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59th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting > Programme

Find the programme in timetable format here.

Sunday, 28 June 2009

09:00 - 18:00 Opening Ceremony Opening CeremonyArrival of participants
15:00 - 16:30 Opening Ceremony Opening CeremonyOfficial Opening of the Meeting by the President of the Council, Countess Bettina Bernadotte
17:00 - 18:00 Break BreakRathaus

Monday, 29 June 2009

09:00 - 09:35 Lecture LectureGerhard Ertl
From Atoms to Complexity: Reactions at Surfaces 09:35 - 10:10 Lecture LectureRichard Ernst
Passions and Activities beyond Science 10:10 - 10:45 Lecture LectureRyoji Noyori
Chemistry: the Key to Our Future
10:45 - 11:15 Break BreakCoffee Break
11:15 - 11:50 Lecture LectureF. Sherwood Rowland
Green House Gases and Climate Change 11:50 - 12:25 Lecture LecturePaul Crutzen
Atmosphere Climate and Chemistry in the Anthropocene 12:25 - 13:00 Lecture LectureHartmut Michel
Cytochrome c Oxidase: Structure and Mechanism of a Biological Proton Pump
13:00 - 15:00 Break BreakLunch Break
15:00 - 17:00 Discussion DiscussionPanel Discussion
Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
19:00 - 00:00 Opening Ceremony Opening CeremonyGet-Together-Evening participated by Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

09:00 - 09:35 Lecture LectureAaron Ciechanover
Why Our Proteins Have to Die so We Shall Live 09:35 - 10:10 Lecture LectureRobert Huber
Molecular Machines for Protein Degradation Inside Cells 10:10 - 10:45 Lecture LectureErwin Neher
Chemistry helps Neuroscience: The Use of caged Compounds and Indicator Dyes for the Study of Neurotransmitter Release
10:45 - 11:15 Break BreakCoffee Break
11:15 - 12:25 Panel Discussion Panel DiscussionThe Role and Future of Chemistry for Renewable Energy
Gerhard Ertl, Robert H. Grubbs, Walter Kohn, Sir Harold W. Kroto, Rudolph A. Marcus, Mario Molina, F. Sherwood Rowland
12:25 - 15:00 Break BreakLunch Break
15:00 - 17:00 Discussion DiscussionPanel Discussion
Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
19:00 - 22:00 Opening Ceremony Opening CeremonyDinners for Laureates and Young Researchers (given by Academic Partners of the Lindau Meetings in various restaurants, on invitation only)

Wednesday, 1 July 2009

09:00 - 09:35 Lecture LectureRudolph Marcus
From 'On Water' and Enzyme Catalysis to Single Molecules and Quantum Dots, Theory and Experiment 09:35 - 10:10 Lecture LectureKurt Wüthrich
Structural Genomics - Exploring the Protein Universe 10:10 - 10:45 Lecture LectureSir Harold Kroto
Science, Society & Sustainability
10:15 - 10:45 Break BreakCoffee Break
11:15 - 11:50 Lecture LectureMario Molina
Energy and Climate Change - Is There a Solution? 11:50 - 12:25 Lecture LectureWalter Kohn
An Earth Powered Predominantly by Solar and Wind Energy 12:25 - 13:00 Lecture LecturePeter Agre
Canoeing in the Arctic, a Scientist´s Perspective
13:00 - 15:00 Break BreakLunch Break
15:00 - 17:00 Discussion DiscussionPanel Discussion
Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
20:00 - 21:00 Opening Ceremony Opening CeremonyConcert at Stadttheater

Thursday, 2 July 2009

09:00 - 09:35 Lecture LectureOsamu Shimomura
Chemistry of Bioluminescence 09:35 - 10:10 Lecture LectureMartin Chalfie
GFP and After 10:10 - 10:45 Lecture LectureRoger Tsien
Building and Breeding Molecules to Spy on Cells, Tumors, and Organisms
10:45 - 11:15 Break BreakCoffee Break
11:15 - 11:50 Lecture LectureRichard Schrock
Recent Advances in Olefin Metathesis Catalyzed by Molybdenum and Tungsten Alkylidene Complexes 11:50 - 12:25 Lecture LectureWerner Arber
Molecular Darwinism
15:00 - 17:00 Discussion DiscussionPanel Discussion
Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
17:30 - 20:30 Opening Ceremony Opening CeremonyTraditional Bavarian Get-Together on invitation of the Elite Network of Bavaria

Friday, 3 July 2009

08:00 - 10:20 Boat Trip Boat TripBoat Trip to the Isle of Mainau
11:00 - 13:00 Lecture Lecture
Panel Discussion “Global Warming and Sustainability”
13:00 - 13:30 Opening Ceremony Opening CeremonyOpening of the Exhibition "Entdeckungen/Discoveries"
13:30 - 15:15 Break BreakLunch Break
15:15 - 16:00 Farewell FarewellFarewell Ceremony/ Conclusion of the Meeting at Mainau Castle
17:00 - 19:30 Boat Trip Boat TripBoat Trip back to Lindau