Nobel Prize

Hiroshi Ishiguro is professor of Department of Systems Innovation at Osaka University, visiting director of Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute, project manager of MOONSHOT R&D Project, thematic project producer of EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, and CEO of AVITA, Inc.

Akira Furusawa is professor of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo and deputy director of RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing. He succeeded in unconditional quantum teleportation at Caltech with Jeff Kimble in 1998.

Arisa Ema has earned a PhD from the University of Tokyo, researching the relationship between AI, robotics, and society. She also participates in the UN’s advisory body on AI and the OECD’s expert group.

Maki Kawai obtained a PhD degree in chemistry from the University of Tokyo, she is currently president of National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan (2022-), director general of Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS) of JST (2024-), and a member of Japan Academy.

Epidemics, mental health, medical breakthroughs and innovative ways to improve our well-being. This year’s Nobel Week Dialogue, which will take place on 9 December in Stockholm, will explore many important aspects of global health. On site will be Nobel Prize laureates, Olympians, scientists and entrepreneurs. This year’s conference will feature three Nobel Prize laureates in…

The press programme for the Nobel Week in Oslo and Stockholm has now been published, and accreditation has been opened for media representatives who wish to apply to attend the award ceremony and banquet on 10 December. Since 1901, Nobel Laureates have received their diplomas and medals at ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo. The Nobel…

During the 2024 Nobel Week Lights Stockholm festival, you can walk through an 80-metre-long tunnel of light and sound, spin around in shining lotus flowers and watch yourself loom in a sea of flowing light. This year the façade of the City Hall will display a work that celebrates female Nobel Prize laureates. The festival’s…

Joseph Ecker is a globally recognised pioneer in genomics and epigenomics, acclaimed for his transformative work in plant and animal genetics.

Today, the Nobel Peace Center hosted an event where the new Nobel Peace Prize diploma was unveiled. The event included a lecture by Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Jørgen Watne Frydnes and a discussion with experts about the significance of the prize awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. Yesterday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel…

This year’s Nobel Prize Concert at Konserthuset Stockholm on 8 December will bring together internationally celebrated soprano Malin Byström and the new conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Petr Popelka. Together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, they will perform a programme including the final scene from the opera Salome by Richard Strauss and Sergei…