The next Wright Colloquium will take place from Monday, November 2 to Friday, November 6, 2026.
It will explore the theme of intelligence.
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
Jean-Philippe UzanCNRS Professor, Paris Institute of Astrophysics
November 4, 2024 - 18:30
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Daniel BaumannChee-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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Yasmine AmhisResearch director CNRS
Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot Curie
November 6, 2024 - 18:30
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Edmund CopelandProfessor of Physics, University of Nottingham, UK
November 7, 2024 - 18:30
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Enrico CoenProfessor at the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
November 8, 2024 - 18:30
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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.
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)
Previous editions
Les cinqs éléments
Le hasard existe-t-il vraiment?
L'art des maths
Gravity, l'attraction universelle
La révolution génomique
Les secrets du soleil
Architecture moléculaire
La révolution quantique
Grandes épidémies: le retour ?
[r]évolution climatique ?
Cellules souches et médecine rgénératrice
