KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. William A. Gutsch, Jr. Over the past 45 years, Dr. William Gutsch has written and produced over 100 planetarium shows and numerous special programs seen around the world. During his long career, he has held positions that have included: Staff Astronomer at the Strasenburgh Planetarium, Chairman of the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium, Science Correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America and World News This Morning, President & CEO of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, President of the Board of Directors of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts & Sciences at Saint Peter’s University outside of New York where he has taught in four departments and directed joint projects with Princeton University and NASA. Dr. Gutsch has led group tours to all seven continents and has lectured at leading universities from New Delhi to Shanghai including Harvard, Oxford and the California Institute of Technology. He currently does research on the aurora in the Arctic as well as on astro-archaeological aspects of 9th through 11th century Hindu-Buddhist temples in the jungles of western Cambodia. The author of several books and hundreds of syndicated newspaper columns and scripts for television (ABC, PBS, ITV/ London, NASA), Dr. Gutsch continues to do consulting work for science centers internationally and also continues to write, co-produce and direct programs for planetariums and IMAX theaters that are currently being seen in the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
GUEST SPEAKERS Caroline Mitchell Carrico Caroline is the Supervisor of Exhibits and Graphic Services at the Memphis Pink Palace Museum where she researches and curates exhibits on a wide range of topics. She earned a MA in history from The University of Memphis in 2012. Tony Hardy Tony has spent 39 years involved with motion picture theater management. For the past 30 years, he has been exclusively devoted to IMAX, museums, and the Insitutional Giant Screen Theater network.
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