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IMPACT 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Physiology & Medicine 5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences Outreach Projects & Mission Education Annual Report 2014 Contents Preface 4 Outreach Projects & Mission Education Articles, Interviews & Contributions Lindau Mediatheque The Origin of Ideas 8 Understanding Better How People Make Choices 72 The 2014 Lindau Meetings Interview with Oliver Smithies – A record of Daniel McFadden’s lecture Historical lectures 101 a testimony of intellectual experiences 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 24 Innovation and Human Flourishing 74 Mini Lectures 96 The Importance of Scientific Advice 10 According to Edmund Phelps, a loss of dynamism 5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences 34 Nobel Labs 360° 94 Keynote address by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel threatens our prosperity Application in School Education 96 The Sages of the Future 14 A Tough Balance: Cancer Research and Motherhood 78 The Economist editor Geoffrey Carr on An interview with a Lindau alumna on her experiences Participants, Partners, Supporters the value of intergenerational dialogue Could a Cow Virus Cause Colon Cancer? 82 Teaching Spirit 98 Different Generations – One Passion 16 Nobel Laureates 25 35 A closer look on Harald zur Hausen’s arguments Lindau Alumni Network 115 A plea for intergenerational dialogue Young Scientists 44 44 How Markets Can Overcome the Yuk Factor 84 Exhibition “The Lindau Nobel Laureate 102 The Fascination of How Things Work 18 Academic Partners 39 41 A summary of Alvin Roth’s lecture Meetings: Now and Then” Interview with Erwin Neher on the motives of being a scientist Supporters 134 136 Collaboration in Research 86 Exhibition “Sketches of Science” 108 Retrospect on the 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 22 Reflections on the advantages of joint graduate papers “NOBELS” – Nobel Laureates photographed 30 by the Scientific Chairmen Klas Kärre and Stefan H.E. Kaufmann Programme by Peter Badge A Sunburnt Country 88 Retrospect on the 5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences 32 An account of the International Day hosted by Australia Publication “Economics for the Curious” 63 by the Scientific Chairmen Peter Englund and Martin Hellwig Scientific Chairmen 23 33 Nature Outlook 66 Virtual Visit at the Institut Pasteur 94 Lectures 28 36 The Immunology Summit 50 Introducing Françoise Barré-Sinoussi’s “Nobel Lab 360°” “Medical Research Masterclass” A key topic and its protagonists at the 64th Lindau Meeting Master Classes 28 36 Film Series “A Picture of Health” 65 Mini Lectures and Nobel Labs for Pupils 96 Cross-Country Differences in Perceptions of Inequality 52 Panel Discussions 56 57 The Lindau Mediatheque deployed in schools Videos “How Useful is Economics?” & 73 A research approach to a key topic in economic sciences Science Breakfasts 80 81 “What Makes a Good Economist?” Teaching Spirit 2014: “Inspire and be inspired!” 98 Academia and Pharmaceutical Industry – Strange Bedfellows? 54 An interview with a participant of Lindau’s incentive programme Innovation Forums 76 77 Communications and Response 104 Reflections on a panel discussion on the collaborative landscapes of the future International Day 90 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin – The Queen of Crystallography 100 Strategic Behaviour, Incentives, and Mechanism Design 58 A retrospect on the scientific life of a repeated The Lindau Institutions A review on the eponymous panel discussion Lindau Meeting participant Save the Date: Upcoming Lindau Meetings 142 Council 126 Your Big Idea Will Help Small People 112 On Man and Microbes 60 Queen Silvia’s appeal for social responsibility Foundation 127 Barry J. Marshall – a scientist by passion Founders Assembly 128 Neurosciences: Bringing the TReND to Africa 114 Rethinking Economics: A Classical Perspective 62 Introducing a Lindau alumni-founded NGO Honorary Senate 130 Vernon L. Smith’s contribution to “Econonomics for the Curious” Organisation “Malaria is my new adventure!” 116 Throughout this report, a “64” and the light brown colour indicates that What a Ball of Wool Can Tell You About Healthy Ageing 64 Peter Agre’s devotion to combat the infectious disease th contents are distinctly related to the 64 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Executive Secretariat 138 Elizabeth Blackurn’s quest for objective measures In contrast, a “5” and the blue colour marks contents related to the to indicate healthiness Confessions of a Latin American Liberal 118 5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences. Account 139 Lecture by Mario Vargas Llosa In case contents are not further specified, neither with a “64” nor with The HIV Adversary 66 a “5”, they do not refer to one of the 2014 Lindau Meetings in particular. An interview with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi Interdisciplinarity vs. Disciplinarity – 122 Supporters 132 Antagonistic Research Approaches? www.lindau-nobel.org Women to Women: Science and Family 68 An attempt to outline the complex interplay mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org On the compatibility of family and career for female scientists blog.lindau-nobel.org Index of Authors 144 Impact Preface “You can be fortunate in your teachers.” Oliver Smithies attributes communicating with fellow scientists that leads to new thoughts. exceptional. Our mediatheque invites many more to virtually his excellent career in science to this sort of fortune, at least A Master Class can proffer feedback to enhance theories, or experience the Lindau Meetings and to join this process of partly. Many of his fellow Nobel Laureates will certainly agree become a catalyst for new hypotheses. The language of science learning. Bringing “organised reason and systematic observation”, that teachers matter. In essence, the dialogue between is universal and reaches beyond national, cultural, religious, as Robert M. Solow said, serves as an antidote to both generations – as in student and instructor – usually has a meaning- and gender differences. It provides a common ground on which the prejudices and short-termism that characterise much of ful impact on both parties. But this fact that both sides are personalities from different backgrounds can come and work our present-day lives. One hallmark of the Lindau Meetings stimulated by each other is often forgotten. This two-way process together. It is this dialogue across and among generations, culture is considering the long-term effects of scientific development also applies to perspectives: Whereas the older generation’s and disciplines that creates a genuinely sustainable impact and working toward sustainable solutions for our shared focus is often on the long-term outcomes, the younger generation on our world. global problems. usually prefers a short-term approach – and is challenged Such reasoning builds on the insights of our intellectual ancestors, when confronted with a different perspective. But a strategic In Lindau such a process of learning and inspiration has been making us humble in the face of both their merits and their focus on the long-term may alter priorities, and may also taking place since 1951. The motive was to create a European failures. They have handed us the very same torch we are about help to prevent future mistakes – if this happens on a grand scale, forum for post-war reconciliation, but the underlying precepts to convey to the following generations. In this respect, learning it could even be beneficial for mankind. We can consider of the meetings are of timeless relevance and have generated and teaching are two sides of the same coin. It is an interplay that ourselves fortunate in Lindau to have accessible teachers and impact on a global scale. They encompass multiple forums, both never stops and which everyone can join in our Mediatheque. mentors, sharing both their personal and professional formal and informal, providing ample room for candid debates. The various projects of our Mission Education aim at sparking growth with us, and helping young scientists to reflect their Generations of Nobel Laureates have embraced the opportunity curiosity, just as the “Sketches of Science” do, literally at first own approaches, and opening new horizons to them. to interact with a younger generation of scientists – not just sight. For aspiring scientists there are mini-lectures, introducing to teach, but also to learn themselves. Today we have the privilege pupils to important research topics in an easily accessible format. Learning shapes our lives and indeed never ends. It is not only to welcome Laureates in different stages of their lives. Some are directed towards the creation of knowledge and skills, but still engaged in cutting-edge research; others may no longer spend Educate. Inspire. Connect. This is the leitmotif of our most importantly towards one’s growth. It provides a compass each day in the lab. But each and every one of them is a source Mission Education and it covers this very particular spirit of and enables one to act independently and responsibly. Just as of valuable advice and illumination. learning. It creates an impact which is not easily quantifiable, freedom and responsibility are inextricably connected, so are but sustainable, as all participants involved contribute to it: learning and trusteeship. Passing on knowledge is a part of This year’s two meetings in physiology/medicine and in economic our partners in the public, private and non-profit sectors; every individual’s duty, but it holds even more significance for sciences assembled around 1,000 young scientists from our academic partners; and most importantly, our alumni. Our scientists. around the world. They attended lectures, exchanged views with partners are committed to the further development of the the Laureates and participated in special sessions, like the Lindau dialogue in order to sustainably realise its full potential. Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg, President of the Council, Scientists, according to Robert Solow, “bring organised reason science breakfasts and master classes. On the International Day Thanks and appreciation are due to all of them. and Wolfgang Schürer, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation and systematic observation to bear on both large and small … they learned more about Australia, and in a lecture by Mario problems”.