Welcome to the Sweden-Korea

Nobel Memorial Program 2022

Date & Time

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

at 13.30 – 20.30 (KST) / 05.30 – 12.30 (CET)

Venue

ON-SITE

Seoul National University, Cultural Center (Middle Hall) Venue Info

LIVE STREAMING

This event will be broadcast live on the official website.

Greetings

The Sweden-Korea Nobel Memorial Program, which aims to highlight the Nobel prizes and to celebrate human endeavours in science, discovery and curiosity, will reach its 3rd edition this year.

The program will take place over the course of one week with an incoming delegation of more than 40 researchers from Swedish universities who will meet with counterparts at Koreas foremost universities and research institutions in various events and seminars.

On November 10 three symposia will be arranged devoted to this year’s Nobel Prizes in the Sciences, Economics and Literature. The symposia are open to the public and will take place in an on/offline hybrid format. The event brings together experts at prominent universities and institutions in Sweden and Republic of Korea, to introduce and discuss this year’s prizes, what they can mean for the future and how they affect our daily lives.

We are so glad to welcome you to the Nobel Memorial Program this year. And we sincerely hope that you will take the opportunity to explore your curiosity in the spirit of Nobel together with us.

Your presence is highly requested and will be deeply appreciated.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the symposia.

– Daniel Wolvén, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea

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Sciences

A symposium on the awards in the Sciences present the 2022 Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine.

Experimentation is key in scientific discovery, to test a theory or hypothesis, or but also to improve technology and methods to manipulate the thing of study. The awards in the Science categories of the 2022 Nobel Prizes have in common the significance of scientific experimentation. Join us in listening to expert presentations about this year’s awards in works on human evolution, pioneering quantum information science and click chemistry.

Sciences Session
13.30-15.30 (KST) 05.30-07.30 (CET)
Welcoming address
13.30-13.40 (10 min)
Host Daniel Wolvén, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea
Partners

Ook-Joon Yoo, President of the Korea Academy of Science and Technology

Sigbritt Karlsson, President of KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Se-Jung Oh, President of Seoul National University

Presentation and panel discussion on Medicine
13.40-14.15 (35 min)
Presentations
(10 min each)

Katrine Riklund, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University

Choongwon Jeong, Assistant Professor, School of Biological Science, Seoul National University

Panel discussion  
Presentation and panel discussion on Physics
14.15-14.50 (35 min)
Presentations
(10 min each)

Anna Delin, Professor of computational nanomagnetism, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Eunmi Chae, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Korea University

Panel discussion  
Presentation and panel discussion on Chemistry
14.50-15.25 (35min)
Presentations
(10 min each)

Sven Lidin, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Lund University

Dongwhan Lee, Professor at Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University

Panel discussion  
Closing Sigbritt Karlsson, President of KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Moderator Magnus Wiktorsson, Head of Department for Production Engineering, Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Economics

A symposium on the 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

A symposium on the 2022 Prize in Economic Sciences, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. This year, the award in the Economic Sciences is highlighting how society is dealing with financial crises and what role banks have in such situations.

Economics Session
16.00-17.30 (KST) 08.00-09.30 (CET)
Welcoming address
16.00-16.10 (10 min)
Host Daniel Wolvén, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea
Partners

Jongkyu Lee, Senior Vice President, Chief Management Officer, Korea Development Institute(KDI)

Lena Eskilsson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Executive Vice President) of Lund University

Presentation and panel discussion on Economics
16.10-17.30 (80 min)
Presentations
(20 min each)

Christofer Edling, Dean, Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sociology at Lund University

Seunghyup Lee, Fellow, Department of Industry and Market Policies, Korea Development Institute (KDI)

Panel discussion Keeyoung Rhee, Assistant Professor, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Closing Lena Eskilsson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Executive Vice President) of Lund University
Moderator Anders Hektor, Science & Innovation Counsellor, The Embassy of Sweden in Seoul

Literature

A symposium on the 2022Nobel Prize in Literature.

There is a thin line between fiction and autobiography and Annie Ernaux is often described as an innovator in a wave of autofiction. Join a conversation about the award 2022, rewarding Courageous uncovering of personal memory.

Literature Session
19.00-20.30 (KST) 11.00-12.30 (CET)
Welcoming address
19.00-19.10 (10 min)
Host Daniel Wolvén, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea
Partners

Hyung Jin Lee, President, Korea Comparative Literature Association (KCLA)

Katrine Riklund, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University

Presentation and panel discussion on Literature
19.10-20.30 (80 min)
Presentations
(20 min each)

Florence Sisask, Deputy Director Studies in French, Umeå University

Chorong Kang, Assistant Professor at Department of French Language and Literature, Seoul National University

Panel discussion Woosung Kang, Professor at Department of English Language and Literature, Seoul National University
Closing Katrine Riklund, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University
Moderator Anders Hektor, Science & Innovation Counsellor, The Embassy of Sweden in Seoul

Speakers

Sciences Session

Medicine

Katrine Riklund

Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University

Choongwon Jeong

Assistant Professor, School of Biological Science, Seoul National University

Physics

Anna Delin

Professor of computational nanomagnetism, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Eunmi Chae

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Korea University

Chemistry

Sven Lidin

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Lund University

Dongwhan Lee

Professor at Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University

Economics Session

Christofer Edling

Dean, Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Sociology at Lund University

Seunghyup Lee

Fellow, Department of Industry and Market Policies, Korea Development Institute (KDI)

Keeyoung Rhee

Assistant Professor, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Literature Session

Florence Sisask

Deputy Director Studies in French, Umeå University

Chorong Kang

Assistant Professor at Department of French Language and Literature, Seoul National University

Woosung Kang

Professor at Department of English Language and Literature, Seoul National University

Venue

Seoul National University, Cultural Center (Middle Hall)
(1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea)

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 2022 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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