Meeting Program

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus at the 2008 Economics Meeting.

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Program (2009 - 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates)

SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH

TIME	SPEAKER	DISCIPLINE	THEME

09:00 - 18:00	Arrival of participants
15:00 - 16:30	Official Opening of the Meeting by the President of the Council, Countess Bettina Bernadotte

MONDAY, JUNE 29TH

TIME	SPEAKER	DISCIPLINE	THEME

09:00 - 09:35	Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ertl	Chemistry	From Atoms to Complexity: Reactions at Surfaces
09:35 - 10:10	Prof. Dr. Richard Robert Ernst	Chemistry	Passions and Activities beyond Science
10:10 - 10:45	Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ryoji Noyori	Chemistry	Chemistry: the Key to our Future
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:50	Prof. Dr. F. Sherwood Rowland	Chemistry	Green House Gases and Climate Change
11:50 - 12:25	Prof. Dr. Paul Josef Crutzen	Chemistry	Atmosphere Climate and Chemistry in the Anthropocene
12:25 - 13:00	Prof. Dr. Hartmut Michel	Chemistry	Cytochrome c Oxidase: Structure and Mechanism of a Biological Proton Pump
13:00 - 15:00	Lunch Break
15:00 - 17:00	Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
19:00 - 00:00	Get-Together-Evening participated by Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers

TUESDAY, JUNE 30TH

TIME	SPEAKER	DISCIPLINE	THEME

09:00 - 09:35	Prof. Dr. Aaron Ciechanover	Chemistry	Why our Proteins have to die so we shall live
09:35 - 10:10	Prof. Dr. Robert Huber	Chemistry	Molecular Machines for Protein Degradation inside Cells
10:10 - 10:45	Prof. Dr. Erwin Neher	Physiology or Medicine	Chemistry helps Neuroscience: The Use of caged Compounds and Indicator Dyes for the Study of Neurotransmitter Release
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:25	Panel Discussion "The Role and Future of Chemistry for Renewable Energy" with Profs. Ertl //Grubbs //Kohn //Sir Kroto //Marcus //Molina //F. Sherwood Rowland
12:25 - 15:00	Lunch Break
15:00 - 17:00	Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
19:00 - 22:00	Dinners for Laureates and Young Researchers (given by Academic Partners of the Lindau Meetings in various restaurants, on invitation only)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST

TIME	SPEAKER	DISCIPLINE	THEME

09:00 - 09:35	Prof. Dr. Rudolph Arthur Marcus	Chemistry	From 'On Water' and Enzyme Catalysis to Single Molecules and Quantum Dots, Theory and Experiment
09:35 - 10:10	Prof. Dr. h.c. mult Kurt Wüthrich	Chemistry	Structural Genomics - Exploring the Protein Universe
10:10 - 10:45	Prof. Dr. Sir Harold Walter Kroto	Chemistry	Science, Society & Sustainability
10:15 - 10:45	Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:50	Prof. Dr. Mario José Molina	Chemistry	Energy and Climate Change - is there a solution?
11:50 - 12:25	Prof. Dr. Walter Kohn	Chemistry	An Earth Powered Predominantly by Solar and Wind Energy
12:25 - 13:00	Prof. Dr. Peter Agre	Chemistry	Canoeing in the Arctic, a Scientist´s Perspective
13:00 - 15:00	Lunch Break
15:00 - 17:00	Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
20:00 - 21:00	Concert at Stadttheater

THURSDAY, JULY 2ND

TIME	SPEAKER	DISCIPLINE	THEME

09:00 - 09:35	Prof. Dr. Osamu Shimomura	Chemistry	Chemistry of Bioluminescence
09:35 - 10:10	Prof. Dr. Martin Chalfie	Chemistry	GFP and After
10:10 - 10:45	Prof. Dr. Roger Y. Tsien	Chemistry	Building and Breeding Molecules to Spy on Cells, Tumors, and Organisms
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:50	Prof. Dr. Richard Royce Schrock	Chemistry	Recent Advances in Olefin Metathesis Catalyzed by Molybdenum and Tungsten Alkylidene Complexes
11:50 - 12:25	Prof. Dr. Werner Arber	Physiology or Medicine	Molecular Darwinism
15:00 - 17:00	Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
17:30 - 20:30	Traditional Bavarian Get-Together on invitation of the Elite Network of Bavaria

FRIDAY, JULY 3RD

TIME	SPEAKER	DISCIPLINE	THEME

08:00 - 10:20	Boat Trip to the Isle of Mainau
11:00 - 13:00	-	-	-
13:00 - 13:30	Opening of the Exhibition "Entdeckungen/Discoveries"
13:30 - 15:15	Lunch Break
15:15 - 16:00	Farewell Ceremony/ Conclusion of the Meeting at Mainau Castle
17:00 - 19:30	Boat Trip back to Lindau

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BENEFACTORS:

ACADEMIC PARTNER OF THE MEETINGS IN NATURAL SCIENCES:

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(DE) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

ACADEMIC PARTNER OF THE MEETINGS IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES:

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(DK) Danmarks Nationalbank

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This annual Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners is an incredible possibility for young researchers to get up close with highly distinguished scientists and to recognize Baden-Württemberg as one of the leading regions in innovation and development. Stefan Mappus, Minister President

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