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70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting > Programme

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Sunday, 27 June 2021

13:30 - 15:00 Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony 15:00 - 16:30 Panel Discussion Panel DiscussionCorona and Emerging Pandemics
Harvey J. Alter, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Richard Neher, Jana Huisman; Moderator: Stefan Kaufmann 16:30 - 17:00 Break BreakNetworking
Networking with Brian Malow and guests 17:00 - 17:45 Lecture Lecture CRISPR-Cas9: Transforming Life Sciences With Bacteria
Emmanuelle Charpentier; Moderator: Wolfgang Lubitz 17:45 - 18:30 Lecture LectureA 40-Year Journey
Reinhard Genzel 18:30 - 19:15 Lecture LectureHepatitis C: The End of the Beginning and Possibly the Beginning of the End
Harvey J. Alter; Moderator: Stefan Kaufmann
19:15 - 20:30 Social Event Social EventIcebreaker Party
19:15 - 19:45 Social Event Social EventConcert: Karl Frierson live

Monday, 28 June 2021

07:15 - 08:30 Partner Event Partner EventSustainability Drives BASF. BASF Drives Sustainability.
Partner Event hosted by BASF SE, Germany 07:15 - 08:30 Partner Event Partner EventNew Vaccines Against New (and Old) Threats?
Partner Event hosted by vfa, Verband forschender Pharma-Unternehmen; Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Han Steutel, Stefan Kaufmann, Jyaysi Desai; Moderator: Kai Kupferschmidt 08:30 - 09:15 Morning Workout Morning WorkoutWorkout
Antara - Feel your Spine 09:15 - 10:00 Lecture LectureThe Exoplanet Revolution
Didier Queloz 10:00 - 11:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkNext Generation Medicine
Aaron Ciechanover, Ben L. Feringa; Moderator: Klas Kärre 10:00 - 11:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkInnate Immunity
Jules A. Hoffmann; Moderator: Stefan Kaufmann 10:00 - 11:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkPractical Impact of the SI System
Klaus von Klitzing; Moderator: Heiner Linke 11:00 - 12:00 Break BreakNetworking
Networking with Brian Malow and guests 12:00 - 13:30 Panel Discussion Panel DiscussionGene Editing
Emmanuelle Charpentier, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Alena Buyx, Julia Jansing; Moderator: Adam Smith 13:30 - 14:00 Presentation PresentationProject Presentation
Lindau Guidelines 14:00 - 15:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkLight, Clean Water and Diseases
Peter Agre, Hiroshi Amano; Moderator: Heiner Linke 14:00 - 15:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkSupramolecular Chemistry
Jean-Marie Lehn; Moderator: Wolfgang Lubitz 14:00 - 15:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkPushing the Limits of Microscopy
Joachim Frank, Stefan W. Hell; Moderator: Adam Smith 15:00 - 16:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeHarvey J. Alter
Young scientists only; Host: Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson 15:00 - 16:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeFrançoise Barré-Sinoussi
Young scientists only; Host: Edith Phalane 15:00 - 16:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeEmmanuelle Charpentier
Young scientists only; Host: Katharina Ehrmann 15:00 - 16:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeReinhard Genzel
Young scientists only; Host: Ana Alonso-Serrano 15:00 - 16:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeStefan W. Hell
Young scientists only; Host: José Vedelago 15:00 - 16:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeJean-Marie Lehn
Young scientists only; Host: Xin Su 15:00 - 16:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeDidier Queloz
Young scientists only; Host: Leïla Haegel 15:00 - 16:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangePeter Agre
Young scientists only; Host: Mary Lopez-Perez 15:00 - 16:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeJoachim Frank
Young scientists only; Host: Pratik Kumar 15:00 - 16:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeThe Joy of Discovery
Ben L. Feringa (young scientists only); Host: Abhishek Banerjee 16:30 - 17:45 Break BreakNetworking
Networking with Brian Malow and guests 17:45 - 18:30 Lecture LectureHow to Detect Gravitational Waves
Barry C. Barish 18:30 - 19:15 Lecture LectureStorms in Spacetime from Colliding Black Holes
Kip S. Thorne 19:15 - 20:15 Agora Talk Agora TalkReview and Outlook: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012
Brian K. Kobilka, Robert J. Lefkowitz; Moderator: Klas Kärre 19:15 - 20:15 Agora Talk Agora TalkNew Models to Understand Molecular Dynamics
Arieh Warshel; Moderator: Wolfgang Lubitz 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeBarry C. Barish
Young scientists only; Host: Akashrup Banerjee 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeBrian K. Kobilka
Young scientists only; Host: Casper de Lichtenberg 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeA Tale of Two Callings
Robert J. Lefkowitz (young scientists only); Host: Nataly Naser Al Deen 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeKip S. Thorne
Young scientists only; Host: Ana Alonso-Serrano 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeMulti Scale Simulations of the Action of Complex Biological Systems
Arieh Warshel (young scientists only); Host: Sebastian Wernicke

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

07:15 - 08:30 Partner Event Partner EventFrom Science to Practice: Was the Pandemic an Accelerator?
Partner Event hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research; Harald zur Hausen, Johanna Gassler; Moderator: Eva Schernhammer 07:15 - 08:30 Partner Event Partner EventHow Can Genomics Help Achieve Global Food Security?
Partner Event hosted by Mars, Incorporated; Ada E. Yonath, María Clara Miserendino, Abigail Stevenson; Moderator: Adam Smith 07:15 - 08:30 Partner Event Partner EventExcellence in Science for Society
Partner Event hosted by Rolex SA (young scientists only); Konstantin S. Novoselov, Felix Brooks-church, Fatima Enam; Moderator: Faith McLellan 08:30 - 09:15 Break BreakNetworking
Networking with Brian Malow and guests 09:15 - 10:00 Conversation ConversationA Life of Questions
Edmond H. Fischer; Moderator: Stefano Sandrone 10:00 - 11:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkStructural Biology and Its Key Role in the Life Sciences
Robert Huber, Hartmut Michel, Kurt Wüthrich; Moderator: Wolfgang Lubitz 10:00 - 11:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkPreserving and Controlling Genetic Information
Sir Martin J. Evans, Tomas Lindahl; Moderator: Kai Kupferschmidt 10:00 - 11:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkInfectious Agents and Cancer
Harald zur Hausen, Barry J. Marshall; Moderator: Klas Kärre
11:00 - 12:00 Social Event Social EventInspiration Concert: Max Raabe & Palastorchester from Berlin
12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeSir Martin J. Evans
Young scientists only; Host: Tracy Criswell 12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeThe New Infectious Agents in Colon, Breast and Prostate Cancer
Harald zur Hausen (young scientists only); Host: Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson 12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeAcademic Research and Spin-Off, My Experience
Robert Huber (young scientists only); Host: Casper de Lichtenberg 12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeHow to Deal with Future Crises
Michael Levitt (young scientists only); Host: Sebastian Wernicke 12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeBarry J. Marshall
Young scientists only; Host: Mary Lopez-Perez 12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeKonstantin S. Novoselov
Young scientists only; Host: Stepan Demchyshyn 12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeKurt Wüthrich
Young scientists only; Host: Henry Reynolds Nana Benyin Enninful 12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeHistory of the Science of Light
Serge Haroche (young scientists only); Host: Sanjukta Roy 12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeTakaaki Kajita
Young scientists only; Host: Leïla Haegel 12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeHartmut Michel
Young scientists only; Host: Susannah Bourne-Worster 12:00 - 13:30 Open Exchange Open ExchangeCarlo Rubbia
Young scientists only; Host: Merve Sahinsoy Karacasu 13:30 - 14:00 Presentation PresentationProject Presentation
Mentoring Hub 14:00 - 15:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkQuantum Science
Serge Haroche, William D. Phillips; Moderator: Rainer Blatt 14:00 - 15:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkAnimal Beauty
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard; Moderator: Adam Smith 14:00 - 15:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkParticles Generated on Earth and in the Cosmos
Carlo Rubbia; Moderator: Olaf Reimer 15:00 - 15:45 Lecture LectureWhy Can't Time Run Backwards?
Sir Anthony J. Leggett 15:45 - 16:30 Lecture LectureStorage Is Ready to Address Climate Change
M. Stanley Whittingham 16:30 - 17:00 Morning Workout Morning WorkoutWorkout
Bodyweight Workout - Breath the Strength 17:00 - 17:45 Lecture LectureHypoxia-Inducible Factors in Physiology and Medicine
Gregg L. Semenza 17:45 - 18:30 Lecture LectureThe von Hippel-Lindau Hereditary Cancer Syndrome: From Bedside to Bench to Bedside
William G. Kaelin, Jr. 18:30 - 20:15 Presentation PresentationNext Gen Science
Presentations by Young Scientists 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeElizabeth H. Blackburn
Young scientists only; Host: Edith Phalane 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangePreclinical Validation of Cancer Drug Targets: The Importance of Experimental Design and Logic
William G. Kaelin, Jr. (young scientists only); Host: Nataly Naser Al Deen 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeQuantum Information; The New Quantum Metric System; Laser Cooling; Cold Quantum Gases
William D. Phillips (young scientists only); Host: Margoth Córdova-Castro 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeGregg L. Semenza
Young scientists only; Host: Suzanne Devkota 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeUnexpected Results From the Cosmos
Samuel C. C. Ting (young scientists only); Host: Merve Sahinsoy Karacasu 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeM. Stanley Whittingham
Young scientists only; Host: Henry Reynolds Nana Benyin Enninful 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeSir Anthony J. Leggett
Young scientists only; Host: Sanjukta Roy 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeRudolph A. Marcus
Young scientists only; Host: Susannah Bourne-Worster 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeNovel Approaches to Scientific Style Critical Thinking Education and Science Research Topics
Saul Perlmutter (young scientists only); Host: Matus Rybak

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

07:00 - 08:30 Panel Discussion Panel DiscussionEnergy and Climate
Steven Chu, Robert B. Laughlin, Hartmut Michel, Brian P. Schmidt, Nadine Mengis, Gerald Haug; Moderator: Jim Skea 08:30 - 09:15 Morning Workout Morning WorkoutWorkout
Qui Gong - Contact the Elements 09:15 - 10:00 Lecture LectureSerendipities of Acquired Immunity
Tasuku Honjo 10:00 - 11:00 Conversation ConversationCorona: The Impact on Children in Developing Countries
Kailash Satyarthi 11:00 - 12:00 Break BreakNetworking
Networking with Brian Malow and guests 12:00 - 12:45 Lecture Lecture60 Years of Structural Biology, From Myoglobin and X-Ray Crystallography to the Recent Impact of Electron Cryomicroscopy
Richard Henderson 12:45 - 14:15 Presentation PresentationNext Gen Science
Presentations by Young Scientists 14:15 - 15:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeWalter Gilbert
Young scientists only; Host: Angela Wagner 14:15 - 15:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeRichard Henderson
Young scientists only; Host: Tracy Criswell 14:15 - 15:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeLessons From the Discovery of the Ubiquitin System: How to Approach a Problem in Science
Avram Hershko (young scientists only); Host: Pratik Kumar 14:15 - 15:45 Lecture LectureBeyond the ‘Theory of Everything’ Paradigm: Synergetic Patterns and the Order of the Natural World
Brian D. Josephson (young scientists only); Host: Bo Peng 14:15 - 15:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeNeural Network Mechanisms for Space
Edvard I. Moser (young scientists only); Host: Sebastian Klobuch 14:15 - 15:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeExtreme Light and Scientific and Social Applications
Gérard A. Mourou (young scientists only); Host: Rushnan Islam 14:15 - 15:45 Open Exchange Open Exchange Ada E. Yonath
Young scientists only; Host: Stefaan Verbruggen 15:45 - 16:30 Lecture LectureImmune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: New Insights Into Therapeutic Mechanisms
James P. Allison 16:30 - 17:00 Break BreakNetworking
Networking with Brian Malow 17:00 - 18:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkCell Biology
Martin Chalfie, Randy W. Schekman; Moderator: Stefan Kaufmann 17:00 - 18:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkApplication of Laser Technology: From Health to Metrology
John L. Hall, Gérard A. Mourou, Donna Strickland; Moderator: Rainer Blatt 17:00 - 18:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkScience Education
Leland H. Hartwell; Moderator: Karan Khemka 18:00 - 19:30 Panel Discussion Panel DiscussionDark and Black
Reinhard Genzel, David J. Gross, Saul Perlmutter, Rainer Weiss, Saskia Plura; Moderator: Sybille Anderl 19:30 - 20:15 Lecture LectureA Golden Decade of Advances in Computing Driven by Deep Learning
Heidelberg Lecture by Jeffrey Dean; Moderator: Rainer Blatt 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeMartin Chalfie
Young scientists only; Host: Suzanne Devkota 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeJohn L. Hall
Young scientists only; Host: Stepan Demchyshyn 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeLeland H. Hartwell
Young scientists only; Host: Nataly Naser Al Deen 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeDonna Strickland
Young scientists only; Host: Rushnan Islam 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeJames P. Allison
Young scientists only; Host: Angela Wagner 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeDavid J. Gross
Young scientists only; Host: Merve Sahinsoy Karacasu 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeRobert B. Laughlin
Young scientists only; Host: Eteri Svanidze 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeASAP (Aligning Science Across Parkinson's), an Initiative to Advance Basic Research and Value of Collaboration
Randy W. Schekman (young scientists only); Host: Surabhi Kandaswamy 20:15 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeGravitational Waves
Rainer Weiss (young scientists only); Host: Ana Alonso-Serrano

Thursday, 1 July 2021

07:00 - 08:30 Panel Discussion Panel DiscussionOpen Science
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Randy W. Schekman, George Datseris, Michal Jex; Moderator: Stephanie Dawson 08:30 - 09:15 Break BreakNetworking
Networking with Brian Malow and guests 09:15 - 11:00 Presentation PresentationNext Gen Science
Presentations by Young Scientists
11:00 - 12:00 Social Event Social EventBavarian Frühschoppen
11:00 - 12:00 Social Event Social EventConcert: Kerber Brother & Bavarian Breakfast
 12:00 - 12:45 Lecture LectureNext Generation Antibiotics
Lecture by Ada E. Yonath 12:45 - 13:30 Conversation ConversationScience, Politics and the New World Order
Henry A. Kissinger; Moderator: Adam Smith 13:30 - 14:00 Presentation PresentationProject Presentation
Lindau Online Sciathon 14:00 - 15:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkTopology of New Materials
F. Duncan M. Haldane, J. Michael Kosterlitz; Moderator: Heiner Linke 14:00 - 15:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkNeutrino Oscillations and Observatories
Takaaki Kajita, Arthur B. McDonald; Moderator: Adam Smith 14:00 - 15:00 Agora Talk Agora TalkTime and Localization
Edvard I. Moser, Michael M. Rosbash; Moderator: Anna Sjöström Douagi 15:00 - 16:30 Panel Discussion Panel DiscussionArtificial Intelligence: Promises and Threats
Vinton G. Cerf, Michael Levitt, Bernhard Schölkopf, Marco Eckhoff, Dina ElHarouni, Eleni Karatza; Moderator: Tarek Besold 16:30 - 17:00 Morning Workout Morning WorkoutWorkout
Body & Mind 17:00 - 17:45 Lecture LectureScientific Achievements Are Nobody’s Intellectual Property
George P. Smith 17:45 - 18:30 Lecture LectureNeuroscience Research in the 21st Century
Thomas C. Südhof; Moderator: Klas Kärre 18:30 - 19:30 Agora Talk Agora TalkNew Methods for Biological Imaging
Steven Chu, William E. Moerner; Moderator: Susanne Schultz-Hector 18:30 - 19:30 Agora Talk Agora TalkNew Chemical Reactions, Catalysis, Green Chemistry
Robert H. Grubbs, Richard R. Schrock; Moderator: Wolfgang Lubitz 18:30 - 19:30 Agora Talk Agora TalkExpansion of the Universe
Saul Perlmutter, Adam G. Riess; Moderator: Rainer Blatt 19:30 - 21:00 Open Exchange Open ExchangeF. Duncan M. Haldane
Young scientists only; Host: Bo Peng 19:30 - 21:00 Open Exchange Open ExchangeOn the Importance of Random Noise on the Selection of a Unique Pattern in a Driven Out of Equilibrium System
J. Michael Kosterlitz (young scientists only); Host: Stepan Demchyshyn 19:30 - 21:00 Open Exchange Open ExchangeSteven Chu
Young scientists only; Host: Eteri Svanidze 19:30 - 21:00 Open Exchange Open ExchangeRobert H. Grubbs
Young scientists only; Host: Jason Palmer 19:30 - 21:00 Open Exchange Open ExchangeAdam G. Riess
Young scientists only; Host: Stefanie Unterguggenberger 19:30 - 21:45 Open Exchange Open ExchangeRichard R. Schrock
Young scientists only; Host: Katharina Ehrmann 19:30 - 21:00 Open Exchange Open ExchangeGeorge P. Smith
Young scientists only; Host: Constantinos Demetriades 19:30 - 21:00 Open Exchange Open ExchangeMichael M. Rosbash
Young scientists only; Host: Surabhi Kandaswamy
21:00 - 21:45 Social Event Social EventSunset Party
21:00 - 21:30 Social Event Social EventConcert: Hazmat Modine Concert

Friday, 2 July 2021

08:30 - 09:15 Science Walk Science WalkWelcome from Mainau Island
 09:15 - 10:45 Panel Discussion Panel DiscussionWhy Trust Science?
Brian P. Schmidt, Carl-Henrik Heldin, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Balkees Abderrahman; Moderator: Adam Smith 10:45 - 11:00 Farewell FarewellClosing