Presentation of the Julius Wess Award to Prof. Halzen

Friday Apr 20, 2018, 3:00 PM → 7:30 PM Europe/Berlin

Aula FTU (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North)

The Julius Wess Award 2017 is presented to Prof. Dr. Francis Halzen, University Wisconsin-Madison, USA, in recognition of his outstanding and groundbreaking work in the field of neutrino astronomy with the IceCube Observatory at the South Pole.

 

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The Julius Wess Prize is awarded since 2008.

The ceremony will take place on April 20, 2018 at KIT, Karlsruhe.

1 Welcome

Speaker: Prof. Oliver Kraft (KIT, Vice President Research)

2 Introduction to the KIT Centre KCETA

Speaker: Prof. Marc Weber (KIT, Spokesperson KCETA)

3 10 years Julius Wess Award

Speaker: Prof. Johann Kühn (KIT)

4 High Energy Multi-Messenger Observations

Speaker: Prof. Elisa Resconi (TUM)

4:15 PM Music Contribution

4:25 PM Coffee

5 Laudation

Speaker: Prof. Johannes Blümer (KIT)

6 Presentation of the award

Speaker: Prof. Oliver Kraft (KIT, vicepresident)

5:20 PM Music Contribution

7 IceCube: Opening a New Window on the Universe from the South Pole

Speaker: Prof. Francis Halzen

6:15 PM Reception