STEPHAN STANISLAW SPÄTH will participate to the LINDAU NOBEL LAUREATE MEETING 2007
The 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates takes place from July 1st to 6th in Lindau. It is dedicated to the Laureates in Physiology or Medicine. 18 Nobel Laureates in Medicine will be meeting 500 hundred of the worlds most talented young scientists of tomorrow. Scientific talks, intimate discussions on a wide range of themes and personal meetings will form the focal point of the conference. Special attention will be given to the dialogue between natural sciences and the humanities to mark the German "Year of Humanities 2007".
Starting in 1951, now 20 - 30 Nobel Prize winners each year accept the invitation by the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings to a unique week long meeting in Lindau on Lake Constance at the end of June – beginning of July. Some 500 – 700 students and young researchers come from all over the world to listen to the Laureate’s lectures and to engage in discussions with them in an open and informal setting. Representatives from universities and academic institutions select participants based on strict criteria provided by the Council. The meetings provide all participants with exceptional opportunities to take part in valuable scientific and personal contacts, irrespective of and beyond national and cultural boundaries.