Recorded videos of all the awardees delivering their speeches
Visions of knowledge: acceptance speeches of laureates in the 15th Frontiers Awards
The ceremony of the 15th edition of the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards, held on 20 June in the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao, recognized 18 global leaders in scientific research and artistic creation. On this site we present the videos of the acceptance speeches of all laureates. Furthermore, in the web profile of each laureate in the 15th edition, acceptance speeches are available in both video and PDF text formats.
21 June, 2023
BASIC SCIENCES
Anne L’Huillier: “Research in attosecond science has been and is still driven by curiosity, the wish to learn new things and push forward the frontiers of knowledge”
Paul Corkum: “We have performed the fastest controlled measurements ever made”
Ferenc Krausz: “Harnessing novel concepts and the power of ultrafast lasers enabled us to peer into a world previously hidden from human observation”
BIOLOGY AND BIOMEDICINE
David Baker: “We have now designed and experimentally tested hundreds of thousands of brand-new proteins and we are using them to develop cures for cancer and infectious disease”
John Michael Jumper: “It is exciting to see every day the breadth of science that has been enabled or accelerated by accurate protein structure prediction”
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli: “The strategic importance of semiconductor design and manufacturing cannot be overestimated. Chips are pervasive”
ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
Susan Alberts: “We have sought to push the boundaries of knowledge about how non-human primates – and by extension we humans – navigate the complex social and physical landscapes in which we live”
Marlene Zuk: “Insects can exhibit such flexible behavior depending on social cues in the environment argues against the common notion that insects are robots, automatons controlled by their genes”
CLIMATE CHANGE
James C. Zachos: “The unusual global warming event of 56 million years ago would become one of key case studies for validating climate theory on greenhouse warming”
Ellen Thomas: “Earth will be just fine, as it has been over hundreds of millions of years, but we, people, will not be fine. It is our houses and our cities close to the sea that will not be sustainable”
ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Timothy Besley: “There has never been a famine in a country with free media”
Torsten Persson: “Stronger states are richer and less violent than weaker states”
Guido Tabellini: “Despite large public debts, inequality and redistributive conflict can hamper economic growth”
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Steven Pinker: “The ideal of progress is not a matter of optimism or idealism but a demonstrable empirical fact. It is by no means inevitable, but depends on applying reason to improve human flourishing”
Peter Singer: “Hundreds of people tell me that my work has changed their lives. Is there any other area of study that can have such a profound effect on the lives of those who take part in it?”
MUSIC AND OPERA
Thomas Adès: “I came to find that composing, necessary to my physical survival, could give me access to this power. And I learned that times change, but the problems are the same”
