The Embassy of Sweden in Seoul is pleased to announce the fifth annual Sweden-Korea Nobel Memorial Symposium 2024 (NMS24) being held at Korea University Global Conference Hall on November 12, 2024. As a part of the Sweden-Korea Education Research and Innovation Collaboration (SKERIC), the NMS24 is the crescendo of a week-long bilateral celebration of science, discovery, entrepreneurship and knowledge between two of the world’s leading knowledge nations: Sweden and South Korea!
This event brings together academic experts, key opinion leaders, students and entrepreneurs from some of the leading universities in Korea and Sweden. The symposium is a platform for reflection and dialogue on the 2024 Nobel Prize recipients, their discoveries and contributions, and how they will affect our society in the future.
We welcome you to join us on November 12th at Korea University Global Conference Hall! The event is open to the public and anyone interested in this year's Nobel Prize winners are welcome to attend. The symposium will be held in consecutive sessions highlighting the Prizes in Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Economics and Literature.
We hope to see you in person in November!
Embassy of Sweden in Seoul
The Embassy of Sweden in Seoul is pleased to announce the fifth annual Sweden-Korea Nobel Memorial Symposium 2024 (NMS24) being held at Korea University Global Conference Hall on November 12, 2024. As a part of the Sweden-Korea Education Research and Innovation Collaboration (SKERIC), the NMS24 is the crescendo of a week-long bilateral celebration of science, discovery, entrepreneurship and knowledge between two of the world’s leading knowledge nations: Sweden and South Korea!
This event brings together academic experts, key opinion leaders, students and entrepreneurs from some of the leading universities in Korea and Sweden. The symposium is a platform for reflection and dialogue on the 2024 Nobel Prize recipients, their discoveries and contributions, and how they will affect our society in the future.
We welcome you to join us on November 12that Korea University Global Conference Hall! The event is open to the public and anyone interested in this year's Nobel Prize winners are welcome to attend. The symposium will be held in consecutive sessions highlighting the Prizes in Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Economics and Literature.
We hope to see you in person in November!
Embassy of Sweden in Seoul
Program Overview
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13:30 - 13:50
Opening Ceremony |
Opening Ceremony |
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13:50 - 15:30
Sciences Session The 2024 Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry |
Sciences Session The 2024 Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry |
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16:00 - 16:30
Economic Sciences Session The 2024 Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel |
Economic Sciences Session The 2024 Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel |
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16:30 - 17:00
Literature Session The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature |
Literature Session
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature |
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17:00 - 17:10
Closing Ceremony |
Closing Ceremony |
Detailed Program
13:30 - 13:50
Opening
H.E. Karl-Olof Andersson, Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Korea
13:30 - 13:50
Welcoming remarks
Dong-one Kim, President of Korea University
13:30 - 13:50
Congratulatory
Karin Svanborg-Sjövall, State Secretary, Ministry for Culture
13:30 - 13:50
Congratulatory
Sunghoon Hwang, Director General for International
Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Science and ICT
13:50 - 15:30
Moderator
Sven Lidin, Professor, Lund University
14:00 - 14:20
Medicine presentation
Katrine Riklund, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University
14:20 - 14:40
Physics presentation
Gunsu S. Yun, Professor, Department of Pysics, Pohang University
of Science & Technology
14:40 - 15:00
Chemistry presentation
Johan Rockberg, Professor, School of Engineering Sciences in
Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
15:50 - 15:30
Panel Discussion
16:00 - 16:20
Moderator
Jinill Kim, Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University
16:00 - 16:20
Economics presentation
Annica Kronsell, Professor, School of Global Studies,
University of Gothenburg
16:20 - 16:30
Panel Discussion
16:30 - 17:00
Moderator
Boduerae Kwon, Professor, Department of Korean Language & Literature,
Korea University
16:30 - 16:50
Literature presentation
Young Chae Seo, Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations, Seoul National University
16:50-17:00
Panel Discussion
17:00 - 17:10
Closing remarks
Charlotte Platzer Björkman, Vice-Rector of Science & Technology, Uppsala University
Mr. Sunghoon Hwang
Ministry of Science and ICT
Director General for International Cooperation Bureau
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine,
Physics and Chemistry
The 2024 Nobel Prizes in Medicine,
Physics and Chemistry
‘Unlocking new secrets of genes,
proteins and machine learning’
Johan Rockberg
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Professor, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health,
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics
The 2024 Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ‘Institutions, the key variable for economic prosperity’
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
‘Intense poetic prose explores fragile human life’
Boduerae Kwon
Korea University
Department of Korean Language & Literature, Professor
Young Chae Seo
Seoul National University
Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations, Professor
Charlotte Platzer Björkman
Uppsala University
Vice-Rector
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 2024 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 www.nobelprize.org
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 2024 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 www.nobelprize.org
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