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Greetings From the Foundation
Calling for Evidence-Based
Dialogue
The festive evening offered by the Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
on the Meeting's opening Sunday has become a cherished tradition. At the reception,
Jürgen Kluge, Chairman of the Board, reflected on current global challenges and
advocated open discussions grounded in facts and evidence.
On behalf of the board of the Foundation, it is my pleasure
and honour to welcome you to our traditional Sunday
evening event. We are grateful to all of you for sharing
your time with us here at the Lindau Nobel Laureate
Meeting 2024, which will be about physics.
Indeed, it would be a mission impossible without the
time, dedication, and commitment of the Nobel Laureates
who pledge a week to Lindau, vitalizing the Lindau Spirit,
and enabling interactions with the Young Scientists. In
fact, 626 Young Scientists from about 90 countries are
expecting intense exchange during the upcoming week
leading to an unforgettable experience that motivates
them for the future and will be kept forever.
Obviously, there would be no Lindau Meetings without Nobel Laureates; however, in exactly the same way
we cannot do without our supporters. In this regard, it
is our pleasure to welcome our Maecenates and Endowment Contributors of our Foundation as well as the Benefactors and Supporters of this year’s Meeting. Likewise, a
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warm welcome to all representatives from international
and national academies of sciences, academic institutions, ministries, and partners from all over the world.
You are cornerstones on which the Meetings are built.
Despite – or perhaps even in view of – the countless
crises in the world today, here in Lindau at our Meeting
we want an open exchange of arguments, we want facts
and evidence to carry the day in a win-win, collaborative atmosphere. That is what the Lindau Nobel Laureate
Meetings are all about, since their beginnings. That is the
Lindau Spirit.
I worked in a professional services organization for 25
years, and we had a simple rule: ‘Client first, firm second,
self third.’ When we did not follow the rule, we always
failed. I would like to see this rule adopted for the scientific world: ‘Evidence first, institution second and self third!’
We still have it in our hands to save the world which
is so beautiful, and life is so precious. Let’s enjoy every
moment and have an exciting Meeting!
