Six Nobel laureates will participate this year in the sixth edition of the Passion for Knowledge science communication festival, organized by the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC). The event will take place from September 28 to October 3 in San Sebastián and Bilbao, in Spain.
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DIPC President Pedro Miguel Etxenike, Director Ricardo Díez, and Science Councilor Juan Ignacio Pérez presented the event’s program. The main objective is to bring knowledge closer to the public, foster critical thinking, and champion science as an essential part of culture.
Plenary lectures at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre will feature Nobel laureates in Physics such as Anne L’Huillier, a pioneer in attosecond science; Brian Schmidt, recognized for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe; and Wolfgang Ketterle, who demonstrated Bose-Einstein condensation.
Nobel laureate in Chemistry Jean-Marie Lehn will also participate, engaging in an interview-style conversation with Etxenike about the values of the Enlightenment.
Joining this group are mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, who will explore how mathematics shapes artificial intelligence, and writer Siri Hustvedt, winner of the 2019 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature.
As a new feature, the festival is launching the “New Voices” (Nuevas Voces) space, which will include dialogues and presentations featuring paleoanthropologist María Martinón-Torres, theoretical physicist Román Orús, and science communicator Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón.
Finally, the program will include a day dedicated to reflecting on mental health and well-being within the research community, with special attention paid to the inequalities and challenges women face throughout their scientific careers.
Author: HGV/JF
Source: Donostia International Physics Center
