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100 years ago, in 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. This meeting has been organized to celebrate the centenary. The Nobel Prizes, the first international annual prizes, began in 1901 in five subject areas named in the will of the industrialist Alfred Nobel, namely physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. In 1968 the Bank of Sweden instituted a prize in economic sciences. The 1901 Prize in Physics was awarded to Röntgen for his discovery of X-Rays.

Programme

• Chairman's Welcome (13:00)
• Views from a Nobel Laureate
  Sir Joseph Rotblat
• Nobel Phenomenon: Reflections on the History of the Nobel Science Prizes
  Sven Widhalm
• Tea/coffee
  
• The Nobel Prize: Cautionary Tales
  Peter Rowlands
• General discussion
  
• Clese of meeting