66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH

15:00 - 18:00

Registration

SUNDAY, JUNE 26TH

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

MONDAY, JUNE 27TH

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	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	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
15:00 - 16:30	Panel Discussion	Panel Discussion Glimpses Beyond the Standard Model; Panelists Steven Chu, David Gross, Takaaki Kajita, Carlo Rubbia; Moderator: Felicitas Pauss
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	International Get-Together hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy

TUESDAY, JUNE 28TH

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	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	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
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
17:00 - 18:30	Discussion	Poster Session Posters by Young Scientists
18:30 - 19:00	Break
19:00 - 23:00	Academic Dinners at various locations hosted by the Academic Partners
19:00 - 23:00	Grill & Chill: Connecting Cultures hosted by Council & Foundation

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH

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	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	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
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
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
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	Dinner

THURSDAY, JUNE 30TH

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	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	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
15:00 - 16:30	Panel Discussion	Panel Discussion Is Quantum Technology the Future of the 21st Century?; Panelists Serge Haroche, Gerardus 't Hooft, William Phillips, David Wineland; Moderator: Christian Meier
16:30 - 17:00	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
19:00 - 22:00	Break	Bavarian Evening Hosted by Elite Network of Bavaria & Free State of Bavaria

FRIDAY, JULY 1ST

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 Ceremony
16:30 - 19:00	Boat Trip	Baden-Württemberg Boat Trip to Lindau Hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg

Associated Data

Meeting Programme 2016 (Physics)	PDF	16.29 MB
Poster Abstracts Poster Abstracts of the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting	PDF	2.4 MB
Annual Report 2016	PDF	12.52 MB