As is the case every year, as part of the Jury Meeting for the Rei Jaume I Prizes, the 21 Nobel Laureates attending the event as members of the jury take part in a programme of visits to research centres and universities, amongst other venues.

The aim of this initiative is to offer students and research staff the opportunity to share their research and get to know these leading scientists at first hand

The lectures and meetings took place on Monday morning, and the visits were to:

University of Valencia and Polytechnic University of Valencia:

            > Institute of Molecular Science. Jean Pierre Sauvage and Jean-Marie Lehn.

            > Institute of Corpuscular Physics (IFIC). Anton Zeilinger and Klaus Von Klitzing.

> UV-UPV Inter-University Institute for Molecular Recognition and Technological Development. Bernard Feringa.

            > Faculty of Economics. Edmund S. Phelps

            > Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging (I3M). Serge Haroche.

            > Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ). Morten Meldal

            > Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM). Sheldon Lee Glashow.

            > Institute of Integrative Systems Biology. Roger Kornberg.

Jaume I University

            > Vice-Chancellor’s Office. Barry Barish.

            > Doctoral School. Aaron Ciechanover.

Generalitat Valenciana

            > FISABIO. Erwin Neher and Jules Hoffman.

            > LA FE RESEARCH CENTRE. Randy Scheckman.

            > INCLIVA/Faculty of Medicine. Avram Hershko.

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

            > Valencia Institute of Biomedicine (IBV). Richard Roberts.

            > Institute of Neurosciences (IN). Ardem Patapoutian.

Prince Felipe Research Centre. Joachim Frank.

EDEM. School of Business. Eric S. Maskin.

Información newspaper (Alicante). Finn Erling Kydland.

University of Alicante

            > Faculty of Economics. Finn Erling Kydland.

Following the lectures, the Nobel Laureates attended a lunch with a group of university students at the Awards’ venue, which this year was the Hotel Las Arenas in Valencia. Afterwards, the programme concluded with a series of discussions with the students to exchange experiences.