The Kavli Prize 2012 announcement
The names of the 2012 Kavli Prize Laureates in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience will be announced by Nils Christian Stenseth, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, on May 31 in Oslo.
Watch the announcement of the 2012 Laureates here
Adam Rutherford, Nature-editor and BBC-presenter, will be the moderator for the event in Oslo.
The announcement will be transmitted live, also to the World Science Festival in New York where it will be part of the opening event.
ABC News’ chief health and medical editor Richard Besser is the moderator for the New York Program, where John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and co-chair of President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is one of the participants.
From left: Adam Rutherford, Nils Chr. Stenseth and Richard Besser.
Program Oslo
The Vice-President of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Kirsti Strøm Bull, welcomes and introduces the Oslo moderator Professor Adam Rutherford
Adam Rutherford establishes contact with the New York moderator, Richard Besser
The President of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Professor Nils Chr. Stenseth, announces the 2012 Kavli Prize Laureates.
The Kavli Prize Committee chairmen gives their accompanying remarks:
Professor Oddbjørn Engvold, University of Oslo
(Chairman of the The Kavli Prize Committee in Astrophysics).
Professor Arne Skjeltorp, University of Oslo
(Chairman of the The Kavli Prize Committee in Nanoscience).
Professor Jon Storm-Mathisen, University of Oslo
(Chairman of the The Kavli Prize Committee in Neuroscience).
Adam Rutherford interviews the three charimen about their desicions.
From left: Professor Oddbjørn Engvold, University of Oslo, Chair of the Kavli Prize Committee in Astrophysics; Professor Arne Skjeltorp, University of Oslo, Chair of the Kavli Prize Committee in Nanoscience; Professor Jon Storm-Mathisen, University of Oslo, Chair of the Kavli Prize Committee in Neuroscience. Photo: Eirik Furu Baardsen
Practical information Oslo
When: May 3, 2012 at 3 pm Oslo time
Refreshments will be served from 2 PM.
Where: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Drammensveien, 0271 Oslo.
More about the 2012 Kavli Prize annoucement from Oslo
Live broadcast Oslo
Watch the webcast from Oslo, Norway
The 2012 Kavli Prize Laureates was announced May 31, in Oslo. The announcement was broadcasted live.
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Practical information New York
When: May 3, 2012 at 8:15 am New York time
Where: the World Science Festival, New York
Live broadcast New York
Watch the webcast from the World Science Festival, NY
The Kavli Prize 2012 webcast from the World Science Festival in New York starts at 8:15 am New York time / 2.15 pm Oslo Time, May 31
