Nobel Prize Dialogue
9 March 2025, 10:00 - 16:00
Welcome remarks
Tsuyoshi Sugino
Hanna Stjärne
Toshiko Abe
The future
The challenge of prediction
Maki Kawai, William D. Phillips, Ada Yonath
Moderator: Adam Smith
The essence of humanity
How did we get here?
Svante Pääbo
What does it mean to be human?
Hiroshi Ishiguro, Richard Roberts, Juichi Yamagiwa
Moderator: Juleen Zierath
Challenges
Advancing diversity and inclusion
Chieko Asakawa
Interviewer: Adam Smith
Challenges ahead
Arisa Ema, Bernard Feringa, Andrew Fire, Akira Furusawa
Moderator: Juleen Zierath
Sustainable future
Akira Yoshino
Lunch break 12:15-13:30
Breakout sessions : 2 Tracks
13:30 - 14:50
Main hall
The impact of AI
Arisa Ema
Geoffrey Hinton (online)
Yutaka Matsuo
Ada Yonath
Moderator: Adam Smith
The promise of quantum technology
Akira Furusawa
Mutsuko Hatano
William D. Phillips
Moderator: Adam Smith
13:30 - 14:50
Room 301 and 302
Where can future genomics take us?
Joseph Ecker
Andrew Fire
Richard Roberts
Haruko Takeyama
Moderator: Juleen Zierath
Finding sustainable solutions
Toshi H. Arimura
Bernard Feringa
Maki Kawai
Eva Olsson
Moderator: Juleen Zierath
Coffee break 14:50-15:15
Where are we going?
The future we want
Joseph Ecker, Shunsuke Managi, Eva Olsson, Richard Roberts
Moderator: Adam Smith
Nobel Prize laureates’ closing thoughts
Reflections on creativity
Bernard Feringa, Andrew Fire, William D. Phillips, Svante Pääbo, Richard Roberts, Ada Yonath
Moderator: Adam Smith
