Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Laureates to discuss learning in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic

10 November 2020 View in Swedish

Registration opens this week for the annual Nobel Week Dialogue event, to be held online on 9 December. Our long-established education systems have been turned upside down by the Covid-19 pandemic, making this a crucial time to discuss education in our new world. Nobel Laureates and other experts will address the challenges to learning posed by the current crisis, and put the spotlight on the future of education.

“When we set the theme for this meeting in late 2019, we could never have guessed how timely it would be,” says Laura Sprechmann, CEO of Nobel Prize Outreach.

“The Covid-19 pandemic will affect hundreds of millions of students around the globe for a long time.”

Nobel Week Dialogue is part of the official Nobel Week programme in December. The meeting of science and society will bring together a group of participants from a range of geographies and backgrounds.

The online event will mix interviews, speeches and panel discussions on various issues related to learning, for example: What works, what doesn’t, and what are we learning about the benefits and pitfalls of our new, digital world and learning at a distance? What is the effect of billions of people lacking the resources or time to access such education? Will technology truly deliver equality of opportunity? Can experimental science be done from home?

Confirmed participating Nobel Laureates and speakers include:

Chemistry Laureates Ben Feringa and Frances Arnold; Physics Laureates Konstantin Novoselov, Didier Queloz, Donna Strickland and Carl Wieman; and last year’s Economic Sciences Laureate Esther Duflo. In total, more than 20 panellists will participate, including Mary Robinson, chair of The Elders and former president of Ireland, and the world-renowned pianist Igor Levit also performing at the Nobel Prize Concert on 8 December.

Nobel Week Dialogue is arranged in partnership with Carl Bennet AB, City of Gothenburg, Ericsson, Region Västra Gotaland and Volvo Group with support from the Carlsberg Foundation and is organised by Nobel Prize Outreach.

About the online event

9 December 2020

13.00 – 16.30 CEST
Register: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-week-dialogue/2020/

Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Prize Outreach spreads knowledge about Nobel Prize-awarded achievements and stimulates interest in science, literature and peace in line with Alfred Nobel’s vision and legacy. The company reaches a global audience of millions through its high-quality productions: The official digital channels of the Nobel Prize, the Nobel Prize Concert, as well as a series of intercontinental, inspirational lecture events featuring Nobel Laureates.

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