Sunday, 30 June 2019
10:00 - 20:00
Social Event
Registration
15:00 - 16:00
Social Event
Opening Ceremony
with Keynote by Brian P. Schmidt: "Big Questions for Society, Big Questions for Research"
with Keynote by Brian P. Schmidt: "Big Questions for Society, Big Questions for Research"
16:30 - 18:00
Social Event
Opening Concert
18:00 - 22:00
Social Event
Dinner at various locations
Monday, 1 July 2019
hosted by South Africa 09:00 - 09:30 Donna Strickland
From Nonlinear Optics to High-Intensity Laser Physics 09:30 - 10:00 Gérard Mourou
Passion for Extreme Light
10:00 - 10:15
Break
Break
10:15 - 10:55
William E. MoernerWhat Can You Learn From Single Molecules, Even When Trapped Without Optical Forces? 10:15 - 10:55 William D. Phillips
The New International System of Units: Our Metric System Is Experiencing Its Greatest Revolution Since the French Revolution
10:55 - 11:05
Break
Break
11:05 - 11:45
Stefan W. HellReaching Molecular Size Resolution in Lens-Based Microscopy: the Diffraction Limit Blown Away 11:05 - 11:45 Carl E. Wieman
Taking a Scientific Approach to Physics Teaching and Learning
11:45 - 12:00
Break
Break
12:00 - 12:30
Sir Konstantin S. NovoselovMaterials of the Future 12:30 - 13:00 Ada E. Yonath
The Ribosome - a Connection Between the Prebiotic Origin of Life and Next Generation Antibiotics 13:00 - 13:30 Joachim Frank
Visualising Short-Lived States of Biological Molecules by Cryo-Electron Microscopy
13:30 - 15:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break hosted by South Africa
Lunch Break hosted by South Africa
15:15 - 17:15
Science Walk
Science Walks
15:30 - 17:00
Open Exchange
17:30 - 19:00
Poster Flashes
Poster Flashes
30 young scientists present their poster in a short, 2-minute presentation.
30 young scientists present their poster in a short, 2-minute presentation.
19:30 - 23:30
Social Event
International Get-Together
hosted by South Africa
hosted by South Africa
Tuesday, 2 July 2019
hosted by Rolex SA 07:00 - 08:30 Partner Breakfast: Physics, Oceans and our Future
hosted by Mars, Incorporated 09:00 - 09:30 Takaaki Kajita
Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos 09:30 - 10:00 Arthur B. McDonald
Direct Detection of Dark Matter With Liquid Argon
10:00 - 10:15
Break
Break
10:15 - 10:55
Serge Haroche & David J. WinelandFuture Quantum Technologies 10:15 - 10:55 Johannes G. Bednorz
Career Planning in Science – Dreaming Allowed?
10:55 - 11:05
Break
Break
11:05 - 11:45
Steven Chu Non-Thermal Equilibrium Transport by Dynein Molecular Motors in Live Neurons, and Breakthroughs in Linear and Non-Linear Ultrasound Imaging 11:05 - 11:45 John C. Mather & George F. Smoot
From the Big Bang to Intelligent Life
11:45 - 12:00
Break
Break
12:00 - 12:30
Joseph H. Taylor Jr.The Long Tortuous Path to Gravitational Waves 12:30 - 13:00 Rainer Weiss
Gravitational Wave Astronomy 13:00 - 13:30 Adam G. Riess
The Expansion of the Universe, Faster Than We Thought
13:30 - 15:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30
Laureate Lunch
Laureate Lunches
14:00 - 15:00
Poster Session
Poster Session
15:30 - 17:00
17:30 - 19:00
Open Exchange
17:30 - 19:00
Master Class
Albert Fert
Topology & Physics: Topological Materials, Skyrmions
Topology & Physics: Topological Materials, Skyrmions
17:30 - 19:00
Master Class
Carl E. Wieman
Teaching Physics
Teaching Physics
19:30 - 23:00
Social Event
Grill & Chill
hosted by Council & Foundation
19:30 - 22:30
Partner Event
Academic Dinnershosted by Council & Foundation
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Creating New Scientific Knowledge 09:30 - 10:00 F. Duncan M. Haldane
Entanglement and Topological Quantum Matter
10:00 - 10:30
Break
Break
10:30 - 11:10
Brian D. JosephsonWill Twenty-First Century Physics Need Biology? 10:30 - 11:10 Martinus J. G. Veltman
The Future of Particle Physics
11:10 - 11:30
Break
Break
11:30 - 12:00
Carlo RubbiaFurther Searches of the Higgs Scalar Sector 12:00 - 12:30 David J. Gross
The Future of Fundamental Physics 12:30 - 13:00 Kurt Wüthrich
NMR – From Physics to Biology and Medical Diagnosis 13:00 - 15:00 Laureate Lunch Laureate Lunches
13:00 - 15:00
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:30
Poster Session
Poster Session
15:00 - 16:30
17:00 - 18:30
Open Exchange
17:00 - 18:30
Master Class
Serge Haroche & David J. Wineland
Manipulation of Individual Quantum Systems
Manipulation of Individual Quantum Systems
17:00 - 18:30
Master Class
Brian P. Schmidt
The Transient Universe
19:00 - 19:30
Heidelberg Lecture by Martin E. HellmanThe Transient Universe
The Technological Imperative for Ethical Evolution
19:30 - 21:00
Social Event
Dinner
Thursday, 4 July 2019
hosted by Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research 09:00 - 09:30 Wolfgang Ketterle
New Forms of Matter Near Absolute Zero Temperature 09:30 - 10:00 Theodor W. Hänsch
Laser Spectroscopy of Hydrogen and the Proton Radius Puzzle
10:00 - 10:15
Break
Break
10:15 - 10:55
Robert HuberProteases for Drug Design and Development, My Experience 10:15 - 10:55 Johann Deisenhofer
Photosynthesis - Structural Biology and Evolution
10:55 - 11:05
Break
Break
11:05 - 11:45
Hartmut MichelStructures of Terminal Oxidases: A Comparison of Structure Determinations by X-Ray Crystallography and Electron Microscopy 11:05 - 11:45 Harald zur Hausen
Bovine Origin of Infections Linked to Colon and Breast Cancers
11:45 - 12:00
Break
Break
12:00 - 12:30
Dan ShechtmanScientific Blunder 12:30 - 13:00 Klaus von Klitzing
Quantum Hall Effect and the New SI System 13:00 - 13:30 Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
A Brief Description of My Personal and Scientific Itinerary
13:30 - 15:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30
Laureate Lunch
Laureate Lunches
14:00 - 15:00
Poster Session
Poster Session
15:15 - 17:15
Science Walk
Science Walks
15:30 - 17:00
Open Exchange
17:00 - 19:00
Break
Break
19:00 - 22:00
Social Event
Bavarian Evening
hosted by the Free State of Bavaria
hosted by the Free State of Bavaria
Friday, 5 July 2019
07:15 - 10:20
Social Event
Baden-Württemberg Boat Trip to Mainau Island
hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg
11:05 - 11:35
Tawakkol Karman in Conversation with Adam Smithhosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg
Tawakkol Karman interviewed by Adam Smith 11:35 - 13:00 Panel Discussion
How Can Science Change the World for the Better?
13:00 - 15:30
Social Event
Science Picnic on the Aboretum Lawn
hosted by Ministry of Science, Education and the Arts, State of Baden-Württemberg
hosted by Ministry of Science, Education and the Arts, State of Baden-Württemberg
15:30 - 16:00
Social Event
Farewell Ceremony
16:30 - 19:00
Social Event
Baden-Württemberg Boat Trip to Lindau
hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg
hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg