September 2016
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The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for 2016 to Ronald W.P. Drever California Institute of Technology, USA Kip S. Thorne California Institute of Technology, USA Rainer Weiss Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
“for the direct detection of gravitational waves”
Ronald W.P. Drever Photo: © IAU/Gruber Foundation
Kip S. Thorne Photo: © Caltech
Rainer Weiss Photo: © Courtesy of Les Guthman
The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for 2016 to Gerd Binnig Former Member of IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Christoph E. Gerber University of Basel, Switzerland Calvin F. Quate Stanford University, USA “for the invention and realization of atomic force microscopy, a breakthrough in measurement technology and nanosculpting that continues to have a transformative impact on nanoscience and technology”
Gerd Binnig, Photo: © Definiens AG
Christoph e. Gerber, Photo: © Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI)
Calvin F. Quate, Photo: © Linda A. Cicero
The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for 2016 to Eve Marder Brandeis University, USA Michael Merzenich University of California San Francisco, USA Carla J. Shatz Stanford University, USA “for the discovery of mechanisms that allow experience and neural activity to remodel brain function”
Eve Marder Photo: © Wikipedia Commons
Michael Merzenich Photo: © University of California, San Francisco
Carla J. Shatz Photo: © Steve Fisch
Programme Sunday, September 4 Oslo 10.00 - 14.00 Exclusive Guided Tour of Oslo by bus for a maximum of 60 people: The Viking Ship Museum Oscarshall, the Royal Summer Palace To register: Send an email to a.b.finsrud@dnva.no
Monday, September 5 Oslo 09.00 - 16.15 The Kavli Prize Laureate Lectures at the University of Oslo, Blindern Campus
Tuesday, September 6 Oslo 14.00 -15.30 The Kavli Prize Award Ceremony at Oslo Concert Hall hosted by Alan Alda and Lena Kristin Ellingsen 19.00 - 00.00
The Kavli Prize Award Banquet at Oslo City Hall
Wednesday September 7 15.40 - 16.35 Flight DY 758 to Trondheim for the Nano- and Neuroscience Symposia
Thursday, September 8 Trondheim 09.15 - 12.00 The Kavli Prize Laureate Lectures at NTNU 14.00 - 17.00
The Kavli Prize Symposia in Nanoscience at NTNU:
14.00 - 17.00
The Kavli Prize Symposia in Neuroscience at NTNU:
Opening remarks by Anne Borg, Dean of The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, NTNU
Opening remarks by Emre Yaksi, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience / Centre for Neural Computation
• Shuji Nakamura, University of California The Invention of Blue LED and Future Solid State Lighting • Stacey Bent, Stanford University Layer-by-Layer Synthesis of Nanomaterials for Energy Applications • Krijn de Jong, Utrecht University Nanoscale effects in catalysis for more sustainable production of fuels and chemicals • Dimos Poulikakos, ETH Zürich How to arrest, interrogate and transport viruses in liquids, one at a time
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Closing remarks by Erik Wahlström, Head of Department, Department of Physics, NTNU
Vivek Jayaraman, Janelia Research Campus Dissecting the workings of a neural compass Leslie Vosshall, The Rockefeller University Building a Mosquito Sensory System to Hunt Humans Botond Roska, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) The first steps in vision: cell types, circuits and repair
Oslo 10.00 - 16.00
The Kavli Prize Symposium in Astrophysics at The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters:
Opening remarks by Silvia Torres-Peimbert, President of IAU, International Astronomical Union • Hans-Thomas Janka, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik Unravelling the Mechanism of Supernova Explosions • Cathy Olkin, Southwest Research Institute Our New View of Pluto • Jochen Liske, University of Hamburg The sky is the limit: New megastructures for astronomy • Ofer Lahav, University College London “Wide-field optical surveys: from Dark Energy to Gravitational-Wave counter parts” • Mario Santos, University of Western Cape Probing the Large Scale Structure of the Universe at radio wave lengths
19.00 - 22.00
Dinner in Oslo and Trondheim (by invitation)
Please note: You may register for the various events online at www.kavliprize.no
Logistics Grand Hotel, Oslo To book your room reservation online at the Grand Hotel at the special rate of 2,200 NOK for a standard room, please do the following (before August 2, 2016, for the discounted rate): 1. Go to www.grand.no 2. Click English in top right corner of the page 3. Type in the dates for your stay 4. Click on Enter your access or promotional code 5. Type 11232 and click continue twice 6. You will see the option for Kavli 2016 rates for the following categories: standard, double, deluxe and junior suite at varying prices.
Make your selection, click book, and then follow instructions online to complete the reservation. If you have difficulties completing your online hotel reservation, please contact Anette Burdal Finsrud via email (a.b.finsrud@dnva.no) or call the hotel directly: +47 23 21 20 00
Hotel Gabelshus, Oslo There are only a few rooms available at a cost of 1,265 NOK (single room) or 1,465 NOK (double room), which includes breakfast and evening buffet. To reserve a room, please contact Anette Burdal Finsrud via email (a.b.finsrud@dnva.no) at The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (before August 2, 2016).
Hotel Nidelven, Trondheim Please book your own room at the hotel. No special rate has been negotiated.
Transportation There will be transportation to and from the hotels listed under Contact Information for all activities. If you are travelling to Trondheim, we advise you to book tickets on the Norwegian flight DY758 leaving at 15.40 from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. Transportation will then be provided from the airport. Please inform Anette Burdal Finsrud if you are travelling to Trondheim: a.b.finsrud@dnva. no.
Map of Oslo showing the location of the various venues
University of Oslo
Grand Hotel
Hotel Gabelshus The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Oscarshall Royal Summer Palace
The Viking Ship Museum
Oslo Concert Hall
Oslo City Hall
1. Grand Hotel Karl Johans gate 31, 0159 Oslo 2. Oslo City Hall Fridtjof Nansens vei, 0160 Oslo 3. Oslo Concert Hall Munkedamsveien 14, 0250 Oslo 4. Hotel Gabelshus Gabels gate 16, 0272 Oslo 5. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Drammensveien 78, 0271 Oslo 6. University of Oslo Problemveien 7, 0313 Oslo 7. The Oscarshall Royal Summer Palace Tøyengata 53, 0578 Oslo 8. The Viking Ship Museum Huk Aveny 35, 0287 Oslo
Contact Information Grand Hotel, Oslo +47 23 21 20 00 www.grand.no/en Clarion Hotel Gabelshus, Oslo +47 23 27 65 00 www.nordicchoicehotels.com Rica Nidelven Hotel, Trondheim +47 73 56 80 00 www.rica.no/nidelven Flight to Trondheim www.norwegian.no/en
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Drammensveien 78, N-0271 Oslo Tel: +47 22 84 15 00 a.b.finsrud@dnva.no