8th Eastern Gravity Meeting

The 8th Eastern Gravity Meeting will be held at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC on Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19, 2005. In the tradition of the Regional Relativity Meetings in the US, this will be an open and informal meeting. All interested researchers and students in all areas of gravitational physics are invited to attend and contribute talks. The duration of the talks will be approximately 15 minutes, although the exact time will depend on the number of participants. As a regional meeting, many participants will be from the Eastern Time Zone, but all are welcome. As at past meetings, there will be no registration fee, but there will also be no financial aid available for any of the participants.

In addition to the usual regional conference, we are also celebrating the 2005 World Year of Physics by hosting two talks by Clifford Will on Thursday, March 17. Professor Will will present a Physics Department Colloquium at 4pm on Thursday followed that evening by a public lecture at 8pm titled "Was Einstein Right?" These events were timed specifically to coincide with EGM8, and we hope that those attending the meeting on Friday will be able to arrive early enough on Thursday to attend. Everyone planning to attend EGM8 is invited to attend either or both events on Thursday.

Online registration is available on the official conference web page, http://www.wfu.edu/~cookgb/EGM8/. This site will also provide updated information on travel and accommodations.