Molecular Frontiers Symposium/Forum 2008

Sponsors:
Insititute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
Biomedical Research Council
Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Co-Sponsors:
Nanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore

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Forum Program (Download PDF)
Friday, January 11, 2008

Time	Program*
1:00pm to 1:05pm	Opening Remarks by Guest-of-Honor Minister for Education Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam
1:05pm to 2:35pm	Panel Discussion How to Win the Nobel Prize Chair: Professor Bengt Nordén The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden Panelists: Professor K. Barry Sharpless Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001, The Scripps Research Institute, USA "Some Evolving Thoughts" Professor Richard Schrock Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Professor Ryoji Noyori Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001, RIKEN and Nagoya University , Japan
2:35pm to 3:25pm	Coffee/Tea
3:25pm to 4:10pm	Keynote Lecture Molecular Sciences and the Developing World: A Conflict Between Traditions and Future Demands Professor Erik Thulstrup Roskilde University, Denmark
4:10pm to 5:40pm	Panel Discussion How Will Molecular Sciences Impact Our Future? Chair: Professor Jackie Y. Ying Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore Panelists: Mr Lim Chuan Poh Chairman, ASTAR, Singapore* Professor Louis Brus Columbia University , USA Professor Shuguang Zhang Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Professor Sumio Iijima National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Professor Tom Brown University of Southampton , UK
5:40pm to 5:50pm	Closing Remarks Professor Bengt Nordén and Professor Jackie Y. Ying
5:50pm	End of Program

* Program details are subject to change.