Welcome to the Sweden-Korea
Nobel Memorial Program 2021
Last year, the Embassy of Sweden in Seoul launched the Nobel Memorial Program to celebrate science, discovery and curiosity. We are pleased to continue this year with three symposia devoted to highlight the Nobel Prizes of 2021. At the online symposia, experts at prominent universities and institutions in Sweden and South Korea will gather to introduce and discuss the meaning of the science, art, and context of the Nobel awards.
We invite you to take part of online presentations in your favourite Nobel Prize category. Join the discussion by posting your own questions about the prizes. Join us in celebrating the winners and their achievements!
The Nobel Symposium, which is held online, offers a section about each category of Nobel Prize. We also run a Q&A session to ask questions directly to the speakers before the event and during the live broadcast.
Please register in advance to get more information.
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Sciences
A symposium on the awards in the Sciences present the 2021 Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine.
Technology and knowledge concern us every day and their progress often come from scientific research like the ones that are rewarded by the Nobel Prizes 2021. Join us in listening to expert presentations about this year’s awards in works on Discovery of receptors for temperature and touch; Earth’s climate and how humanity influences it; and Tools for building molecules.
| Sciences Session 13.30-15.30 (KST) 05.30-07.30 (CET) |
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| Welcoming address 13.30-13.45 (15 min) |
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| Host | Daniel Wolvén, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea |
| Partners | Min-koo Han, President of the Korea Academy of Science and Technology
Hans Adolfsson, President of Umeå University Sigbritt Karlsson, President of KTH Royal Institute of Technology Eva Wiberg, President of University of Gothenburg Erik Renström, President of Lund University Eun Mee Kim, President of Ewha Womans University |
| Presentation and panel discussion on Medicine 13.45-14.15 (30 min) |
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| Presentations (20 min) |
Mathias Uhlén, professor in microbiology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sun Wook Hwang, Professor and Head of Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University |
| Panel discussion (10 min) |
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| Presentation and panel discussion on Physics 14.15-14.45 (30 min) |
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| Presentations (20 min) |
Ludvig Lizana, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Umeå University
Insik Kang, Professor Emeritus of School of Earth and Environment Sciences, Seoul National University |
| Panel discussion (10 min) |
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| Pause (10 min) | ‘Come Collaborate with Sustainable Sweden’ A promotion video from the Swedish Embassy in Seoul |
| Presentation and panel discussion on Chemistry 14.55-14.25 (30 min) |
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Sven Lidin, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Lund University
Hyeyoung Jang, Professor at School of Chemistry, Ajou University |
| Panel discussion (10 min) |
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| Closing (5 min) | Daniel Wolvén, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea |
| Moderator | Anders Hektor, Science & Innovation Counsellor, The Embassy of Sweden in Seoul |
Economics
A symposium on the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
A symposium on the 2021 Prize in Economic Sciences, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
We need more than correlations to understand causation and how we can make markets and the society work better. This year, the award in the Economic Sciences is highlighting just that as it recognize results that have revolutionized empirical research by showing cause and effect in natural experiments.
| Economics Session 16.00-17.30 (KST) 08.00-09.30 (CET) |
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| Welcoming address 16.00-16.15 (15 min) |
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| Host | Daniel Wolvén, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea |
| Partners | Kiwan Kim, Vice-president at Korea Development Institute, KDI
Hans Adolfsson, President of Umeå University Sigbritt Karlsson, President of KTH Royal Institute of Technology Eva Wiberg, President of University of Gothenburg Erik Renström, President of Lund University Eun Mee Kim, President of Ewha Womans University |
| Presentation and panel discussion on Economics 16.15-17.25 (70 min) |
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| Presentations (40 min) |
Gauthier Lanot, Professor at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, Umeå University
Yoonsoo Park, Professor at the Department of Economics at Sookmyung Women’s University |
| Panel discussion (30 min) |
Joseph Han, Research Fellow at Korea Development Institute, KDI |
| Closing (5 min) | Daniel Wolvén, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea |
| Moderator | Anders Hektor, Science & Innovation Counsellor, The Embassy of Sweden in Seoul |
Literature
A symposium on the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.
‘We want reading of literature to be time well spent, enriching with perspective and emotion.’ The works of Abdulrazak Gurnah can be just that. Join a discussion about the award 2021, rewarding uncompromising and compassionate writing on the refugees’ experience of displacement and life in exile.
| Literature Session 19.00-20.30 (KST) 11.00-12.30 (CET) |
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| Welcoming address 19.00-19.15 (15 min) |
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| Host | Daniel Wolvén, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea |
| Partners | Woosung Kang, Vice Chair of Korea Comparative Literature Association, KCLA
Hans Adolfsson, President of Umeå University Sigbritt Karlsson, President of KTH Royal Institute of Technology Eva Wiberg, President of University of Gothenburg Erik Renström, President of Lund University Eun Mee Kim, President of Ewha Womans University |
| Presentation and panel discussion on Literature 19.15-20.25 (70 min) |
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Maria Olaussen, Professor in English at the Department of Languages and Literatures at the University of Gothenburg
Seokho Lee, Professor at School of Humanities and Social Sciences at KAIST |
| Panel discussion (30 min) |
Inhwan Ko, Professor at Humanitas College, University of Kyung Hee |
| Closing (5 min) | Daniel Wolvén, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea |
| Moderator | Anders Hektor, Science & Innovation Counsellor, The Embassy of Sweden in Seoul |
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Background of the Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize was set up when businessman and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel, famously known for invention of Dynamite, died and left the majority of his fortune to the establishment of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. His will stated that the prizes should be awarded to “those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” In 1968, Sweden’s central bank established Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
* The Sweden – Korea Nobel Memorial Program 2020 is organized and conducted by the Swedish Embassy in Seoul together with Partners in Korea and Sweden.
The official website for the Nobel Prize is nobelprize.org
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