Get inspired and be part of the dialogue of the laureates of the Heineken Prizes. Register for one or more of the several public events across the Netherlands during their one week stay in the Netherlands from Monday, September 26. They will be honoured for winning the largest international science awards, but they are above all here to share their knowledge.
They are creative thinkers, undisputed pioneers, and potential candidates for Nobel prizes. So don’t miss them!
For an overview off all the events read below:
UCEH lecture The Air as an Archive: Sunil Amrith
Instituto Cervantes, Utrecht
Monday, September 26, 2022
3.00pm – 5.00pm (CEST)
Sunil Amrith will explore in his lecture ‘The Air as an Archive’ the air as an archive of environmental history. In the most obvious sense, it is the measurement of atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that first made manifest the scale and pace of anthropogenic climate change.
For more information and to register, click here.
A journey through resilience: Carl Folke
Vening Meineszgebouw A, Universiteit Utrecht
Monday, September 26, 2022
4.30pm – 6.00pm (CEST)
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development organizes a special lecture from Carl Folke. During the lecture, Folke will first introduce the audience to his groundbreaking work on resilience thinking. This will be followed by an interactive discussion around topics such as the importance of seeing humans and nature as intertwined social-ecological systems.
For more information and to register, click here.
Great Minds Exposed: mini lecture 2020 laureates
Scheltema Leiden
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
9.30am – 12.30pm (CEST)
They are creative thinkers, undisputed pioneers, and candidates for the Nobel Prizes. Meet the top international scientists who have been awarded the 2020 Heineken Prizes. In collaboration with New Scientist, we organise a morning of inspiring mini lectures, in which the 2020 laureates give an insight into their work. What challenges did they face? And what do their milestones mean for other scientists and for our society?
For more information and to register, click here.
Also live stream available: www.heinekenprizes.org
Symposium the Anthropocene biosphere: Carl Folke
Symposium – Room C0222, Forum Building, Wageningen University Campus
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
4.00pm – 6.00pm (CEST)
In his presentation, Carl Folke will summarize the new playing field humanity is in and give examples of how we have worked with change makers shifting agency and action towards biosphere stewardship.
For more information and to register, click here.
Great Minds Exposed: mini lecture 2022 laureates
Scheltema Leiden
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
9.30am – 12.30pm (CEST)
They are creative thinkers, undisputed pioneers, and candidates for the Nobel Prizes. Meet the top international scientists who have been awarded the 2022 Heineken Prizes. In collaboration with New Scientist, we organise a morning of inspiring mini lectures, in which the 2022 laureates give an insight into their work. What challenges did they face? And what do their milestones mean for other scientists and for our society?
For more information and to register, click here.
Also live stream available: www.heinekenprizes.org
Resilience to climate change? Carl Folke
LiveScience, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
4.00pm – 6.00pm (CEST)
Resilience to climate change? We need to maintain biodiversity! We want to discuss the need to view climate change and biodiversity loss as intertwined – not as separate- phenomena. It’s going to be an interactive event, so bring all your thoughts, questions and maybe even critique about studies on resilience and planetary boundaries, particularly in relation to biodiversity and climate change. Moderators: Lisa Becking (Naturalis & WUR) en Tatiana Filatova (TU Delft).
For more information and to register, click here.
Chemical Biology Talk: Carolyn Bertozzi
C2 Lecture Hall, Universiteit Leiden
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
16.15pm – 17.00pm (CEST)
The Leiden Institute of Chemistry is proud to offer the “Leiden Chemical Biology Lectures”. This lecture series aims to bring excellent researchers in the field of chemical biology to our university, and to expose our students to top science conducted in this area. Bertozzi is one of the founders of the field of Chemical Biology by pioneering the performance of selective ligation chemistry in living systems over 20 years ago. We, therefore, are very much looking forward to having her give a lecture in the LED3 Chemical Biology Talk series.
For more information click here.
NESSC lecture Carbon and Climate Change: Corinne Le Quéré
Muntgebouw Utrecht
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
2.45pm – 17.00pm (CEST)
Climate researcher Corinne Le Quéré will give a public lecture on carbon and climate change. Le Quéré’s main research aims focus on global carbon emissions and the interactions between the carbon cycle and climate change.
For more information and to register, click here.
NKI Tour: Vishva M. Dixit
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Piet Borst Auditorium
Thursday, September 29, 2022
10.00am (CEST)
Professor Vishva M. Dixit will give a lecture in the ‘Piet Borst Auditorium’ at ‘het Antoni van Leeuwenhoek’.
For more information and to register send an email to Mariet van den Berg: ma.vd.berg@nki.nl
KNAW Heineken Lecture: Kia Nobre
Aula Radboud University Nijmegen
Friday, September 30, 2022
12.30pm – 14.00pm (CEST)
Professor Nobre will give her official KNAW Heineken Lecture in the ‘Aula’ of Radboud University Nijmegen about her innovative approach to imaging and understanding the human brain. The lecture will be part of an official academic ceremony.
For more information and to register, click here.
Also live stream available: www.ru.nl/heinekenlecture
Heineken Prize Lectures: Carolyn Bertozzi & Vishva M. Dixit
Theatron, Universiteit Utrecht
Friday, September 30, 2022
15.15pm – 18.00pm (CEST)
September 30, two of the 2022 laureates will be giving lectures: Carolyn Bertozzi (professor of Chemistry and Chemical & Systems Biology at Stanford University), Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2022 and Vishva M. Dixit (vice president of Early Discovery Research at Genentech), Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine 2022.
For more information and to register, click here.