In March, chemistry laureate Morten Meldal will come to Stockholm. He will participate in a public programme at the Nobel Prize Museum, give a lecture in front of students at the Royal Institute of Technology and be the keynote speaker at the Nobel Prize Teacher Summit, where teachers from all over the world gather to discuss global health challenges.
On 20 March, nearly 400 teachers from some 30 countries will gather in Stockholm for an international teacher summit. Various perspectives on global health will be covered during the day. The programme includes discussions on mental health, vaccine hesitancy, humanitarian crises in a changing world and how education may serve as a bridge between science and society.
“Our aim is to create a venue where teachers from all over the world can meet to be inspired by Nobel Prize laureates and other experts. During the teacher summit, they get to share experiences with peers and encounter new knowledge that will boost their teaching. Many Nobel Prize laureates highlight just how important teachers have been for their success,” says Anna Rastner, museum director, Nobel Prize Museum.
Speakers include Nobel Prize laureate Morten Meldal, psychiatrist Anders Hansen, Johan von Schreeb, surgeon and professor at Karolinska Institutet, and Karin Tegmark Wisell, ambassador for global health, together with several researchers and professors in epidemiology, disaster medicine, health and antibiotic resistance.
Teachers travelling to Sweden may also participate in an extended programme where they get to visit Swedish schools, the Stockholm City Hall and the Nobel Prize Museum.
Meeting the public at the Nobel Prize Museum and students at the Royal Institute of Technology
On 20 March, the Nobel Prize Museum also invites the public to a conversation with Morten Meldal, where he talks about his groundbreaking discovery – a method that simplifies complicated chemistry. Thanks to click chemistry, scientists are able to develop new materials and drugs while also making chemical reactions cleaner and more efficient. This conversation is moderated by Gustav Källstrand from the Nobel Prize Museum and will also be recorded for the podcast Idéer som förändrar världen (“Ideas that Change the World”).
During his visit to Stockholm, Morten Meldal will also give a lecture for students at the Royal Institute of Technology.
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Nobel Prize Teacher Summit gather teachers from all over the world each year in Stockholm to discuss important and common challenges facing teachers. The summit has covered themes ranging from migration and climate to democracy, how the brain works and the importance of building a sense of joy and dedication to learning. The teacher summit was created with the future Nobel Center in mind, and it is organised at Münchenbryggeriet, as there is not enough space at the Nobel Prize Museum. The Nobel Prize Teacher Summit is one of the most popular events organised by the Nobel Prize Museum, and it tends to get fully booked rather quickly.