68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

SUNDAY, 24 JUNE

10:00 - 20:00	Registration
15:00 - 16:00	Social Event	Opening Ceremony with Keynote by Elizabeth H. Blackburn: "Science Policy and Science and Society"
16:30 - 18:00	Opening Concert
19:00 - 22:00	Dinners at various locations

MONDAY, 25 JUNE

07:00 - 08:30	Partner Event	Breakfast on the International Day dedicated to China: Developing Stronger Science Leadership in Different Cultures - China, US/Europe and Others as Basis for Innovation Facilitated by McKinsey & Company, Inc.
09:00 - 09:30	Lecture	Michael M. Rosbash The Circadian Rhythm Story: Past, Present and Future
09:30 - 10:00	Lecture	Michael W. Young Circadian Rhythms and Their Impact on Physiology and Behavior
10:00 - 10:20	Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:00	Agora Talk	Elizabeth H. Blackburn & Martin Chalfie Thoughts on Improving Science, Individually and More Generally
10:20 - 11:00	Agora Talk	Peter C. Doherty Science Communication
11:00 - 11:40	Agora Talk	Tomas Lindahl Search for Alternative Life Forms on Earth
11:00 - 11:40	Agora Talk	Dan Shechtman Colour of Insects and Colour From Insects
11:40 - 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:30	Lecture	Edvard I. Moser The Brain’s Codes for Space and Time
12:30 - 13:00	Lecture	Steven Chu Recent Advances in Biomolecular and Biomedical Imaging
13:00 - 15:00	Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30	Open Exchange	Open Exchange Elizabeth H. Blackburn & Martin Chalfie, Steven Chu, Peter C. Doherty, Tomas Lindahl, Michael Rosbash, Dan Shechtman, Michael W. Young
15:00 - 16:30	Science Walk	Science Walks Martin Chalfie, Louis Ignarro, Robert Lefkowitz, Michael Levitt, Sir Richard J. Roberts, Randy W. Schekman, Thomas A. Steitz
17:00 - 18:30	Poster Flashes	Poster Flashes 30 selected young scientists present their research
19:00 - 23:30	Social Event	International Get-Together Dedicated to China

TUESDAY, 26 JUNE

07:00 - 08:30	Partner Event	Breakfast: Crowdsourcing to Drive Medical Advancements Hosted by Mars, Incorporated
07:00 - 08:30	Partner Event	Breakfast: Excellence in Science for Society Hosted by Rolex SA
09:00 - 09:30	Lecture	Joachim Frank Single-Particle Cryo-EM of Biological Molecules – the Sky Is the Limit
09:30 - 10:00	Lecture	Bruce A. Beutler Detecting and Solving Mammalian Phenotypes in Real Time
10:00 - 10:20	Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:00	Agora Talk	Peter Agre Opening Doors Worldwide Through Medical Science
10:20 - 11:00	Agora Talk	Sir Richard J. Roberts Nobel Laureate Campaign Supporting GMOs
11:00 - 11:40	Agora Talk	Erwin Neher Ion channels: Past, Present and Future
11:00 - 11:40	Agora Talk	Sir John Ernest Walker Microbial Drug Resistance
11:40 - 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:30	Lecture	Robert J. Lefkowitz G Protein Coupled Receptors
12:30 - 13:00	Lecture	Louis J. Ignarro The Road to Stockholm - A Nobel Mission
13:00 - 15:00	Lunch Break
13:15 - 14:45	Laureate Lunches
13:30 - 14:30	Poster Session	Poster Session 10 poster authors will be present at their posters
15:00 - 16:30	Panel Discussion	Panel Discussion Challenges in Personalised Medicine; Aaron Ciechanover
16:30 - 17:00	Break
17:00 - 18:30	Open Exchange	Open Exchange Peter Agre, Bruce Beutler, Joachim Frank, Louis Joseph Ignarro, Robert Lefkowitz, Erwin Neher, Sir Richard J. Roberts, Sir John E. Walker
17:00 - 18:30	Master Class	Master Classes Peter C. Doherty & Rolf Martin Zinkernagel, Aaron Ciechanover & Tim Hunt
18:30 - 19:00	Break
19:00 - 22:00	Social Event	Academic Dinners at various locations Hosted by Academic Partners
19:00 - 22:30	Social Event	Grill & Chill Hosted by Council & Foundation

WEDNESDAY, 27 JUNE

07:00 - 08:30	Discussion	Science Breakfast: Gene Modification Hosted by Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
09:00 - 09:30	Lecture	Yoshinori Ohsumi Lessons From Yeast - Autophagy: Intracellular Recycling System
09:30 - 10:00	Lecture	Michael Levitt The Future of Basic Science Research
10:00 - 10:20	Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:00	Agora Talk	Hartmut Michel Membrane Proteins: Importance, Functions, Mechanisms
10:20 - 11:00	Agora Talk	Bert Sakmann Lovely Lindau for Laureates and Scholars
11:00 - 11:40	Agora Talk	Robert Huber The Proteasome, Structure, Mechanism, Ligand-Binding, and Application in Drug Design and Development
11:00 - 11:40	Agora Talk	Rolf Zinkernagel How to Measure Immunological Specificity
11:40 - 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:30	Lecture	Harald zur Hausen Specific Infections as Trigger of Random Mutations - Their Role in Human Colon and Breast Cancers
12:00 - 12:30	Lecture	Randy W. Schekman Sorting of Small RNAs Into EVs Secreted by Human Cells
13:00 - 15:00	Lunch Break
13:15 - 14:45	Laureate Lunches
13:30 - 14:30	Poster Session	Poster Session 10 poster authors will be present at their posters
15:00 - 16:30	Panel Discussion	Panel Discussion Publish or Perish; Randy W. Schekman, Harold E. Varmus
16:30 - 17:00	Break
17:00 - 18:30	Open Exchange	Open Exchange Robert Huber & Michael Levitt, Hartmut Michel, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Bert Sakmann, Randy W. Schekman, Rolf Martin Zinkernagel, Harald zur Hausen
17:00 - 18:30	Master Class	Master Classes J. Michael Bishop & Harold E. Varmus, Bruce Beutler & Jules A. Hoffmann
18:30 - 19:00	Break
19:00 - 20:00	Lecture	Heidelberg Lecture: Leslie G. Valiant, recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award 2010 Biology as Computation
20:00 - 21:30	Dinner

THURSDAY, 28 JUNE

07:00 - 08:30	Partner Event	Breakfast: Precision Immunotherapy to Fight Infections, Inflammation (and Cancer) Hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
07:00 - 08:30	Partner Event	Breakfast: Science Meets Social Entrepreneurship Hosted by Boehringer Ingelheim
07:00 - 08:30	Partner Event	Breakfast: Health Innovation in Africa: The Way Forward Hosted by Global Perspectives Initiative
09:00 - 09:30	Lecture	Thomas A. Steitz Toward an Understanding of the Structural Basis of Crick’s Central Dogma
09:30 - 10:00	Lecture	Ada E. Yonath Next Generation Species Specific Eco Friendly Antibiotics and Thoughts About Origin of Life
10:00 - 10:20	Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:00	Agora Talk	J. Michael Bishop & Harold E. Varmus Can Scientific Careers Be Planned?
10:20 - 11:00	Agora Talk	Aaron Ciechanover The Revolution of Personalised Medicine: Its Promises and Obstacles
11:00 - 11:40	Agora Talk	Avram Hershko Lessons From the Discovery of the Ubiquitin System
11:00 - 11:40	Agora Talk	Ferid Murad Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP in Cell Signaling and Drug Development
11:40 - 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:30	Lecture	Kurt Wüthrich Drug Design, Structural Dynamics and Physiological Functions of G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs)
12:30 - 13:00	Lecture	Torsten Nils Wiesel Exploration of the Visual Cortex
13:00 - 15:00	Lunch Break
13:15 - 14:45	Laureate Lunches
13:30 - 14:30	Poster Session	Poster Session 10 poster authors will be present at their posters
15:00 - 16:30	Science Walk	Science Walks Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Martin Chalfie, Steven Chu, Joachim Frank, Tim Hunt, Dan Shechtman, Michael W. Young
15:00 - 16:30	Open Exchange	Open Exchange J. Michael Bishop & Harold E. Varmus, Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko, Ferid Murad, Thomas A. Steitz, Torsten Nils Wiesel, Kurt Wüthrich, Ada E. Yonath
16:30 - 19:00	Break
19:00 - 22:30	Social Event	Bavarian Evening Hosted by Elite Network of Bavaria & Free State of Bavaria

FRIDAY, 29 JUNE

07:00 - 10:30	Social Event	Baden-Württemberg Boat Trip to Mainau Island Hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg
11:00 - 13:00	Panel Discussion	Panel Discussion Science in a Post-Factual World; Steven Chu, Peter C. Doherty
13:00 - 15:30	Social Event	Science Picnic on the Aboretum Lawn Hosted by the Ministry of Science, Education and the Arts, State of Baden-Württemberg
15:30 - 16:00	Farewell Ceremony
16:30 - 19:00	Social Event	Baden-Württemberg Boat-Trip to Lindau Hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg

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