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The forum "Meet the Shaw Laureates 2014 - The Challenges and the Joy of Doing Science" will be held next Friday (September 26) at the Hong Kong Science Museum. The event is presented by the Shaw Prize Foundation and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, and organised by the Hong Kong Science Museum and the Hong Kong Space Museum.
The Shaw Prize, which consists of three annual awards, namely the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science and Medicine and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences, was established in November 2002. It is an international award to honour individuals who are currently active in their respective fields and have recently achieved distinguished and significant advances, or have made outstanding contributions in academic and scientific research or applications, or have achieved excellence in other domains.
Is work in science and research lonely and difficult or, on the contrary, is it full of fun and surprise? Shaw Prize 2014 Laureates in Astronomy and Laureates in Life Science and Medicine will share their experiences in this forum.
Details of the forum are as follows:
Speakers: Shaw Laureates in Astronomy 2014:
Professor Daniel Eisenstein,
Professor of Astronomy,
Harvard University, US
Professor Shaun Cole,
Professor of Physics,
Institute for Computational Cosmology,
Durham University, UK
Professor John A Peacock,
Professor of Cosmology,
Institute for Astronomy,
University of Edinburgh, UK
Shaw Laureates in Life Science and
Medicine 2014:
Professor Peter Walter,
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
University of California, San Francisco and
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, US
Professor Kazutoshi Mori,
Professor of Biophysics,
Graduate School of Science,
Kyoto University, Japan
Moderator: Professor Kenneth Young,
Vice-chairman of the Board of
Adjudicators of the Shaw Prize and
Master of C W Chu College and
Professor of Physics,
the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Time: 2.30pm to 4.30pm
Language: English
The forum is free for admission on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested parties may queue up outside the lecture hall of the Hong Kong Science Museum for entry before the forum begins. For enquiries, please call 2732 3223.
Ends/Friday, September 19, 2014
Issued at HKT 17:00
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