Nobel Prize Dialogue
9 March 2025, 10:00 - 16:00
Welcome remarks
The future
The challenge of prediction
Maki Kawai, William D. Phillips, Ada Yonath
Moderator: Adam Smith
The essence of humanity
How did we get here?
Svante Pääbo
What does it mean to be human?
Hiroshi Ishiguro, Richard Roberts, Juichi Yamagiwa
Moderator: Juleen Zierath
Challenges
Advancing diversity and inclusion
Chieko Asakawa
Interviewer: Adam Smith
Challenges ahead
Arisa Ema, Bernard Feringa, Andrew Fire, Akira Furusawa
Moderator: Juleen Zierath
Sustainable future
Akira Yoshino
Lunch break 12:15-13:30
Breakout sessions : 2 Tracks
The impact of AI
Arisa Ema
Geoffrey E. Hinton (online)
Yutaka Matsuo
Moderator: Adam Smith
The promise of quantum technology
Akira Furusawa
Mutsuko Hatano
William D. Phillips
Moderator: Adam Smith
Where can future genomics take us?
Joseph R Ecker
Andrew Fire
Richard Roberts
Haruko Takeyama
Moderator: Juleen Zierath
Finding sustainable solutions
Bernard Feringa
Maki Kawai
Eva Olsson
Toshi H. Arimura
Moderator: Juleen Zierath
Where are we going?
The future we want
Joseph R Ecker, Shunsuke Managi, Eva Olsson, Richard Roberts
Moderator: Adam Smith
Nobel Prize laureates closing discussion
Bernard Feringa, Andrew Fire, William D. Phillips, Svante Pääbo, Richard Roberts, Ada Yonath
Moderator: Adam Smith
Closing remarks
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