Opening Ceremony

Welcome to the 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum! 

Jordan Aiko Deja & James Spann Masters of Ceremonies 

WELCOME ADDRESSES 
Jens Brandenburg 
Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister of Education and Research 

Hans J. Reiter 
Ministerial Director and Deputy Minister at the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Arts

Frauke Melchior
Rector of Heidelberg University 

Rafael Lang
Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation | Co-President of the Klaus Tschira Stiftung 

Anna Wienhard
Scientific Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation 

MEET THE YOUNG RESEARCHERS 

THE AWARD-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS 
Yannis Ioannidis 
President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 

Hiraku Nakajima
President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU)

Lise Øvreås
President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA) 

INTRODUCING THE ALUMNI 

The 11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum took place from September 22–27, 2024. #HLF24 The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) is an annual networking conference where 200 carefully selected young researchers in mathematics and computer science spend a week interacting with the laureates of the most prestigious awards in their disciplines: the Abel Prize, ACM A.M. Turing Award, ACM Prize in Computing, Fields Medal, IMU Abacus Medal and Nevanlinna Prize.

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