09:00

Registration and Coffee

09:30

Welcome by Denis Monard, SCNAT President

09:40

Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University
Dimensionality across Chemistry: 0-D to 8-D
Chair: Jay S. Siegel, University of Zurich

10:30

Klaus Ensslin, ETH Zurich
Dimensionality and Functionality of Quantum Devices
Chair: Christofer Hierold, ETH Zurich

11:20

Omar M. Yaghi, University of California Los Angeles
3-D «genes» in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Chair: Edwin Constable, University of Basel

12:10

Lunch

13:10

Prix Schläfli 2011

13:30

Nadrian C. Seeman, New York University
DNA: Not Merely the Secret of Life
Chair: Helma Wennemers, University of Basel

14:20

Douglas C. Rees, California Institute of Technology
The Ins and Outs of Cells: Membranes and Transporters
Chair: Kasper P. Locher, ETH Zurich

15:10

Intermission

15:40

Dick Bedeaux, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Dimensionality in Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Chair: Hans Christian Öttinger, ETH Zurich

16:30

Walter Steurer, ETH Zurich
Quasicrystals – Shadows from Hyperspace
Chair: Gervais Chapuis, EPF Lausanne

17:20

Kurt W. Forster, Yale University
Scale, Pattern and Chance in Architecture
Chair: Philip Ursprung, ETH Zurich

18:10

Closing Remarks

18:20

Aperitif