This summer, a meeting with Nobel Prize winners took place in Lindau, Germany. This 73rd meeting was dedicated to physics. Around 37 Nobel Prize winners attended, as well as one winner of the Fields Medal (often referred to as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in mathematics).
The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (LAS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lindau Nobel Laureates' Meeting Council and the Lindau Nobel Laureates' Meeting at Lake Constance Foundation, and the LAS has the opportunity to nominate three of the most talented students and young scientists to participate in this event. The competition was organised in several stages in Lithuania and Germany. After the selection process in Germany, around 600 young scientists were invited to take part this year, including three young scientists nominated by the LMA from the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University: PhD student Gediminas Usevičius, Dr. Mažena Mackoit-Sinkevičienė and Dr. Julius Vengelis, docent at the Laser Research Centre. In addition, the European Molecular Biology Association (EMBO) has nominated one more young scientist from Lithuania to participate in this event - PhD student Farzaneh Alipoor (Vilnius University). The event was also attended by more Lithuanian young scientists studying and working abroad: dr. Laura Šerkšnytė (Technical University of Munich, Germany), dr. Aleksas Mazeliauskas (University of Heidelberg, Germany), and doctorate student Ona Ambrozaitė (Johns Hopkins University, United States of America).
Dr Julius Vengelis from the VU Laser Research Centre at the Lindau meeting.
At the Lindau meeting, young scientists from all over the world (around 90 different countries) had the opportunity to meet Nobel Laureates, where they presented their research, reflected on their careers, and talked to the selected young scientists. The programme was very varied, including general lectures by Nobel Laureates, Agora Talks, Panel Discussions, Open Discussions with individual Nobel Laureates, and the Nobel Laureates in their own right. Open Exchange, Partner Science Breakfasts, Laureate Lunches and Science Walks, where young scientists could discuss their concerns with the laureates in closed groups. New formats were also introduced, such as the Next Gen Science Session and the Scientific Exchange Among Young Scientists, where a dozen young scientists selected by vote presented their research results.
The last day of the event culminated in a trip to the island of Mainau in Lake Constance, where, in the presence of the young scientists, all the Nobel Laureates present signed the Third Mainau Declaration, this time aimed at raising awareness of the devastating risks of nuclear weapons.
The young scientists who attended the meeting become members of the Lindau Alumni Community.
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