66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting > Programme

Find the programme in timetable format here.

Saturday, 25 June 2016

15:00 - 18:00 Break Registration

Sunday, 26 June 2016

10:00 - 20:00 Break Registration
16:00 - 18:00 Lecture Opening Ceremony
with Ensemble of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
18:00 - 18:30 Break Break
18:30 - 21:30 Break Dinner at various locations

Monday, 27 June 2016

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion Science Breakfast: Quantum Information: from Fundamentals to a New Technology
Hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Hiroshi Amano
Lighting the Earth by LEDs
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Takaaki Kajita
Atmospheric Neutrinos
10:00 - 10:30 Break Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Lecture David Gross
One Hundred Years of General Relativity - The Enduring Legacy of Albert Einstein
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture Carlo Rubbia
The Future of Energy
11:30 - 12:00 Break Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:30 Lecture Martinus Veltman
After Finding the Higgs Particle
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture Arthur McDonald
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory: Observation of Flavor Change for Solar Neutrinos
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Panel Discussion Panel Discussion
16:45 - 17:45 Discussion Young Scientists Discussions
Discussion Sessions with Hiroshi Amano, David Gross, Takaaki Kajita, Arthur McDonald, Carlo Rubbia, Martinus Veltman
18:00 - 22:30 Break International Get-Together hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion Science Breakfast: Excellence in Science and Sports
Hosted by Rolex SA
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Serge Haroche
Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Circuit QED: from Fundamental Tests to Quantum Information
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture David Wineland
Atomic Ion Clocks
10:00 - 10:30 Break Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Lecture Theodor W. Hänsch
Changing Concepts of Light and Matter
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture William Phillips
Superfluid Atomic Gas in a Ring: A New Kind of Closed Circuit
11:30 - 12:00 Break Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:30 Lecture Klaus von Klitzing
A New International System of Units in 2018!? How my Nobel Prize Contributed to this Development
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture Gerardus 't Hooft
How One Single Elementary Particle Can Make the Difference
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Discussion Young Scientists Discussions
Discussion Sessions with Theodor W. Hänsch, Serge Haroche, Klaus von Klitzing, William D. Phillips, Gerardus 't Hooft, David Wineland
16:30 - 17:00 Break Break
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion Poster Session
Posters by Young Scientists
18:30 - 19:00 Break Break
19:00 - 23:00 Break Academic Dinners at various locations hosted by the Academic Partners
19:00 - 23:00 Break Grill & Chill: Connecting Cultures hosted by Council & Foundation

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion Science Breakfast: Why Does Soft Matter Matter?
Hosted by Mars, Incorporated
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture George Smoot
Gravitational Waves, Merging Black Holes
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Samuel Ting
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station
10:00 - 10:30 Break Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Lecture Kurt Wüthrich
NMR in Physics, Structural Biology and Medical Diagnosis
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture Steven Chu
Optical Microscopy 2.0
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture Hartmut Michel
Oxygen Removal and Energy Conservation by Membrane Integrated Terminal Oxidases
12:00 - 12:30 Break Coffee Break
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture Johann Deisenhofer
Photosynthetic Light Reactions, Revisited
13:00 - 13:30 Lecture Robert Huber
Protein Structures in Translational Medicine and Business Development, My Experience
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch
15:00 - 16:30 Discussion Young Scientists Discussions
Discussion Sessions with Steven Chu, Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber, Hartmut Michel, George Smoot, Samuel Ting, Kurt Wüthrich
16:30 - 17:00 Break Break
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion William D. Phillips
Master Class: Ultra-Cold Gases of Neutral Atoms and Molecules
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion Brian Schmidt
Master Class: Big Questions, Big Instruments, Big Ideas
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion David Wineland
Master Class: Quantum Information and Quantum Measurement
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion Kurt Wüthrich
Master Class: Physics in Structural Biology, Medical Diagnosis, and Physical Exercise and Rehabilitation
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion Steven Chu
Master Class: Physics - Based Measurements of our Changing Climate Change, and the Clean Energy Challenges for Carbon-Free Energy
17:00 - 18:30 Lecture Brian Josephson
Lecture and Discussion: Emergent Self-Organising Activity as the true foundation of Reality
18:30 - 19:00 Break Break
19:00 - 20:00 Lecture Heidelberg Lecture: Vinton G. Cerf (ACM A.M. Turing Award 2004)
The Origins and Evolution of the Internet
20:00 - 21:00 Break Dinner

Thursday, 30 June 2016

07:00 - 08:45 Discussion Science Breakfast: Decoding Science Leadership: Developing Capacity for Leading Science Innovation in a Rapidly Evolving “24/7 World” with Disruptive Opportunities and Challenges
Hosted by McKinsey & Company, Inc.
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Stefan W. Hell
Optical Microscopy: the Resolution Revolution
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Dan Shechtman
The Science and Beauty of Soap Bubbles
10:00 - 10:30 Break Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Lecture Ada Yonath
What was First, the Genetic Code or Its Products?
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture Martin Karplus
Motion: Hallmark of Life. From Marsupials to Molecules
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture Carl Wieman
A Scientific Approach to Learning Physics
12:00 - 12:30 Break Coffee Break
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture Brian Schmidt
State of the Universe
13:00 - 13:30 Lecture Roy Glauber
Some Recollections of the Manhattan Project 1943-1945
13:30 - 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 Young Scientists Discussions
Discussion Sessions with Roy Glauber, Martin Karplus, Brian Schmidt, Dan Shechtman, Carl Wieman, Ada Yonath
18:30 - 19:00 Break Break
19:00 - 22:00 Break Bavarian Evening
Hosted by Elite Network of Bavaria & Free State of Bavaria

Friday, 1 July 2016

07:00 - 10:30 Boat Trip Baden-Württemberg Boat Trip to Mainau Island
Hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg
11:00 - 13:00 Panel Discussion Closing Panel Discussion
The Future of Education in Sciences; Panelists Brian Schmidt, Dan Shechtman, Tamás Vámi, Carl Wieman; Moderator Karan Khemka
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break Picnic Lunch
Hosted by the Ministry of Science, Education and the Arts, State of Baden-Württemberg
15:30 - 16:00 Farewell Farewell Ceremony
16:30 - 19:00 Boat Trip Baden-Württemberg Boat Trip to Lindau
Hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg