Registration
- Registration will open on 19 September at 8:00 am.
- Free entrance but registration is mandatory.
Date and time
- Sunday 16 October 2022 at 15:00 (Doors open at 14:30).
Location
- Flagey Studio 4, Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Brussels.
(The parking area is located below the Place Flagey).
Language
- English - translation in both French and Dutch will be provided.
PROGRAMME
Moderator: Prof. Alexander Sevrin
(VUB & International Solvay Institutes)
15:00 - 15:10: Opening by Prof. Marc Henneaux
(ULB & International Solvay Institutes)
15:10 - 15:35: Solvay Awards ceremony: during this short Award Ceremony,
brilliant students in physics, chemistry and engineering at the ULB and the
VUB who had been distinguished for their work will be handed out an award
from Ilham Kadri, CEO of the Solvay Company.
15:35 - 16:20: Talk by Prof. Omar Yaghi (Berkeley, USA)
Title: Water Harvesting from Air Anytime Anywhere
16:20 - 16:30: Questions
16:30 - 17:15: Talk by Prof. Paul Nurse (Crick Institute, UK)
Title: What is Life?”
17:15 - 17:25: Questions
17:25 - 17:30: Closing by Prof. Marc Henneaux
(ULB & International Solvay Institutes)
17:30: Drink
SPEAKERS:
Paul Nurse, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Medicine (Crick Institute, UK): What is Life ?