Opening Ceremony

Welcome to the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum!

Pêdra Andrade & Michael Bonfert
Masters of Ceremonies

WELCOME ADDRESSES
Rafael Lang
Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation | Co-President of the Klaus Tschira Stiftung

Dorothee Bär
Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space

Petra Olschowski
Minister of Science, Research and Arts for the State of Baden-Württemberg

Frauke Melchior
Rector of Heidelberg University

Anna Wienhard
Scientific Chairperson of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation

Agnes Szmolenszky
Executive Director and Member of the Board of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation

MEET THE YOUNG RESEARCHERS

THE AWARD-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS
Yannis Ioannidis
President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Hiraku Nakajima
President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU)

Annelin Eriksen
President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA)

INTRODUCING THE ALUMNI

The 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum took place from September 14–19, 2025. #HLF25

The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) is an annual networking conference where 200 carefully selected young researchers in mathematics and computer science spend a week interacting with the laureates of the most prestigious awards in their disciplines: the Abel Prize, ACM A.M. Turing Award, ACM Prize in Computing, Fields Medal, IMU Abacus Medal and Nevanlinna Prize. 

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