Top scientists that change the world with their extraordinary discoveries
Meet the top international scientists who have been awarded the Heineken Prizes of 2020 and 2022
During Great Minds Exposed, a FREE two-day live event consisting of multiple inspiring lectures, you will have the opportunity to get a glimpse into the minds of the top international scientists of our time, like Robert Zatorre, who demonstrated that music acts on our reward system in the same way that food and sex do, or Carl Folke, who is at the forefront of influential concepts such as the ecological footprint.
What do their milestones mean for other scientists and for our society? What challenges did they face and what obstacles did they overcome? And what drives them to give their all every day for fundamental science?
Join this event and you will discover the answers to these questions!
Meet the following great minds
September 27, 2022 - 9:30am until 12:30pm (CEST)
09:30 - 10:00: WALK-IN
10:00 - 10:25: Robert Zatorre, Professor of Neuroscience at McGill University and pioneer that sets the tone for scientific approach to music. Zatorre made ground-breaking discoveries about how to enjoy music and how music acts on our reward system.
10:25 - 10:45: Lorraine Daston, Director emerita of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and influential on the concepts of truth and objectivity. Daston offers new perspective on the origins of the scientific community.
10:45 - 11:00: BREAK
11:00 - 11:20: Bruce Stillman, President of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the unraveller of our genetic copier. Stillman discovered various proteins that are involved in DNA.
11:20 - 11:45: Corinne Le Quéré, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia and frontrunner on how to deal with climate change. Le Quéré shows the impact of climate change on CO2 uptake in the oceans.
11:45 - 12:30: COFFEE/TEA and an opportunity to talk with the laureates!
Are you unfortunately unable to attend the live event? Then register for the livestream of the event. This event is organised in collaboration with NewScientist.
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Meet the following great minds
September 28, 2022 - 9:30am until 12:30pm (CEST)
09:30 - 10:00: WALK-IN
10:00 - 10:15: Carl Folke, Director of the Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics and Creator of climate concepts ecological footprint and resilience. Folke translates scientific insights into concrete sustainable solutions for governments and businesses.
10:15 - 10:30: Kia Nobre, Professor of Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and Innovator in the approach of understanding the human brain. Nobre emphasises the crucial role of memory in directing attention and behaviour.
10:30 - 10:50: Sunil Amrith, Professor of History at Yale University and leader in the field of environmental history. Amrith explains the inequality that exists between countries connected to climate change.
10:50 - 11:10: BREAK
11:10 - 11:30: Vishva M. Dixit, Vice president of Early Discovery Research at Genentech and discoverer of the processes of cell death. Dixit studies show: ‘We can live because we are continuously in the process of dying’.
11:30 - 11:45: Carolyn Bertozzi, Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University and authoritative force behind ‘Glyco Revolution'. Bertozzi’s technique enables immune cells to recognise cancer cells as dangerous.
11:45 - 12:30: COFFEE/TEA and an opportunity to talk with the laureates!
Are you unfortunately unable to attend the live event? Then register for the livestream of the event. This event is organised in collaboration with NewScientist.