Israel to host world's biggest science conference

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from ynet news March 25, 2015 by Itamar Eichner

Dozens of world renowned scientists, Nobel Prize laureates and 400 young people considered the future generation of global science will participate in a major event in Jerusalem this summer.

A supercomputer would be needed to calculate the intelligence quotient in this event: About 20 Nobel Prize laureates in science, dozens of world renowned scientists and 400 young people considered the future generation of global science will participate this summer in the World Science Conference – Israel (WSCI) in Jerusalem.

According to the organizers, it will be the biggest conference of its kind ever held in the world.

The event, which will take place in August, will last several days. Its participants will arrive from 60 countries and its organization is expected to cost about NIS 5 million ($1.25 million).

The conference was initiated by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, American Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry Prof. Roger Kornberg, the Ministry of Science, the Prime Minister's Office and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, which will host the event.

The participants will all stay in the same hotel, which will turn during the conference in a sort of scientific Olympic village for young and old geniuses. The results of the wise analyses and discussions between them will likely be seen in the coming years.

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