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Dialogue 62Nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Mission Education Annual Report 2012 Challenges 62Nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Annual Report 2012 Contents OUTREACH SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES EDUCATE. INSPIRE. CONNECT.® EXCELLENCE Dialogue 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Mission Education ANNUAL REPORT 2012 CHALLENGES 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Annual Report 2012 Contents 2 A CHALLENGING MISSION: A MEETING OF MINDS PaVING THE WAY 90 Inspiring the Next Generation 3 EDUcaTE. INSPIRE CONNECT. Participants of the Partners & Supporters of the Mariette DiChristina The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 92 6 Young Scientists, 6 Different Stories 8 Educate. Inspire. Connect. 24 Why I Set out to Lindau 64 Academic Partners Enable Lindau’s Matthias Schöbe Countess Bettina Bernadotte & Wolfgang Schürer Brian Schmidt Mission Education Throughout the World Nikolaus Turner 94 Science Communication under 10 A Global Scientific Dialogue 32 The Next Generation of Construction Hosted in Germany Leading Scientists 68 A Network of Excellence Beatrice Lugger Cornelia Quennet-Thielen Nicole Alexandra Larsen Andrew Holmes BEYOND LINDAU Role Models and Mentors Much More than Lectures Connected and Involved 20 38 70 Public Outreach Projects Christian de Duve and Lederhosen Max G. Huber Ibrahim I. Cisse Why Reach Out? The Key to Unlocking Future Growth: 100 76 Continuity and Change in Investing in Research PHYSICS MATTERS Lindau’s Mission Education Robert-Jan Smits Programme of the Wolfgang Schürer & Wolfgang Huang 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting The Challenge of Balancing 78 Discovering Treasures Tradition and Innovation 104 A Scientific Dialogue Anders Bárány & Wolfgang Huang 42 Pamela Mars Rainer Blatt & Burkhard Fricke 106 Learning by Viewing—Nobel Labs 360° 48 The Higgs Excitement BROADENING THE DIALOGUE John C. Mather Matthew Chalmers Debates & Impulses at the 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 110 The Challenge of Communication 50 A Triumph for Particle Physics Sir Richard Timothy Hunt Alexander B. Fry 82 Education for Sustainable Development ENabLING THE MISSION EDUcaTION Cosmology in Lindau Robert M. Solow 54 Organisation & Account Juan García-Bellido The Real Pioneers 84 Organisation & Account 56 Energy Issues Gabriela Dür 120 Florian Freistetter Supporters How to Advance Innovations 124 88 Henning Kagermann Challenges 4 For the future, I see The Lindau Innovation Forum The Bavarian State We need a cosmopolitan It is our duty to shape the The challenge is to get 5 the greatest challenges should be continued and perhaps Government emphasises science that can provide community of Lindau alumni the ideas right in the first into a sustainable network of for all the sciences even expanded by integrating the goal that the Free important contributions place. The possibility of responsible scientists, across as continued public different scientific disciplines State of Bavaria shall to solving pressing issues energising and mobilising outreach and inspiration. all national borders. including the social sciences. contribute to the of the future. a group of the best young John C. Mather (page 106) Max G. Huber (page 70) As excellent young researchers modernisation of the Cornelia Quennet-Thielen (page 10) economists from all over the play an important part in Lindau, Lindau Inselhalle venue world offers a way to meet It will be a challenge for the Science is not a I am wondering whether Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings the Innovation Forum should in an appropriate and both of these challenges, competition for a prize. to increase participation of young encourage them to reflect on the effective way. the Lindau Meetings will promote and one hopes that the scientists from countries like Niger the tremendous potential they Its main challenge is creative potential of their Horst Seehofer special circumstances of which are increasingly becoming have in the science 2.0 era of not to win, as in a foot- central to the highest-level research. To enable them to do Lindau can help. Many of the characteristics of transparency: how, further on, discussions about the future of ball or tennis match, that, they should have an active the Nobel Prize are well reflected Robert M. Solow (page 82) our planet. to transfer the real life meetings in part in the Innovation Forum in in the Lindau Meetings. They are but to solve a problem, Ibrahim I. Cisse (page 38) very much in the spirit of Alfred Lindau, with their open dialogues the future. whether posed by Nobel, in the sense that there among generations of scientists Henning Kagermann (page 88) nature or by some is this drive to encourage from all over the world and their scientific progress. Nobel was practical application. inter disciplinarity, into long- actually not so much interested Christian de Duve (page 20) in rewarding achievements, he lasting, online conversations and wanted to encourage progress, networks. he wanted a better world. Beatrice Lugger (page 94) This week will open up great potential. Take advantage of it! Lars Heikensten in his welcome speech A Challenging Mission: Educate. Inspire. Connect. The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings 6 7 Educate. Inspire. Connect. Countess Bettina Bernadotte & Wolfgang Schürer The holistic approach to educate, inspire and connect scientists of different generations and diverse backgrounds distinguishes the Lindau Meetings from traditional scientific conferences. It remains a challenge to foster and develop the intellectual dimension of this dialogue. 8 Educate. Inspire. Connect. This is not only intellectual dimension to education, shores of Lake Constance, Lindau provides Looking back, we can say, in all modesty, 9 the leitmotif but the essence of the Lindau but it encompasses the person as a whole. a special atmosphere, laying the ground for that most of the goals we have set for the Nobel Laureate Meetings. The Lindau scien- The dialogue across and among genera- an open and thorough dialogue. It presents development of the meetings in 2000 have tific dialogue bridges generations, cultures tions, cultures, nationalities and religions every participant with ample opportunity been attained. This gives us the opportunity and nationalities. Although some of the opens new perspectives. It helps develop to break out of their routine and receive to convey our thanks to the Nobel Laureates world’s most renowned scientists, the empathy, understanding and mutual inspiration, which often lasts for a lifetime. and to all stakeholders, partners and Nobel Laureates, are taking part, Lindau is respect. Hence it serves as a compass Yet, finding the fragile flower of inspiration benefactors, all of whom have significantly much different from a conventional scien- providing valuable guidance. In the Lindau is a task left to everyone involved. It requires contributed to this progress. Your trust and tific conference. It’s about people, not about context, education means learning from curiosity and passion. Most Nobel Laureates, your engagement is our obligation to con- papers. life and learning for life. in particular, never cease to be curious tinuously serve the Mission Education as but indeed are eager to learn and become trustees. This is our commitment and we are In the Lindau context, The willingness to learn is not a matter inspired from their younger peers as well. sure that the Lindau dialogue, being both of age but rather a matter of mind. The timely and timeless, continues to bear many education means process of learning changes over a life­­time, The Lindau dialogue is indebted to the a valuable fruit for generations to come. learning from life and but it never stops. It is invigorating and European tradition of Universitas. It is But how do we make these fruits available, challenging. The Lindau curriculum pro- not confined by disciplinary boundaries, providing knowledge and inspiration to learning for life. Countess Bettina Bernadotte (fourth from left), Tony Tan Keng Yam, President of the Republic vides a wide menu to choose from. Many nor is it limited to certain topics. The only those who cannot attend the annual meet- of Singapore, his wife Mary Chee Bee Kiang, and Wolfgang Schürer at the International Get- Personal interactions between Laureates of the Nobel Laureates are still engaged in re­­­quirement to join is an open mind. ings? This is the primary challenge we Together during the 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. and the most promising young scientists cutting-edge research; others may resume Every one is taking part on an equal foot- have been facing. We have accepted it and from around the world take centre stage. their life as a scientist or discuss ethical ing. All that counts is sound research and have launched various initiatives reaching In an honorary capacity, Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg has been the president of Lindau is best characterised as a week of or even artistic topics. The multiplicity of a good argument. For the participants, the out to society. the council since 2008, following her late mother Countess Sonja. She is the eldest daughter of talks, discussions and informal exchanges, lectures mirrors the diversity of the respec- experience of the week in Lindau often the late Count Lennart Bernadotte, who was one of the three founders of the Lindau Meetings— marked by a common enthusiasm for tive personalities. The same goes for the resonates for the rest of their lives. This report is about challenges—and it is and their long-standing spiritus rector. The Lindau Meetings have been part of her life since science and a collective shared desire to young researchers. Coming from diverse a challenge itself. For years, we have issued early childhood. In her regular occupation as managing director of the family business address the challenges facing the world. backgrounds, each stands at a particular The common experience in Lindau fosters our annual report, mainly as a retrospective Mainau GmbH, Countess Bettina is dedicated to tourism, environmentally-friendly business Young scientists come here to learn, juncture of his or her life. But not only connections and even lasting friendships. on our Lindau work. Much has been accom- management and sustainability, quality management and nature education.
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