67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting > Programme

Find the programme in timetable format here.

Sunday, 25 June 2017

10:00 - 20:00 Opening Ceremony Opening CeremonyRegistration
16:00 - 17:30 Lecture LectureOpening Ceremony
with the Ensemble of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and William Moerner holding Steven Chu's Keynote address on climate change
17:30 - 18:00 Break Break
18:00 - 21:30 Lunch Break Lunch BreakDinner at various locations

Monday, 26 June 2017

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion DiscussionScience Breakfast: Science and Public Policy
hosted by Mexico
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture LectureBen Feringa
The Joy of Discovery
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture LectureMartin Chalfie
Robustness in Cell Development
10:00 - 10:30 Break BreakCoffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Lecture LectureTomas Lindahl
DNA Instability, Endogenous Mutagenesis, and DNA Repair
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture LectureJohn E. Walker
The ATP Synthase in Cellular Life and Death
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture LectureRudolph A. Marcus
What Can Be Learned about the Enzyme ATPase from Single Molecule Studies of its Subunit F1 and What Not?
12:00 - 12:30 Break BreakCoffee Break
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture LectureHartmut Michel
Oxygen Reduction and Energy Conservation by Membrane Integrated Terminal Oxidases
13:30 - 15:00 Break BreakLunch Break
15:00 - 16:15 Discussion DiscussionYoung Scientists Discussions
Discussion Sessions with Martin Chalfie, Ben Feringa, Tomas Lindahl, Rudolph A. Marcus, Hartmut Michel, John E. Walker
16:15 - 16:30 Break Break
16:30 - 18:00 Poster Flashes Poster Flashes
18:00 - 19:00 Break BreakTransfer
19:00 - 23:00 Boat Trip Boat TripInternational Get-Together hosted by Mexico

Tuesday, 27 June 2017

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion DiscussionScience Breakfast: Excellence in Science and Exploration
hosted by Rolex SA
07:00 - 08:45 Discussion DiscussionScience Breakfast: Carbon Dioxide Recycling to Useful Chemical Products and Synthetic Fuels
hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture LectureStefan Hell
Nanoscopy with Focused Light
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture LectureWilliam E. Moerner
What Can You Learn from Watching Single Molecules?
10:00 - 10:30 Break BreakCoffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Lecture LectureGeorge F. Smoot
Cosmic Connections
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture LectureKlaus von Klitzing
A New International System of Units: From a New Mole to a New Kilogram
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture LectureMario J. Molina
Climate Change: Science, Policy and Risks
12:00 - 12:30 Break BreakCoffee Break
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture LectureErwin Neher
In-Situ Ca++ -Imaging and Fluorescent Proteins: Using the Tools of Roger Tsien
13:00 - 13:30 Lecture LectureAvram Hershko
Lessons from the Discovery of the Ubiquitin System
13:30 - 15:00 Break BreakLunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Discussion DiscussionYoung Scientists Discussion
Discussion Sessions with Stefan Hell, Avram Hershko, William E. Moerner, Mario J. Molina, Erwin Neher, George F. Smoot, Klaus von Klitzing
16:30 - 17:00 Break Break
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion DiscussionMaster Classes
with Aaron Ciechanover, Richard R. Schrock, Kurt Wüthrich
18:30 - 19:00 Break Break
19:00 - 22:30 Boat Trip Boat TripAcademic Dinners at various locations hosted by the Academic Partners
19:00 - 22:30 Boat Trip Boat TripGrill & Chill: Connecting Cultures hosted by Council & Foundation

Wednesday, 28 June 2017

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion DiscussionScience Breakfast: The Chemistry of Food: Flavor and Beyond
hosted by Mars, Incorporated
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture LectureHarald zur Hausen
Pathogenicity of Bovine Bacterial Plasmid-Derived Virus-Like Infections
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture LectureFerid Murad
Role of Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP in Cell Signaling and Drug Development
10:00 - 10:30 Break BreakCoffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Lecture LectureAaron Ciechanover
The Revolution of Personalized Medicine: Are we Going to Cure All Diseases and at What Price?
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture LectureJohann Deisenhofer
On the Structural Biology of Photosynthetic Light Reactions
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture LectureRobert Huber
New Ways of Vision: Protein Structures in Translational Medicine and Business Development, my Experience
12:00 - 12:30 Break BreakCoffee Break
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture LectureKurt Wüthrich
Aromatic Ring Flips in Protein Dynamics
13:00 - 13:30 Lecture LectureJean-Marie Lehn
Towards Adaptive Chemistry
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Panel Discussion Panel Discussion
16:30 - 17:00 Break BreakBreak
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion DiscussionYoung Scientists Discussions
Discussion Sessions with Aaron Ciechanover, Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber, Jean-Marie Lehn, Ferid Murad, Kurt Wüthrich, Harald zur Hausen
18:30 - 19:00 Break Break
19:00 - 20:00 Lecture LectureHeidelberg Lecture: Joseph Sifakis, recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award 2007
On the Nature of Computing
20:00 - 21:00 Boat Trip Boat TripDinner

Thursday, 29 June 2017

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion DiscussionScience Breakfast: Circular Economy – how do we make it happen?
hosted by BASF SE
07:00 - 08:45 Discussion DiscussionScience Breakfast: Stronger Science Leadership as Basis for Innovation in a Disruptive World
hosted by McKinsey & Company, Inc.
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture LectureRichard R. Schrock
Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture LectureEi-ichi Negishi
Magical Power of d-block Transition Metals as Exemplified by Catalytic Highly Asymmetric C-C Bond Formation
10:00 - 10:30 Break BreakCoffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Lecture LectureJean-Pierre Sauvage
From Chemical Topology to Molecular Machines
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture LecturePeter Agre
Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Malaria
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture LectureDan Shechtman
The Science and Beauty of Crystals
12:00 - 12:30 Break BreakCoffee Break
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture LectureThomas A. Steitz
How Protein Factors Facilitate Protein Synthesis by the Ribosome
13:00 - 13:30 Lecture LectureAda E. Yonath
Next Generation Environmental Friendly Antibiotics
13:30 - 15:00 Break BreakLunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Panel Discussion Panel Discussion
16:30 - 17:00 Break Break
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion DiscussionYoung Scientists Discussions
Discussion Sessions with Peter Agre, Ei-ichi Negishi, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Dan Shechtman, Richard R. Schrock, Thomas A. Steitz, Ada E. Yonath
18:30 - 19:00 Break Break
19:00 - 22:00 Break BreakBavarian Evening hosted by Elite Network of Bavaria & Free State of Bavaria

Friday, 30 June 2017

07:00 - 10:30 Boat Trip Boat TripBaden-Württemberg Boat Trip to Mainau Island
hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg
11:00 - 13:00 Panel Discussion Panel DiscussionClosing Panel Discussion
Ethics in Science; Panelists Martin Chalfie, Jeffrey Kovac, Ahmet Üzümcü (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), Michael Lerch (University of Groningen), Karen Stroobants (University of Cambridge); Moderator: Geoffrey Carr
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch BreakScience Picnic
hosted by the Ministry of Science, Education and the Arts, State of Baden-Württemberg
15:30 - 16:00 Lecture LectureFarewell Ceremony
16:30 - 19:00 Boat Trip Boat TripBaden-Württemberg Boat Trip to Lindau
hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg