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A forum named "Meet the Shaw Laureates 2015 - The Challenges and the Joy of Doing Science" will be held next Saturday (September 26) at the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Science Museum. The event is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Shaw Prize Foundation, and organised by the Hong Kong Science Museum and the Hong Kong Space Museum.
The Shaw Prize, which consists of three annual awards, namely the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science and Medicine and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences, was established in November 2002. It is an international award to honour individuals who are currently active in their respective fields and have recently achieved distinguished and significant advances, or have made outstanding contributions in academic and scientific research or applications, or have achieved excellence in other domains.
Is work in science and research lonely and difficult or, on the contrary, is it full of fun and surprises? This year's Shaw Prize Laureates will share their experiences in this forum.
Details of the forum are as follows:
Speakers:
Shaw Laureate in Astronomy 2015
Mr William J Borucki
(Principal Investigator for the Kepler Mission, NASA Ames Research Center, the US)
Shaw Laureates in Mathematical Sciences 2015
Professor Gerd Faltings (Managing Director, Max
Planck Institute for Mathematics, Germany)
Professor Henryk Iwaniec (New Jersey Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers University, the US)
Shaw Laureates in Life Science and Medicine 2015
Professor Bonnie L Bassler (Squibb Professor and
Chair, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton
University, and Investigator of the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, the US)
Professor E Peter Greenberg (Professor of Microbiology, University of Washington, the US)
Moderators:
Professor Kenneth Young (Council member and Vice
Chairman of the Board of Adjudicators of the Shaw
Prize and Master, CW Chu College, the Chinese
University of Hong Kong)
Professor Chan Wai-yee (Council member of the
Shaw Prize and Director, School of Biomedical
Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Time: 2pm to 4.45pm
Language: English
The forum is free for admission on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested parties may queue up outside the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Science Museum for entry before the forum begins. For enquiries, please call 2732 3223.
Ends/Friday, September 18, 2015
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