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2024 Lectures

nov 4-8, 18:30 - Uni Dufour

Free entrance Simultaneous translation in French and English will be available

The concept of symmetry is familiar to us. It's found in art, music and architecture – and in biology, chemistry and physics. It's in us and around us.  But what is not as well known or as obvious are the symmetries that exist in the infinitely large and the infinitely small. These symmetries are intricately linked to the physical laws that govern our Universe. Read more

The making of a true second
Jean-Philippe Uzan
CNRS Professor, Paris Institute of Astrophysics

November 4, 2024 - 18:30

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The Power of Symmetry
Daniel Baumann
Chee-Chun Leung Professor, National Taiwan University
Director, Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics
Professor of Theoretical Cosmology, University of Amsterdam

November 5, 2024 - 18:30

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Is Alice’s rabbit made of antimatter? 
Yasmine Amhis
Research director CNRS
Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot Curie

November 6, 2024 - 18:30

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Your Universe – the past, the present and the future!
Edmund Copeland
Professor of Physics, University of Nottingham, UK

November 7, 2024 - 18:30

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From Atoms to Orchids: Unravelling the Symmetries of Life
Enrico Coen
Professor at the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

November 8, 2024 - 18:30

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Lectures moderation
Sarah Sermondadaz
Scientific journalist and engineer

 

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Scienscopes Workshops

Every evening, from 5.30 to 6.30 pm, the UNIGE’s public workshops: Astroscope, Mathscope, Physiscope, Chimiscope, Anthroposcope and Lifescope will be offering the audience experiments and workshops on symmetries to help them discover the conference theme and science in a different way.

For youth

Wednesday, November 6th

As in every edition, youth are honored on Wednesday. An informal meeting is planned during the day between students and the speakers of the Colloquium, encouraging interaction.

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Journey in Symmetries

Sound and light show on the MAH

October 27 to November 17, 2024

Every evening, 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm
(Duration: 20 minutes)
On the façade of the Museum of Art and History (MAH)

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Previous editions

2022

Les cinqs éléments

2021

Le hasard existe-t-il vraiment?

2020

L'art des maths

2018

Gravity, l'attraction universelle

2016

La révolution génomique

2014

Les secrets du soleil

2012

Architecture moléculaire

2010

La révolution quantique

2008

Grandes épidémies: le retour ?

2006

[r]évolution climatique ?

2004

Cellules souches et médecine rgénératrice

2002

Aux Portes du Nano-Monde