We Are Family! The Genographic Project
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Friday, Dec. 4
session room: Savoy 2
What have a bunch of TV producers and broadcasters got in common with Dr Spencer Wells and ABC TV's the "Sleek Geeks“?
Like everyone else on Earth they are descended from a group of African ancestors who—about 60,000 years ago—began their journeys out of Africa. National Geographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Spencer Wells heads up The Genographic Project, which is analyzing historical patterns in DNA from more than 370,000 participants around the world to better understand our human genetic roots and the migratory history of the human species.
Dr. Wells will discuss The Genographic Project and the making of the National Geographic TV documentary The Human Family Tree with ABC TV & Radio presenters Adam Spencer and Dr. Karl, better known as the "Sleek Geeks". Along the way we shall find out to which particular branches of the human family tree our WCSFP luminaries and the Sleek Geeks belong.
Session Producers
Maryanne Culpepper, Executive Vice President, Development, National Geographic Television (USA)
Bill Margol, Director: Science, Archaeology & History, National Geographic Television (USA)
Moderator
Adam Spencer, Presenter, ABC (Australia)
Guest Speaker
Dr. Spencer Wells, Explorer in Residence/Director, The Genographic Project, National Geographic Society (USA)
Guest Presenters
Sleek Geeks - Adam Spencer & Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki, ABC (Australia)
Sponsored by Screen Australia