United by Science – Nobel Prize Dialogue Latin America and the Caribbean

16 November 2021 16:00 - 19:00 GMT
United by Science – Nobel Prize Dialogue Latin America and the Caribbean

ISC Member, The Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC), as well as the Nobel Prize Outreach, and the InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) are organizing the United by Science – Nobel Prize Dialogue Latin America and the Caribbean, an event bringing science students from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean into conversation with Nobel Prize laureates to explore how science and scientists can most effectively make a positive impact on society.

WATCH THE EVENT HERE on 16 November at 16:00-19:00 GMT

Eighty undergraduate and graduate students, representing 24 countries in the region, will be invited to focus on issues that include the responsibilities of the scientist, the power of collaboration, strategies for building bridges with policy makers and society in general, and the wider societal implications of all these themes. Participating speakers include Elizabeth Blackburn, 2009 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine; Emmanuelle Charpentier, 2020 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry; Bernard Feringa, 2016 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry; May-Britt Moser, 2014 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine; and Saul Perlmutter, 2011 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.

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