Events

SLAC hosts a range of exciting events to raise awareness, inform, educate and connect with sitewide staff, the Stanford and local communities and the general public.

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Past events

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Public Lectures

​​Primordial Pathway: A Legacy of Ancient Life on Earth

Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our  YouTube page. It is a mystery how the...
Date Thursday, October 10, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Macon Abernathy
Past Event
STEM Community Day

STEM Community Day 2024

STEM Community Day is a fun-filled event that includes an action-packed program for all ages. Interactive demos Engaging displays Short science talks Mini facility...
Date Saturday, October 5, 2024
1:00 p.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Visitors watch a science demonstration at Community Day
Past Event
SLAC on Tap

What’s the (dark) Matter with our Universe? Rubin Observatory is on the Case!

Discovering millions of galaxies and unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy is far out! Join us at the Dutch Goose for...
Date Thursday, August 22, 2024
5:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
SLAC on Tap Hannah Polleck
Past Event
Public Lectures

​​Primordial Pathway: A Legacy of Ancient Life on Earth

Register to watch in person in the  Kavli Auditorium,  or watch the lecture live on our  YouTube page. It is a mystery how the...
Date Thursday, October 10, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Macon Abernathy
Past Event
STEM Community Day

STEM Community Day 2024

STEM Community Day is a fun-filled event that includes an action-packed program for all ages. Interactive demos Engaging displays Short science talks Mini facility...
Date Saturday, October 5, 2024
1:00 p.m.  –  5:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Visitors watch a science demonstration at Community Day
Past Event
SLAC on Tap

What’s the (dark) Matter with our Universe? Rubin Observatory is on the Case!

Discovering millions of galaxies and unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy is far out! Join us at the Dutch Goose for...
Date Thursday, August 22, 2024
5:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas Menlo Park, CA 94025
SLAC on Tap Hannah Polleck
Past Event
Public Lectures

Radio Axion: Tuning in to the Dark Matter Airwaves

Presented by Chelsea Bartram

Date Thursday, August 1, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kavli Auditorium
Public Lecture: Chelsea Bartram
Past Event
Seminars and conferences

2024 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting

Learn more and register now
Date Sunday, September 22, 2024  –  Friday, September 27, 2024
Participants present posters during the SSRL/LCLS Users’ Meeting at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Past Event
KIPAC public lecture

Traveling Light: The Universe’s Oldest Story Told by the Cosmic Microwave Background

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the afterglow of the Big Bang and represents the oldest light in the Universe, emitted when the Universe...

Date Tuesday, July 16, 2024
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
illustration of cosmos
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Recurring events

Featured event series

SLAC hosts a range of exciting events to raise awareness, inform, educate, engage and connect with Stanford and local communities.

Lecture series

Public Lectures

SLAC Public Lectures highlight the lab’s cutting-edge science and offer non-scientists unique insights into the workings of our universe.

video still frame of lecture about the search for dark matter
Tour guide

Public tours

Sign up for an in-person tour at SLAC. The tour destinations are designed to give you the most exciting and informative views of the lab. We are continuously enhancing our tour program and information about our sciences to give an engaging experience to our visitors.

Tour stop at LCLS's XCS Hutch in the Far Experimental Hall
Lecture series

SLAC on Tap

SLAC on Tap aims to teach the community about our science and technology through informal talks and interactive demonstrations for the general public.

SLAC on Tap event series poster
Lecture series

Art Meets Science

Explore the intersections between these two creative approaches to learn about the world around us. In this special series, SLAC welcomes the Stanford and local community to presentations that celebrate the confluence of art and science.

Ge Wang is an associate professor at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)
Annual Open House

Community Day at SLAC

An evening of enriching activities to learn about SLAC science and have fun doing it. Participate in interactive exhibits, engaging demos of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), and facility tours.

A young camper engages with a Van der Graaf generator exhibit at Core science institute

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Past lecture recordings

Learn about SLAC science by watching our past lecture recordings.

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Searching for Trolls under the Electron Bridge

Public Lecture presented by Elizabeth Ryland

January 25, 2024  ·  01:04:11  runtime
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Faster! Catching up to electrons on the move

Public lecture presented by Taran Driver

November 30, 2023  ·  01:08:09  runtime
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Clocking Electrons: an Attosecond Stopwatch

Public lecture presented by Siqi Li
September 21, 2023  ·  00:54:16  runtime
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Cosmic Shadow Theater: Casting Light on Galaxies

Public lecture presented by Emmanuel Schaan
July 27, 2023  ·  01:06:29  runtime
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Capturing molecular motion using artificial intelligence

Public lecture presented by Axel Levy

April 6, 2023  ·  01:02:53  runtime
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What In The Cell Is Going On?

Public lecture presented by Peter  D. Dahlberg

January 26, 2023  ·  01:00:39  runtime
cryo-EM image of Caulobacter bacterium
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Charging ahead: batteries of the future

Public lecture presented by Yi Cui

October 6, 2022  ·  01:13:16  runtime
public lecture art charging ahead: batteries of the future
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Seeing the Universe Through Quantum Eyes

Public lecture presented by Cyndia Yu

June 2, 2022  ·  01:01:43  runtime
illustration of universe and human eye
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Discovering the Colors of Fossil Creatures

Public lecture presented by Nick Edwards

May 26, 2020  ·  01:06:12  runtime
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Viewing the Beginning of Time from the Most Remote Places on Earth

Public lecture presented by Zeeshan Ahmed

October 3, 2017  ·  01:22:41  runtime
Viewing the Beginning of Time from the Most Remote Places on Earth
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Limited seating     
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