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06/29/2025 11:30

Opening of the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: Chemistry Transforming Society

Wolfgang Haaß Kommunikation
Kuratorium für die Tagungen der Nobelpreisträger in Lindau e.V.

• More than 30 Nobel Laureates and 620 Young Scientists representing 85 nationalities in Lindau
• Programme dedicated to the Nobel Prize discipline of Chemistry
• To be debated at the Opening Ceremony: Scientific dialogue at risk
• Follow the Opening Day via livestream
• Additionally, Panel Discussions will be streamed, including Lindau premiere of 2024 Laureate John M. Jumper at top-notch panel on AI with leading figures from science and tech
• Highlights on #LINO25 Social Wall

Today at 14:00 CEST, Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg, President of the Council, will open the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting – welcoming more than 30 Nobel Laureates and hundreds of Young Scientists as well as guests of honour in the Lindau Inselhalle:

“As we begin this festival of science, let me emphasize that Lindau is a place – and always has been – for the free flow of ideas and thoughts. Scientific dialogue is precious to us. But it is also vulnerable. It is not a given. It requires all our commitment and ongoing support. We do not want to turn a blind eye when scientific dialogue is at stake. Rather, we at Lindau want to address this topic in a truly global approach, starting from scientific evidence, and thinking about concrete solutions in areas where each of us can create the biggest impact.”

The Most Topical Questions in Science Discussed by Some of Its Greatest Minds

The 74th Lindau Meeting will feature three key themes: the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence in chemical research and its potential to revolutionize the field; Sustainability in chemistry, not only green labs, circularity, and resource efficiency but also sustainability in broader ways such as policy, education, and leadership; and the role of Science Diplomacy in fostering international cooperation and addressing global challenges.

Three Nobel Laureates are contributing to today’s Opening Ceremony and will give the go-ahead for the Meeting: Frances H. Arnold shares the Laureates’ greetings. Ben L. Feringa and Sir David W.C. MacMillan have a conversation on “Current Key Topics in Chemistry” before the Meeting’s scientific chairs, Valeria Nicolosi and Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, introduce its scientific programme. The Opening Ceremony will be concluded by the induction of Jeffrey W. Sherman, Chief Medical Officer Emeritus, Horizon Therapeutics/Amgen, into the Honorary Senate of the Lindau Meetings.

Later this week, Lindau continues its programme with the Heidelberg Laureate Forum through the Heidelberg Lecture delivered by Jack J. Dongarra (Turing Award, 2021).

Leading Science Policymakers to Address Key Themes of the Field

Assembling new ministers Dorothee Bär (Germany) and Eva-Maria Holzleitner (Austria) as well as Lindau habitué Markus Blume (Bavaria), leading politicians seize the opportunity to comment on major trends and challenges for the national and international research landscape.

Dorothee Bär, German Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space: “There can be no scientific excellence without international mobility and academic freedom. Lindau offers exactly this: an extraordinary place of exchange between experienced and aspiring researchers from all around the world. While societies are fragmenting and becoming more polarized, Lindau continues to bridge countries, generations, and research areas. We will only be able to solve the great challenges of this century when we stand together. How artificial intelligence improves our way of life and changes chemical research is at the core of this year’s Lindau meeting. I am proud of so many impressive minds coming together in my home state of Bavaria, believing in the spirit of freedom in action – in research and beyond.”

Eva-Maria Holzleitner, Austrian Federal Minister for Women, Science and Research: “Today’s meeting proves that the research community thrives on international cooperation. The research landscape needs reliable framework conditions and intellectual freedom in order to ensure successful collaboration. However, we are currently witnessing that the freedom of science and academic research is coming under pressure in more and more countries. Nevertheless, Austria is and will remain a safe haven for science and research and we are committed to international scientific collaboration, exchange and mobility. Therefore, I am delighted that Austria continues the long-term partnership with the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings for yet another three-year period to further strengthen international exchange as we jointly push the limits of our knowledge.”

Markus Blume, Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts: “As a unique platform for exchange and networking, Lindau is sending a very important signal to the world these days: science thrives on cooperation, on the joint struggle of the brightest minds for the best ideas! We are all in agreement on this: freedom of science is irrefutable, as is the value of cooperation. What Lindau shows on a small scale applies to Bavaria, Germany, and Europe as a whole: our arms are open. We are a safe harbour for scientists from all over the world. Welcome to Bavaria – this applies to our world-class research location not only during the Nobel Laureate Meeting, but 365 days a year!”

From All Continents to One Stage: Science’s Rising Voices Share What’s Next

Cutting-edge research on the Meeting’s core topics is presented by 44 Young Scientists who have qualified for five Next Gen Science Sessions. Moreover, the participating Nobel Laureates and Young Scientists will engage in programme formats of informal exchange such as Open Exchanges, Laureate Lunches, and Science Walks.

Mainau Day Follows Historic Precedent in Focussing on Pressing Global Issues

The Meeting traditionally ends with another highlight, the boat trip from Lindau to Mainau Island on its final Friday hosted by the State of Baden-Württemberg. The closing panel will be dedicated to the discussion on “Global Challenges, Global Solutions: The Role of Science Diplomacy”. Nobel Laureates, Young Scientists, and international experts such as Yuko Harayama, Japanese National Institute of Information and Communication Technology (NICT), will contribute to the panel.

After the Closing Ceremony and the Science Picnic co-hosted by the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts, State of Baden-Württemberg, the Young Scientists will leave Lake Constance as Lindau Alumni, becoming part of a global network of excellence.

#LINO25 in Numbers:
• More than 30 Nobel Laureates
• Like John M. Jumper, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, five more Laureates will be present in Lindau for the first time: Moungi G. Bawendi (Chemistry 2023), Sir M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino (Chemistry 2019), Sir Gregory P. Winter (Chemistry 2018), Thomas C. Südhof (Chemistry 2013)
• Around 620 Young Scientists representing 85 nationalities
• Next Gen Science sessions offering the big stage to 44 Young Scientists

For Journalists, Bloggers, Science Influencers
Nearly all programme sessions will be published in the Lindau Mediatheque during the Meeting week. The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings’ team and participants will share their impressions on social media using the hashtag #LINO25. Valuable information for journalists is summarized in our Media Guide. Photos of the week will be added to the Lindau Meetings’ Flickr profile on an ongoing basis.
If you have any questions about the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and our services, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings: Our Ambition and History

For over seventy years, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings have served as a unique forum for exchange between Nobel Laureates and Young Scientists. Every summer, more than 600 of the world’s most talented Young Scientists and more than 30 Nobel Laureates are invited to spend a week in Lindau on the German side of Lake Constance, a week full of mutual inspiration and scientific encounters.

Since the first Meeting in 1951, more than 36,000 Young Scientists have participated in the Lindau Meetings – for many of them, it has been an experience that has changed their careers and lives, making them part of a unique international network of scientific excellence. Even after years and decades, they are still connected with each other and with the Lindau Meetings through the Lindau Alumni Network.

The original idea of the Meetings goes back to two physicians based in Lindau, Franz Karl Hein and Gustav Wilhelm Parade, as well as to Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg, a member of the Swedish royal family who quickly became the spiritus rector of the Lindau Meetings. From the start, they saw the Meetings as a means to reconcile the peoples of post-war Europe, in particular, the younger generation. Lindau quickly developed into an international forum for the exchange of knowledge between nations, cultures, traditions, and disciplines.

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wolfgang.haass@lindau-nobel.org

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More information:

https://www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2025/programme Programme
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nobellaureatemeeting/albums/ Photos of the Meeting Week
https://my.walls.io/r3psv Social Wall

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The Lindau Nobel Laureate Gallery
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Young Scientists getting ready for #LINO25 at Lindau Inselhalle
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Criteria of this press release:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Chemistry
transregional, national
Scientific conferences
German

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