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Welcome, and Background of IEEE and IEEE Milestones
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Brian Berg: IEEE Region 6 History Chair; IEEE History Committee member; Consultant, Berg Software Design
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Dr. K.J. Ray Liu: IEEE President-Elect; Distinguished University Professor, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
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US (LIGO) & European (Virgo) Funding Agency Perspectives
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The Honorable Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan: Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Dr. Antoine Petit: Chairman and CEO, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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Dr. Antonio Zoccoli: President, Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)
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Miriam Luizink: Director, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
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Nobel Laureates' Conversation
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Intro: Katherine "Kate" J. Duncan: President, IEEE-USA
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Conversation Leader: Richard Abbott: Lead Engineer, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)/LIGO
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Dr. Rainer Weiss: Professor Emeritus, MIT
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Dr. Barry C. Barish: The Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Caltech; Professor, UC Riverside
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Dr. Kip S. Thorne: The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, Caltech
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Government Dignitary Comments
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The Honorable Jay Inslee: Governor, State of Washington
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The Honorable Billy Nungesser, Lieutenant Governor, State of Louisiana
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Eugenio Giani, President of Tuscany
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A "Visit" to each Observatory, and Their Milestone Plaques
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Virgo in Cascina (Pisa), Tuscany ITALY
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Dr. Stavros Katsanevas: Director, European Gravitational Observatory (EGO); Professor, Univ. of Paris, FRANCE
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Dr. Bernardo Tellini: Chair, IEEE Italy Section; Professor, Univ. of Pisa, ITALY
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Dr. Giovanni Losurdo: Virgo Spokesperson; former Advanced Virgo Project Leader; Research Director, Italian INFN
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LIGO in Livingston, Louisiana and Hanford, Washington USA
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Dr. Joseph Giaime: Head, LIGO Livingston Observatory; Professor, LSU
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Dr. Michael Landry: Head, LIGO Hanford Observatory
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Historical and Collaborative Perspectives
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Dr. Antonio Luque: IEEE Region 8 Director; Professor, Univ. of Seville, SPAIN
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Dr. Catherine-Nary Man: CNRS Director of Research Emeritus; Virgo Instrumentation Specialist
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Dr. Jean-Yves Vinet: CNRS Director of Research; Virgo Spokesperson (2011-2014)
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Dr. Takaaki Kajita: Nobel Laureate; Principal Investigator, KAGRA Detector; President, Science Council of JAPAN
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Concluding Remarks
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Dr. Dave Reitze: Executive Director of LIGO Laboratory (Caltech); Professor, Caltech; Professor, Univ. of Florida
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Plaque Unveilings: LIGO-Livingston, LIGO-Hanford, Virgo-Italy