Chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies. Within Harvard, Loeb serves on the President's Task Force on Diversity and Belonging, the Provost's Allston Academic Planning Committee, and the FAS Dean's Faculty Resources Advisory Committee.
Mr. Sam Tabar is a prominent attorney and capital strategist located in New York City. Sam regularly hosts events with leading thinkers and movers, including Daniel Pinchbeck and Marianne Williamson. Sam began his career as an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slater, Meagher & Flom LLP before moving onto business development and capital strategy. After serving as Managing Director & Co-Head of Business Development at SPARX Group Co./PMA Investment Advisors, Tabar joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch as its Director and Head of Capital Strategy for the Asia-Pacific Region. Tabar later returned the the legal field and joined Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP as a Senior Associate.
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