3.8.2006
MILLENNIUM EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER 2006
The winner of the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize, Japanese professor Shuji Nakamura arrives in Finland to receive the prize on 8 September. The award ceremony will be organized in association with an ECOFIN meeting on 8 September. Other related Millennium Technology Prize events include press conference and panel discussion on 8 September, Millennium Youth Forum and Professor Nakamura’s presentation on 9 September and Professor Nakamura’s seminar for technologists on 11 September.
Further details of these events are provided below.
Friday 8 September 2006
The events on 8 September are by invitation only
Helsinki City Hall, Helsinki, Finland
- 10.00-11.00 Press conference at which Professor Shuji Nakamura and representatives of the Millennium Prize Foundation will be present.
- 12.30-14.00 Panel discussion: The Role of Technology in Meeting Global Challenges
Chairman and moderator is Professor Jorma Routti from Finland.
The panelists are Professor Bertil Anderson from Sweden, Dr. Anne Brunila from Finland, Professor Leen Hordijk from the Netherlands, Mr. Jorma Ollila from Finland, Mr. Jason Pontin from the USA and Dr. Charles M. Vest from the USA.
Helsinki Fair Centre (in association with an ECOFIN meeting)
- 15.30-17.15 Cocktails
- 17.30-18.15 Award ceremony for the Millennium Technology Prize 2006
Saturday 9 September 2006
Heureka, The Finnish Science Centre, Vantaa, Finland
- 11.00-12.30 Millennium Youth Forum
Professor Shuji Nakamura meets students from upper secondary schools. More information at http://www.tek.fi/millenniumforum
- 14.00-15.30 Presentation by Professor Shuji Nakamura (open to the public)
Monday 11 September 2006
Dipoli Congress Centre, Espoo, Finland
- 9.30-11.30 Seminar for technologists and other professionals by Professor Shuji Nakamura
