Kavli Prize Week: September 6-9, 2010

HELD PRIMARILY IN OSLO, NORWAY, Kavli Prize Week was a series of events and dialogues on science, including the Kavli Prize Ceremony held in honor of the 2010 Kavli Prize Laureates. attended by His Majesty King Harald V of Norway The week also included the Kavli Prize Science Forum, a new biennial international forum meeting to facilitate high-level, global discussion of major topics on science and science policy, and the Kavli Prize Symposia.

Additional information is available at www.kavliprize.no.  

Monday, September 6 (All times CEST)

9:30am - 2:00pm: The Kavli Prize Symposium in Astrophysics
Location: The National Library

9:30am - 2:00pm: The Kavli Prize Symposium in Nanoscience 
Location: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

9:30am - 2:00pm: The Kavli Prize Symposium in Neuroscience
Location: Gamle Festsal

1100am - 12:30pm: Bill Bryson Lecture
Location: Sophus Lies Auditorium, University Campus, Blindern

3:00pm - 6:00 pm: The Kavli Prize Science Forum
"The Role of International Cooperation in Science"
Location: Gamle Festsal

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Bill Bryson Lecture
Location: Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo

Tuesday, September 7 (All times CEST)

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm: The Kavli Prize Award Ceremony
Location: Oslo Concert Hall

7:00 pm: The Kavli Prize Banquet
Location: Oslo City Hall (By invitation only,)

Wednesday, September 8 (All times CEST)

9:30 am - 2:15 pm: The Kavli Prize Lectures
Location: University Campus, Blindern

9:30 am - 10:45 am: The Laureate Lectures in Astrophysics

11:00 am - 12:00 pm: The Laureate Lectures in Nanoscience

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm: The Laureate Lectures in Neuroscience

Thursday, September 9, 2010(All times CEST)

  • Public Lectures by the Kavli Prize Laureates in Nanoscience and Neuroscience (Trondheim, Norway)
  • Public Lectures by the Kavli Prize Laureates in Astrophysics (Tromsø, Norway)