Nobel Laureates' Week
The Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is celebrating its 175th anniversary with a major event taking place on 3-7 May 2010 in Brussels: the Nobel Laureates' Week.
ULB wants to emphasise scientific excellence by inviting 13 outstanding personalities – all winners of the Nobel Prize, Wolf Prize and Fields Medal – from different disciplines to present to the public the latest research results in their respective domain.
This free event will take place in Flagey (Studio 4, Place Flagey, 1050 Brussels).
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided (FR/EN and EN/FR).
Prof. Rolf Zinkernagel, 1996 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology and Medicine and Member of the ERC Scientific Council, will give a lecture on 'Anti-viral immunity'. (Tuesday 4 May, 15.45-17.00)
Prof. Eric S. Maskin, 2007 Nobel Prize winner in Economics and ERC Peer Review Panel Member, will talk about 'Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals'. (Thursday 6 May, 09.30-10.45)
Prof. Maskin together with two ERC Starting Grantees from ULB, Dr. Estelle Cantillon and Dr. Cédric Blanpain, will take part in a Public Forum organised by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research. The debate entitled 'The Target for 2020: 20 Nobel Prize winners from Europe?' will gather three generations of scientists to analyse the European research potential to spawn Nobel Prize winners. (Thursday 6 May, 18.00-20.00)
Press Conference, 5 May:
Prof. Helga Nowotny, ERC President, and Jack Metthey, Director ad int. of the ERC Executive Agency, will make a presentation of the ERC at a press conference in the context of the Nobel Laureates' Week. The ERC Secretary General, Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell, members of the ERC Scientific Council, an ERC Panel Member and ERC grantees from ULB will also be present. (5 May, from 09.30-11.30 (ca.), Metropole Hotel, Ambassador Room – Place de Brouckère 31, 1000 Brussels)
