Symposium Opening

Welcoming Remarks by President Paul Chu
Opening Address by Prof C N Yang "Hopes for the Future"

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IAS Inaugural Ceremony

Officiating Guests:
The Hon Donald Tsang, GBM, Chief Executive, HKSAR
Prof C N Yang
President Paul Chu
Dr John Chan
Dr Michael Mak
Dr Tin Ka-Ping
Prof Aaron Ciechanover
Prof Tord Claeson
Prof Marvin Cohen
Prof Peter Goddard
Prof Y T Lee
Prof Douglas Osheroff

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Session A: New Frontiers in Science

Marvin Cohen "Condensed Matter Physics: Concepts and Applications"
Y T Lee "Dynamics of Molecular Dissociation Processes"
Douglas Osheroff "What Isn't Interdisciplinary Science?"
Henry Tye "The Birth of Our Universe: An Overview of Cosmology"
Discussion

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Session B: Science of New Materials

Tord Claeson "LaAlO₃ on SrTiO₃ Hetero-Interfaces"
Patrick A Lee "Emergent Properties in Condensed Matter Physics"
Sir John Pendry "Metamaterials Open New Horizons in Electromagnetism"
Yuen-Ron Shen "Optical Characterization of Carbon Nanostructures"
Eli Yablonovitch "Nanophotonic Devices: Spontaneous Emission Faster than Stimulated"
Discussion

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Session C: New Frontiers in Life Science

Robert Austin "The Physics of Evolution"
Aaron Ciechanover "From the Bench to the Bedside – the Journey to Novel Drug Development in Our Time"
Paul Schimmel "Surprising Mutations Causing Neurological Disease and What They Tell Us"
Yigong Shi "Protein Phosphatases: Insights from Structural Biology"
Lap-Chee Tsui "What Next after the Identification of a Disease Gene"
Discussion

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Session D: Computation Science

Roland Glowinski "Adventures in Computing"
Fanghua Lin "Reflections on Current Developments of Partial Differential Equations"
George Papanicolaou "The Mathematics of Uncertainty Quantification"
Andrew Yao "The Science Behind Information Technology"
Discussion

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Session E: Emerging Technology for Energy

Dahe Qin "Global Warming and Cryosphere Change"
Yuanxi Wan "Fusion Energy, Tokamak EAST and Experimental Reactor ITER"
Paul Chu "Superconductivity and Global Economic Sustainable Development"
Felix Cheung "Nature China"
Discussion

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Roundtable: Future Directions and Challenges

Chair: Marvin Cohen
Discussants: Aaron Ciechanover, Peter Goddard, Sir John Pendry, Andrew Yao

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