Hotel Bayerischer Hof

Conference Room Lindau

Access for Nobel Laureates and pre-registered Young Scientists only

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Welcome Address
Martina Hirayama
State Secretary for Education, Research, and Innovation, Switzerland

Ana Klimović
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Marcel Trefny
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany

Kurt Wüthrich
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), United States of America

Moderator: Adam Smith
Nobel Prize Outreach, Sweden

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way science is done – from predicting protein structures to exploring the origins of matter. In this panel, launched with an address by the Swiss State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation, Dr. Martina Hirayama, Nobel Laureate Kurt Wüthrich will discuss with Prof. Ana Klimović (ETH Zurich) and Dr. Marcel Trefny (Ludwig-Maximilians-University) what it takes to integrate AI as a genuine scientific tool: reliable data, transparent algorithms, and interdisciplinary collaboration. How can AI accelerate discovery without compromising rigor or creativity?

The discussion will address key challenges such as data quality, interpretability, and reproducibility, as well as opportunities including enhanced simulations, faster discovery, and novel research questions. The panellists will explore how intelligent systems may redefine research and transform scientific work – not merely as tools of analysis, but as frameworks enabling new forms of reasoning and knowledge generation.