In a way, health is everything. Without it, there can be no dreams, no future. But what does health truly mean? In this year’s Nobel Week Dialogue, we will delve into this critical subject.

Just sometimes, everyone else is wrong. They insist that your idea won’t work, your finding is wrong, your scheme is mad. For many Nobel Prize laureates, that was the starting point.

Science will inevitably help shape our future, but how does science benefit society, and how should society get the best from science?

In a year when citizens will cast their votes in elections across the world we turned our attention to the art and science of democracy and decision-making. Democratic societies rely on fact-based world views and science, but also on narratives that can bring together large, diverse communities. At a time when democracies are straining to cope with ongoing crises and long-term existential challenges this topic is more important than ever.

In October 2024 the Nobel Prize Dialogue comes to Sydney for the first time to bring together minds from science and beyond, all gathering to discuss and explore the future of decision-making.