Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study

On behalf the University of California, Berkeley; a consortium of eight Norwegian Universities; and the Norwegian Research Council, held a two-day conference and celebration on October 25 and 26, 2012 on the UC Berkeley campus. This event marked the launch of the Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study—a significant research initiative that was formally established in May, 2012. View a video of the 2012 Peder Sather Symposium.

Prof. Saul Perlmutter, recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.(photo: 2011, Roy Kaltschmidt, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)

Prof. George Smoot, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics.(photo: 2006, Steve McConnell, UC Berkeley)

 

The Peder Sather Symposium  took place on the Berkeley campus. Two Berkeley Nobel Laureates, UC Berkeley Professors Saul Perlmutter (2011) and George Smoot (2006), both Nobel Prize winners in physics spoke at a panel discussion moderated by Harry Kreisler about international collaboration in the sciences.

Events

• 2012 Peder Sather Symposium
  • Pre-symposium meeting – View photos
  • Speeches – View photos
  • Panel – View photos
  • Dinner – View Photos

• Friday luncheon (speeches)

Sessions

• Education Workshop – View Slides
• Energy Workshop
  • View NTNU presentation slides
  • View LBL presentation slides
• Human Rights and Immigration Workshop
• Competition/Regulation Policy Workshop
• Neuroscience Workshop
• Climate Workshop