Five editions, eight conferences and a constantly evolving project: this year, “Ten
Nobels for the Future” is coming into more direct contact with Milan itself,
developing its dialogue with the cultural, social and entrepreneurial forces of the
metropolitan area.
Each Nobel Laureate will guide a series of meetings with different audiences (academics,
researchers, students, businessmen and journalists) that culminate with a public
conference.
The calendar for 1998 includes four of these series. The cycle is concluded by the
traditional December conference, devoted to the theme “The power of innovation”.
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The calendar
| 18-22 June |
Gary S. Becker |
A student of Milton Friedman, the “father” of contemporary liberalism, the economist
that formalised the concept of human capital examines the most relevant issues in his
research - from the free market to discrimination, from new patterns of consumption to
the role of innovation and human capital as strategic factors in competitiveness.
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| 21-23 September |
Murray Gell-Mann |
A student prodigy, polyglot and brilliant populariser of science, the
“father” of quarks - considered the greatest living particle physicist - recently
devoted himself to the study of complex adaptive systems - which range from archeology to
history, evolutionary biology, linguistics, learning and creative thinking - and to issues
regarding environmental and demographic policy, sustainable development and the stability
of the world political system.
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| 22-28 October |
Arno A. Penzias |
During his career at Bell Laboratories, the physicist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize
for grounding the Big Bang theory on the bedrock of scientific observation transformed
himself from pure researcher into manager and prophet of innovation in the field of
information and communications technology, tracing the outline of a society in which our
way of living and working will undergo a radical change.
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| 12-17 November |
Roger C.L. Guillemin |
The “father” of neuroendocrinology - who received the Nobel Prize for his studies of the
hormonal control of the pituitary gland and subsequently isolated the neurotransmitters
that govern pain mechanisms, and other hormones with key roles in the functioning of the
human organism - in recent years has undertaken a new career as a “digital” artist,
using his computer to produce stunning “landscapes”.
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| 3-4 December |
The power of innovation |
Today the ability to innovate - and renew oneself - is at once a yardstick of
competitiveness, a factor of success and a guarantee of survival, for individuals,
companies and nations. But in fact, innovation is only possible in a society that rewards
creativity and risk-taking and ensures the uninhibited flow of information and ideas. And
which understands the fact that innovation is power - thanks to its ability to change the
world, life and things - and as such should be shared by all the citizens of the world |
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