The Kavli Prize Science Forum 2010

The Kavli Prize Science Forum is a biennial international event to facilitate high-level, global discussion of major topics on science and science policy.
In 2010, the Forum addressed “International Cooperation in the Advancement of Science”.

The Kavli Prize Science Forum took place in Gamle Festsal. Photo: Scanpix

Bringing together global leaders critical in shaping science policy in the US, Europe and China, participants included Ralph J. Cicerone, President, the US National Academy of Sciences; Steven E. Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, US Department of Energy; Ichiro Kanazawa, President, Science Council of Japan; Yongxiang Lu, President, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society, UK; and Nils Chr. Stenseth, President, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Keynote addresses were presented by John P. Holdren, Science Advisor to President Barack Obama, and Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, Secretary General of the Human Frontier Science Program. Opening remarks were presented by Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway.

Sitting, from left to right: Nils Chr. Stenseth, Ralph J. Cicerone, Ichiro Kanazawa, Steven E. Koonin, Yongxiang Lu, Martin Rees, John P. Holdren, Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker. Photo: Scanpix