Forum am See

Access for Nobel Laureates and pre-registered Young Scientists only
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Tatiana Erukhimova
Texas A&M University

William D. Phillips
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States of America

Nicholas Suntzeff
Texas A&M University

Sarah Vickers
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America

Moderator: Adam Smith
Nobel Prize Outreach, Sweden

Humanity is facing many global problems that must be solved for humankind to be able to sustain life on planet earth, including global warming, population expansion, and growing socioeconomic imbalances. Physics is often viewed as a basic science that has minimal practical applicability. This session explores how physics can play an important role in solving global problems of the 21st century, either directly or by informing other scientific disciplines. This session will be an interactive session involving several seasoned scientists as well as young scientists. There will be ample opportunity for audience participation.