The Heart of Science and Art

September 18, 2018

Venue:

Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg
Lehmkuhlenbusch 4
27753 Delmenhorst

Organizer:

Prof. Dr. Reto Weiler
Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg

10:00 - 10:30     Welcome

                             Session 1
                             Chair: Prof. Dr. Timothy Shaw, University of South Carolina,
                             Columbia, USA

10:30 – 10:40     Welcome address Prof. Dr. Reto Weiler
10:40 – 10:50     Opening remarks: Prof. Dr. Timothy Shaw

                             Brain

10:50 – 11:20     Finding Direction at the HWK and in Auditory Neurons
                              Prof. Dr. Laurel Carney, University of Rochester, USA
11:20 – 11:50     AI Meets Medicine: A Human-Machine Synergy
                              Prof. Dr. Peter Haddawy, Mahidol University, THAILAND

                             Earth

11:50 – 12.20     Reflecting on my Years at HWK: A Journey of Scientific Development,
                              Friendship and Cultural Diversity
                              Prof. Dr. Carina Lange, Universidad de Concepcion, CHILE
12:20 – 12:50     Methane - small, but deadly: How HWK is helping to make a difference
                              Prof. Dr. Michael Whiticar, University of Victoria, CANADA
13:00 – 14:00     Lunch break

                             Session 2
                             Chair: Prof. Dr. André Bächtiger, University of Stuttgart

14:00 – 14:10     Remarks: Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, University of Bremen

                              Energy

14:10 – 14:40     Winds of Progress
                              Prof. Dr. Lucy Pao, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
14:40 – 15:10     From Delmenhorst to Carnarvon - A Journey Enabled by the HWK
                              Prof. Dr. Martina Calais, Murdoch University, AUSTRALIA

                             Society

15:10 - 15:40      Path dependence and the (biographical) point of no return?
                              Prof. Dr. Detlef Garz, University of Mainz
15:40 – 16:00     Coffee break
16:00 – 16:30     The European Union and Global Financial Regulation
                              Prof. Dr. Lucia Quaglia, Università di Bologna, ITALY

                              Arts & Humanities

16:30 – 17:00     Inter|Discursivity - Scientists amongst Artists
                              Dr. Clemens Krauss, Berlin
17:30                    Dinner/Welcome Remarks: Prof. Dr. Dieter Lompe
19:00                     Cinque frammenti di Saffo (Soprano and Piano)                            
                              Composer Luca Lombardi, Rom, ITALY
19:20                    Reading: Schrödinger’s Wave Equation: Fact or Fiction?
                               From the Novel ‘The Thought Women’
                               Pippa Goldschmidt, Musselburgh, UK
19:45                    Denkmal für einen Indianer
                               Lyrics: F. C. Delius; Baritone and Piano),
                               Composer Luca Lombardi, Rom, ITALY