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Prime Minister to Open Perimeter Institute in Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire)

The Honourable Paul Martin,
Prime Minister of Canada, will officially open the new home of
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada on Friday, October 1st at 6:30pm. This is where international
scientists are gathering to investigate how nature works at the
deepest level.
Attending the official opening this Friday will be Nobel Prize
winners Steven Weinberg and Sir Anthony Leggett. Also on hand will be
world renowned mathematician and theoretical physicist Sir Roger
Penrose from Oxford University and scientists Margaret Geller,
Raymond Laflamme, James Hartle and Juan Maldacena among others.
Nearly 300 researchers, educators, politicians and industry leaders
will all be on hand to launch the new research centre. Perimeter
Institute's award winning research facility is the product of a
unique private/public partnership spearheaded by Mike Lazaridis,
founder and Co-CEO of Research In Motion. He provided CDN$100 million
of his personal  wealth to seed this centre of long term foundational
research in Canada.
The new facility is 65,000 sq. ft. in size and provides scientists
with state of the art tools to pursue theories of space, time and
matter. Ideas that may one day give rise to new technologies. Much
like when Maxwell discovered a unified theory of electricity and
magnetism, Marconi applied the ideas to send the first wireless
message between continents. The Communications Age was born, changing
our lives with radio, TV and now cell phones and wireless internet.
That's how understanding breeds innovation. Theoretical physics is at
the heart of it.
If you would like a tour of the facility Friday morning at 9:00 or
to attend the Opening Ceremonies on Friday evening at 5:00pm, please
contact John Matlock, Director of Communications at 
jmatlock@perimeterinstitute.ca. Perimeter Institute is located at 31
Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 2Y5.
For further information: More details are available on-line at
www.perimeterinstitute.ca

Contact:

More details are available on-line at www.perimeterinstitute.ca, or
phone +1-519-569-7600