New Horizons Solvay Lectures
The "New Horizons Solvay Lectures" are given by brilliant young scientists with already high visibility and well established stature. They deliver one broad lecture at the Solvay Institutes on their current research and the challenges they see for their discipline. A second, complementary lecture is given in another Belgian university. More lectures are encouraged whenever possible.
There are each year "New Horizons Solvay Lectures in Chemistry" and
"New Horizons Solvay Lectures in Physics".
New Horizons Lectures in Chemistry
- 2026 Lecturer: Ghislaine Vantomme from Eindhoven University, The Netherlands
- 2027 Lecturer: Brett McGuire from MIT, USA
New Horizons Lectures in Physics
- 2025 Lecturer: Kareem J. El-Badry from
Caltech, USA
Lecture on 2 June 2025 at 4:00 pm
(ULB - Campus Plaine)
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- 2026 Lecturer: Lauriane Chomaz from Heidelberg University, Germany
- 2027 Lecturer: Lieke van Son from Flatiron Institute, New York, USA
PAST NEW HORIZONS LECTURES
New Horizons Lectures in Chemistry
2018 Lecturer: Alexandre Tkatchenko
from U. of Luxemburg
30 May at ULB - view abstract
31 May at Mons University
1 June at Ghent University - view abstract
View video clip filmed at Ghent University
- 2019 Lecturer: Rafal Klajn from
Weizmann Institute, Israel
27 March at ULB - View abstract
29 March at Ghent University
- 2020 Lecturer: Hans Jakob Wörner from
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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- 2022 Lecturer: Cornelia Meinert from
University Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
21 - 25 February 2022
Lecture on 24 February (ULB)
- 2021 Lecturer: Ying Diao
U. of Illinois, USA (Postponed in 2023)
Lecture on 2 May 2023
(ULB) View abstract
- 2023 Lecturer: Danna Freedman (MIT, USA)
Lecture on 12 December - View abstract
- 2024 Lecturer: Alexis Komor
(U. of California, San Diego, USA)
5 November at ULB
6 November at Ghent University
7 November at de Duve UCLouvain
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- 2025 Lecturer: Todd Gingrich
(Northwestern U., USA)
Lecture on 1st April 2025
(ULB) - View abstract
New Horizons Lectures in Physics
2018 Lecturer: Zohar Komargodski from Weizmann Institute, Israel & Simons
Center U. of NY, Stony Brook, USA
15 - 19 October 2018
16 October at ULB - View abstract
17 October at KU Leuven
2019 Lecturer: Aleksandra Walczak from LPT ENS, Paris, France
29 April - 3 May 2019
Lecture on 29 April 2019 at KU Leuven
Lecture on 30 April 2019 at 4 p.m. in the Salle Solvay (ULB): View abstract
- 2020 Lecturer: Douglas Stanford from Stanford University, California, USA
Online Lectures: View abstracts
- 2021 Lecturer: Maria Bergemann from Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany
18 October 2021 at 4 p.m. (Solvay Room)
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- 2022 Lecturer: Nir Navon from Yale University, USA
Lecture on 20 March 2023 at 4:00 pm
(ULB - Campus Plaine)
Lecture on 23 March at 2:00 pm
(Fondation Universitaire, Brussels)
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- 2023 Lecturer: Alexander Zhiboedov from CERN, Switzerland
Lecture on 23 May 2023 at 4:00 pm
(ULB - Campus Plaine)
Workshop on 25 May2023 at UMONS
- 2024 Lecturer: Netta Engelhardt from
MIT, USA
Lecture on 11 June 2024 at 4:00 pm
(Salle Solvay, ULB) - view abstract
Lecture on 12 June 2024 at 11:00 (UGent, Auditorium 1 Valère Billiet, S8, Campus Sterre)
Science & Cocktails Lecture on 13 June 2024 at 19:30 (Atelier 210, Brussels)
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