63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting > Programme

Find the programme in timetable format here.

Sunday, 30 June 2013

10:00 - 20:00 Opening Ceremony Registration
15:00 - 16:30 Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony
17:00 - 18:30 Opening Ceremony Reception upon invitation of the Republic of Austria, Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
19:00 - 22:00 Break Dinner at various locations (limited attendance)

Monday, 1 July 2013

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion Panel Discussion
Science Breakfast by invitation only: "How Does Surface Science Contribute to Solve Global Energy and Environmental Issues?" Upon invitation of the Republic of Korea
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Brian Kobilka
G Protein Coupled Receptors: Challenges for Drug Discovery
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Gerhard Ertl
Catalysis at Surfaces: From Atoms to Complexity
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture Akira Suzuki
Cross-Coupling Reactions of Organoboranes: An Easy Way for Carbon-Carbon Bonding
10:30 - 11:00 Break Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture David Wineland
Superposition, Entanglement, and Raising Schroedinger's Cat
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture Serge Haroche
Controlling Photons in a Box and Exploring the Quantum to Classical Boundary
12:00 - 12:30 Lecture Sir John Walker
The Fuel of Life
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture Hartmut Michel
Structure and Mechanism of Otto Warburg's Respiratory Enzyme, the Cytochrome c Oxidase
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break upon invitation of the Republic of Korea
15:00 - 16:30 Discussion Panel Discussion
Young Researcher Discussions (with Nobel Laureates Ertl, Haroche, Kobilka, Michel, Suzuki, Walker, Wineland)
15:00 - 16:30 Lecture Robert Curl Jr.
Lecture & Discussion: The Chemistry of Elemental Carbon
15:30 - 18:00 Lecture Walter Kohn
Lecture and Afternoon Discussion‎: ‎Characterization and ‎ Correction of Macular Degeneration
16:30 - 17:00 Break Break
17:00 - 18:30 Lecture Sir Harold Kroto
Workshop: Presentation Skills
17:00 - 18:30 Lecture Aaron Ciechanover
Science Master Class: New Frontiers in Deciphering Mechanisms of Diseases and in Drug Development
18:30 - 19:00 Break Break
19:00 - 23:00 Break International Get-Together upon invitation of the Republic of Korea

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion Panel Discussion
Science Breakfast by invitation only: "How Can Science Drive Solutions That Better Use the Planet’s Resources?" Upon invitation of Mars, Incorporated
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Aaron Ciechanover
Drug Development in the 21st Century - Are We Going to Cure All Diseases?
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Erwin Neher
Chemistry Helps Biology: Fluorescent Labels and Caged Compounds
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture Jean-Marie Lehn
Perspectives in Chemistry - Towards Adaptive Chemistry
10:30 - 11:00 Break Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture Ada E. Yonath
Curiosity and its Fruits: From Basic Science to Advanced Medicine
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture Rudolph Marcus
Single Molecule Studies of Initial Steps in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells and of Quantum Dots - Examples of Electron Transfer and Relation to Ensemble Studies
12:00 - 12:30 Lecture Richard Schrock
Advances in Olefin Metathesis Employing Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture Robert Grubbs
Green Chemistry and Catalysis
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Discussion Panel Discussion
Young Researcher Discussions (with Nobel Laureates Ciechanover, Grubbs, Lehn, Marcus, Schrock, Wüthrich, Yonath, Neher)
16:30 - 17:00 Break Break
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion Panel Discussion
Opportunities for Research Excellence in Europe – the Pillar of Horizon 2020 (offered by the European Commission)
17:00 - 18:30 Lecture Dan Shechtman
Science Master Class: The Power of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
17:00 - 18:30 Lecture Kurt Wüthrich
Science Master Class: Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, Structural Biology and Medical Diagnosis
19:00 - 23:00 Break Academic Dinners at various locations upon invitation of the Academic Partners. "Grill & Chill: Connecting Cultures" upon invitation of the Council & Foundation and City of Lindau with the Lindau citizens

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion Panel Discussion
Science Breakfast by invitation only: "Quantum Information Processing - Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science". Upon invitation of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Martin Chalfie
Tickling Worms: Surprises From Basic Research
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Steven Chu
The Energy and Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture Peter Agre
Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Malaria
10:30 - 11:00 Break Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture Dan Shechtman
Quasi-Periodic Materials - Crystal Redefined
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture Paul Crutzen
Lecture & Discussion: Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the Anthropocene
12:00 - 12:30 Lecture Kurt Wüthrich
Conformational Plasticity of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) studied by NMR in Solution
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture Richard Ernst
Widen Your Scope by Extracurricular Activities: My Example
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Panel Discussion Panel Discussion
16:30 - 17:00 Break Break
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion Panel Discussion
Young Researcher Discussions (with Nobel Laureates Agre, Chalfie, Chu, Crutzen, Ernst, Shechtman, Wüthrich)
18:30 - 19:00 Break Break
19:00 - 20:30 Break Dinner at various locations
20:30 - 23:00 Break Free Evening

Thursday, 4 July 2013

06:45 - 08:45 Discussion Panel Discussion
Science Breakfast by invitation only: "It Is All About Chemistry. How We Tackle the Energy Challenges of the Future!" Upon invitation of BASF and Chemical Industry Fund
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Werner Arber
Cultural Values of Scientific Knowledge
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Mario Molina
Communicating Climate Change Science
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture Avram Hershko
The Ubiquitin System
10:30 - 11:00 Break Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture Theodor Hänsch
What Can We Do with Laser Frequency Combs?
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture Karl Müller
Model Synthesis for Ceramics: Superconductors, Magnets and Others
12:00 - 12:30 Lecture Robert Huber
Proteases and Their Control in Health and Disease
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture Sir Harold Kroto
Four Horsemen of the 21st Century Apocalypse
13:00 - 15:00 Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Panel Discussion Panel Discussion
16:30 - 17:00 Break Break
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion Panel Discussion
Young Researcher Discussions (with Nobel Laureates Arber, Hershko, Hänsch, Huber, Kroto, Molina, Müller)
18:30 - 19:00 Break Break
19:00 - 22:00 Break Bavarian Evening upon invitation of the Elite Network of Bavaria & Freestate of Bavaria

Friday, 5 July 2013

07:00 - 10:30 Boat Trip Baden-Württemberg Boat Trip to Mainau Island upon invitation of the State of Baden-Württemberg
11:00 - 13:00 Panel Discussion Panel Discussion
13:00 - 15:30 Break Lunch Break
15:30 - 16:00 Farewell Farewell Ceremony
16:30 - 19:00 Boat Trip Return Boat Trip to Lindau upon invitation of the State of Baden-Württemberg