58th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting > Programme

Find the programme in timetable format here.

Sunday, 29 June 2008

10:45 - 11:15 Lecture
How Advances in Science are Made
15:30 - 17:30 Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony.
Opening of the Meeting by the President of the Council Countess Sonja Bernadotte at Inselhalle

Monday, 30 June 2008

09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Theodor Hänsch
Towards a Quantum Laboratory on a Chip
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Peter Grünberg
From Spinwaves to Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) and Beyond
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture Ivar Giaever
Discovery of Superconducting Tunneling
10:45 - 11:15 Lecture Klaus von Klitzing
Carbon Electronics
11:15 - 11:45 Lecture William Phillips
Cold Atomic Gases: the Intersection of Condensed Matter and Atomic Physics
11:45 - 12:15 Lecture John Hall
The Optical Frequency Comb - a Really Versatile Tool
12:45 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 17:00 Discussion Panel Discussion
Scientific Discussions with Laureates and Young Researchers
19:00 - 23:59 Panel Discussion Panel Discussion

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Johann Deisenhofer
Structural Biology - Quo Vadis?
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Robert Huber
Beauty and Usefulness of the Building Blocks of Life: The Architecture of Proteins
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture Hartmut Michel
Cytochrome and Oxidase Structure and Mechanism of a Proton Pump
11:15 - 12:45 Discussion Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion on "Climate Changes and Energy Challenges" with Nobel Laureates Profs. Deisenhofer, Giaever, Michel, Osheroff, Rubbia, von Klitzing, Steinberger (Chair: Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber)
12:45 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00 Boat Trip Guided City Tour for Young Researchers
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15:00 - 17:00 Discussion Panel Discussion
Scientific Discussions with Laureates and Young Researchers

Wednesday, 2 July 2008

09:00 - 09:30 Lecture James Cronin
The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Riccardo Giacconi
The Impact of Big Science on Astrophysics
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture George Smoot
The Beginning and Development of the Universe
10:45 - 11:15 Lecture Martinus Veltman
The Development of Particle Physics
11:15 - 11:45 Lecture David Gross
The Large Hadron Collider and the Super World
11:45 - 12:15 Lecture Jack Steinberger
What Future for Energy and Climate?
12:15 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 17:00 Discussion Panel Discussion
Scientific Discussions with Laureates and Young Researchers
20:00 - 22:00 Boat Trip Concert at Stadttheater

Thursday, 3 July 2008

09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Donald Glaser
Role of Cortical Noise in Vision
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Nicolaas Bloembergen
From Millisecond to Attosecond Laser Pulses
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture Roy Glauber
The Individuality of Light Quanta
10:45 - 11:15 Lecture Douglas Osheroff
How Advances in Science are Made
11:15 - 11:45 Lecture Brian Josephson
Which Way for Physics?
11:45 - 12:15 Lecture Gerardus 't Hooft
Humanity in the Cosmos
12:45 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 17:00 Discussion Panel Discussion
Scientific Discussions with Laureates and Young Researchers
17:30 - 20:30 Panel Discussion Panel Discussion

Friday, 4 July 2008

09:00 - 11:30 Boat Trip Departure by Boat from Lindau Harbour to the Isle of Mainau
11:30 - 13:00 Boat Trip Arrival at the Isle of Mainau and Visit to the Park
13:00 - 15:00 Boat Trip Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:00 Boat Trip Farewell Ceremony and Conclusion of the Meeting at Mainau Castle by Countess Sonja Bernadotte
16:00 - 18:30 Boat Trip Departure by Boat back to Lindau Harbour