The programme on day one of the conference is entirely dedicated to the general public. Four Nobel laureates in physics will give popular science lectures and participate in panel discussions.
Day 1 is now fully booked and the waiting list is closed.
Morning session
9:00–9:10 Opening by Professor Stefan Bengtsson, University President and CEO of Chalmers University of Technology
9:10–9:40 Ulf Danielsson, Professor at Uppsala University and Julia Ravanis, PhD Student at Chalmers University of Technology: Reflections on Einstein's Nobel lecture 1923
9:40–10:15 David Wineland, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2012: Atomic clocks and Einstein's relativity
10:15–10:45 Coffee break
10:45–11:20 Serge Haroche, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2012: Quantum physics: Einstein’s rebellious child
11:20–11:50 Q&A with Serge Haroche, David Wineland and Ulf Danielsson
11:50–13:05 Lunch
Afternoon session
13:05–13:15 Afternoon opening
13:15–13:30 Kristian Wedel, columnist at Göteborgs-Posten: A city of merchants and engineers – did anybody understand Einstein in Gothenburg?
13:45–14:20 Donna Strickland, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2018: How Chirped Pulse Amplification let us understand the highly nonlinear version of the photoelectric effect.
14:20–14:50 Coffee break
14:50–15:25 Didier Queloz, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2019: Exoplanets and the search for life in the Universe
15:25–16:00 Q&A with Donna Strickland, Didier Queloz and Julia Ravanis
