Keynote Talks 2026

SPHERE: Inventing a New Entertainment Medium

Dr. Stuart Elby

Former Senior Vice President

Advanced Engineering at Madison Square Garden Ventures

Thursday, January 8^th, 7:30 pm

Flandrau Planetarium

 

Why did Madison Square Garden create Sphere? What technical challenges had to be overcome? Answers to these questions, descriptions of some of our key innovations, and the innovation processes used will be presented.

 

Optic Technologies Enabling Fusion Ignition

Dr. Tayyab Suratwala

Program Director, Optics & Materials S&T

National Ignition Facility & Photon Science,

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Friday, January 9^th, 9:00 am

 

Abstract forthcoming