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Welcome to the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum!
Pêdra Andrade & Michael Bonfert
Masters of Ceremonies
WELCOME ADDRESSES
Rafael Lang
Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation | Co-President of the Klaus Tschira Stiftung
Dorothee Bär
Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space
Petra Olschowski
Minister of Science, Research and Arts for the State of Baden-Württemberg
Frauke Melchior
Rector of Heidelberg University
Anna Wienhard
Scientific Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation
Agnes Szmolenszky
Executive Director and Member of the Board 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)
Annelin Eriksen
President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA)
INTRODUCING THE ALUMNI
An accessible version of this video is available here: youtube.com/watch?v=HF6zcUAmWS4
The 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum took place from September 14–19, 2025. #HLF25
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.
The opinions expressed in the videos do not necessarily reflect the views of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation or any other person or associated institution involved in the making and distribution of these videos.
More information on the Heidelberg Laureate Forum: heidelberg-laureate-forum.org
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Welcome to the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum!
Pêdra Andrade & Michael Bonfert
Masters of Ceremonies
WELCOME ADDRESSES
Rafael Lang
Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation | Co-President of the Klaus Tschira Stiftung
Dorothee Bär
Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space
Petra Olschowski
Minister of Science, Research and Arts for the State of Baden-Württemberg
Frauke Melchior
Rector of Heidelberg University
Anna Wienhard
Scientific Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation
Agnes Szmolenszky
Executive Director and Member of the Board 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)
Annelin Eriksen
President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA)
INTRODUCING THE ALUMNI
An accessible version of this video is available here: youtube.com/watch?v=HF6zcUAmWS4
The 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum took place from September 14–19, 2025. #HLF25
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.
The opinions expressed in the videos do not necessarily reflect the views of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation or any other person or associated institution involved in the making and distribution of these videos.
More information on the Heidelberg Laureate Forum: heidelberg-laureate-forum.org
Follow us on social media!
Blog: scilogs.spektrum.de/hlf
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/heidelberg-laureate-forum-foundation
Instagram: instagram.com/hlforum
Facebook: facebook.com/HeidelbergLaureateForum
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hlforum.bsky.social
flickr: flickr.com/photos/hlforum
