20th - 21st January 2014
IYCr 2014 Opening Ceremony
Paris
France
More than 800 people attended the opening ceremony which launched the International Year of Crystallography at UNESCO on 20 and 21 January 2014. Government representatives, scientists and journalists featured among the participants. The Year is being coordinated jointly by UNESCO and the International Union of Crystallography.
Marvin Hackert by a cluster of natural quartz crystals displayed as part of the 'Voyage into the Crystal' exhibition.
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Public exhibition 'Voyage into the Crystal'.
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In foreground, Andre Authier talks to Mois Aroyo; Mme Irena Authier in conversation with Yves Epelboin.
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Visitors to the IUCr stand, manned by Jonathan Agbenyega, Mike Hoyland, Peter Strickland.
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Gautam Desiraju, Alisa Ivanenko, Jane Robinson, Elena Boldyreva, Malcolm Cooper, Sine Larsen, Michael Dacombe.
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Peter Strickland, Jonathan Agbenyega, Louise Jones, Brian McMahon.
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Display of the Presentation Edition of Slovak postage stamps celebrating the International Year of Crystallography.
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Hanna Dabkowska, Wulf Depmeier, Michele Zema, ?, Marvin Hackert.
Participants
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Delegates from the USA and Venezuela. Front: Graciela Diaz de Delgado, Yulia Sevryugina, Cora Lind-Kovacs, Martha Teeter. Rear: Clyde Kovacs, Andy Torelli, Jarrod French, Marvin Hackert.
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Jenny Glusker speaking about 'Crystallography: past, present and future'.
Lecture
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Philip Ball (centre, with microphone) moderates the 'Talented young crystallographers of the world' panel session.
Young Crystallographers Session
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Philip Ball introduces the session with some historical reflections about international scientific gatherings. On screen the Solvay Conference of 1913.
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Video contribution from Delia Haynes, South African representative.
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Question and answer session.
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Question and answer session.
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Participants in the 'Young crystallographers' panel. Front row: Adriana Serquis, Ji-Joon Song, Marcin Nowotny, Yvon Bibila, Anders Madsen, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Rumana Akther Jahan.
Back row (from left): Malla Reddy, Rahul Banerjee, Philip Ball.
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Introductory remarks by Jules Tenon.
Nobel Laureate Lecture
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Brian Kobilka, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, speaking about 'Structural insights into G-protein-coupled receptor signalling'.
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Summary remarks by Judith Howard.
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Vinay Sheel Oberoi, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of India to UNESCO.
Crystallography in Emerging Nations Session
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Thirumalachari Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
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Glaucius Oliva, President, Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
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Glaucius Oliva.
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Thomas Auf der Hyde, Deputy Director-General, South African national Department of Science and Technology.
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Catherine Esterhuysen, President, South African Crystallographic Society.
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Catherine Esterhuysen.
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Mikhail Kovalchuk, Director of the Kurchatov Institute and Chair of the National Russian Crystallography Committee.
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Mikhail Kovalchuk.
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Mikhail Kovalchuk.
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Gao Song, President, Chinese Crystallographic Association.
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