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SUMMARY:International Year of Light
DTSTART:20151205T163000
DTEND:20151205T193000
DTSTAMP:20260513T034335Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:The ceremony will be hosted by the creative scientists of The 
 Catalyst.\nBio: BE INSPIRED AND EMPOWERED BY:\nClaude Nicollier\, Astronau
 t @ European Space Agency (ESA)\nSebastien Bigo\, Bell Labs fellow and Act
 ivity Leader @ Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs\nBernard Kress\, Moonshots @ Googl
 e X\, Google [X] Labs\nBert Jan Offrein\, Manager Photonics @ IBM Research
  Zurich\nStefan W. Hell\, Nobel Prize 2014 in Chemistry\nKees van der Klau
 w\, Head of Research @Philips Lighting\nMark Pauly\, Head of the Computer 
 Graphics and Geometry lab and Prof. @ EPFL\nSolar Impulse\, Around the wor
 ld to promote clean technologies\nMarkus Rossi\, Chief Innovation Officer\
 , CTO @ Heptagon\nJoe Niemela\, UNESCO\, member of the International Year 
 of Light steering committee\nJohn Dudley\, Chairman of the IYL 2015 steeri
 ng committee\, Professor\nChristoph Harder\, President of Swissphotonics\,
  Delegate for EuroPho21\nChristophe Moser\, Professor of Microengineering 
 and Industrial Relation\, Swissphotonics\nChristophe P. Rossel\, President
  of the European Physical Society\, Emeritus Research\nStaff member @ IBM 
 Research\nMin Quang Tran\, President of the Swiss Physical Society and EPF
 L Professor\nSelected Photonics startups pitches\nDon't miss our laser sho
 w\, Laser Harp performance\, LIDAR demo (Pr. Simeonov) and closing cocktai
 l\nOn December 5\, EPFL will host an event to promote the progress and pro
 mise of light technologies and research. The program will mark the Closing
  Ceremony of the International Year of Light in Switzerland and will featu
 re the latest in photonics as well as leading scientists to promote improv
 ed public understanding of the central role of light in the modern world.\
 nThis celebration will bring together bright minds from Google X\, Bell La
 bs\, Intel\, Philips\, Heptagon\, UNESCO\, Solar Impulse or IBM Research a
 mong other\, as well as an ESA astronaut and a Nobel Laureate 2014\, to fo
 ster learning\, inspiration and wonder. A laser show and performances will
  punctuate the ceremony specially hosted by The Catalyst's creative scient
 ists. Don’t miss the surprise visible from space that day!\nThe Internat
 ional Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies (IYL 2015\; www.light2015
 .org) is a global initiative adopted by the United Nations to raise awaren
 ess of how optical technologies promote sustainable development and provid
 e solutions to worldwide challenges in energy\, education\, agriculture\, 
 communications and health.\nMore info and tickets (free): www.light2015.ch
LOCATION:Forum Rolex Learning Center\, EPFL
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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