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23rd Solvay Public Lectures - Exploring Frontiers in Chemistry

Sunday 12 October 2025 - Flagey (Studio 4)

 

Registration

- REGISTRATION WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER

Free entrance but registration is mandatory.

Date and time

- Sunday 12 October 2025 at 15:00 (Doors open at 14:30).

Location

- Flagey Studio 4, Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Brussels.
(The parking area is located below the Place Flagey).

Language

- English - translation in both French and Dutch will be provided.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROGRAMME

Moderator: Prof. Alexander Sevrin

(VUB & International Solvay Institutes)

15:00 – 15:15: Opening by Profs. Marc Henneaux and Yves Geerts

(ULB & International Solvay Institutes)

 

15:15 – 15:50: Syensqo awards ceremony

15:50 – 16:25: Lecture by Prof. Helma Wennemers (ETH, Zürich)

Title of the lecture: Peptides – Molecular Allrounders

16:25 – 17:00: Lecture by Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian (University of Cambridge, UK)

Title of the lecture: Reading your DNA: What does it tell us?

 

17:00 – 17:55: Panel Discussion with Profs.:

Ben Feringa (chair, University of Groningen)

Shankar Balasubramanian (University of Cambridge)

Jacqui Cole (University of Cambridge) (TBC)
Dorothea Fiedler (FMP, Berlin)
Bettina Lotsch (MPI, Stuttgart)
Berend Smit (EPFL, Lausanne)
Helma Wennemers (ETH, Zürich)

17:55 – 18:00: Closing
18:00: Drink