The Prize is one of the most famous recognitions in the world, perhaps the most famous. Its recipients enter the Pantheon of eminent personalities whose research and activity have “rendered service to humanity, enabling improvement or progress” in one of the following five disciplines: peace and diplomacy, literature, chemistry, medicine, and physics.
But how does one get a Nobel Prize? How were the 2015 Nobel laureates awarded their prestigious prizes?
It is a fortunate initiative by the Consul of Sweden in Nice, Ake Almroth, which will reveal this during a day of conferences where personalities from the worlds of academia, science, and culture will take turns explaining it and motivating the choice of this year’s recipients by the Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Prize Committee, on the eve of the official ceremony in Stockholm, which will take place in a few days, on December 10.
This day will take place on December 5 from 9:30 a.m. at the CUM, a venue perfectly suited for the eminently academic nature of the speakers, including Professor Serge Haroche, a French physicist who received this honorary distinction in 2012.
This initiative is a first and, in the intentions of the organizers, should be repeated every year for the delight of an audience that is expected to be numerous.
It will be presided over by Her Excellency Ms. Veronika Wand Danielsson, Ambassador of Sweden in Paris.
by Nathalie Rochat
