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2004 Opening Ceremony
June 27, 2004
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Travel to Lindau |
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Opening of the meeting in presence of the
President of the Federal Republic of Germany by the President
Countess Sonja Bernadotte and the Mayor of Lindau Petra Meier to
Bernd-Seidl, Welcoming addresses |
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EXTRA: Read About It! On Sunday afternoon,
more than 560 graduate students from more than 20 countries gathered
in the Inselhalle on the island of Lindau for the Opening Ceremony of
the 54th Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Graduate Students.
Topics rotate from year to year among physics, chemistry, and medicine
and physiology. The 54th Meeting is the 18th in
physics. Countess Sonja Bernadotte, president of the committee for the
meeting, gave the welcoming address and thanked the sponsors. Federal
Minister for Education and Research Edelgard Bulmahn spoke about the
great science that will be presented at the meeting and Germany’s
initiatives in the field of physics. Also making remarks were Petra
Meier to Bernd-Seidl, mayor of the City of Lindau; Thomas Goppel,
Bavarian State Minister of Science, Research and the Arts; and Lars
Bergström, representative of the Nobel Foundation in Sweden. A final
highlight was the induction of the Prime Minister of the state of
Baden-Württemberg Erwin Teufel and the President of the Federal
Republic of Germany Dr Johannes Rau (in absentia) into the Honorary
Senate of the Foundation for the Lindau Meetings. Musical interludes
during the two-hour ceremony were provided by the acapella group
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Opening Ceremony Photo Gallery
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More than six hundred graduate students, Nobel Laureates, and distinguished guests filled the Inselhalle auditorium during the opening ceremony for the 18th Physics Meeting.
Richard Lombardini, Rob Corson, Miguel Daal, and Erik Emmons wait for the opening ceremony to start.
Andrew Silberfarb and Nnenna Onumah listen intently to the opening remarks made by Countess Sonja. Since the opening ceremony was conducted entirely in German, headphones were made available to students so they could hear a live translation into English. Countess Sonja Bernadotte delivers the opening address for the 54th Meeting.
Teri Robinson and Elizabeth Raley await the next speaker to take the podium during the Opening Ceremony. From left, Matt Foster, Tim Dennis, and Burl Peterson sit among an international group of students during the Opening Ceremony.
Countess Sonja inducts Prime Minister of Baden-Würtemberg Erwin Teufel into the Honorary Senate of the Foundation of the Lindau Nobel Prize Winners Meetings at Lake Constance.
More than six hundred graduate students, Nobel Laureates, and distinguished guests filled the Inselhalle auditorium during the opening ceremony for the 18th Physics Meeting.
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