Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Symposium

The symposium is dedicated to the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845 - 1923). Several talks will highlight Röntgen's biography, as well as the current state of research and applications, in which X-rays play a fundamental role.

Start Date 18.09.2021 - 13:15
Event End 18.09.2021 - 17:45
Location ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg
Robert-Gnehm-Weg 15, 8093 Zürich (Hönggerberg) - Room HPV G4
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On Saturday 18 September 2021, a public symposium is dedicated to the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845 - 1923). In 2020 his 175th birthday and the 125th anniversary of his discovery of X-rays should have been celebrated, but the occasion had to be shifted to 2021 due to the pandemics. Several talks will highlight Röntgen's biography, as well as the current state of research and applications, in which X-rays play a fundamental role.

Since the combination of history and modern research is particularly attractive to young people, the organizing societies plan a special program in the morning before the Röntgen Symposium, where selected students, namely winners of the SwissPhO and similar competitions, can visit physics laboratories on Hönggerberg and get first-hand information about current research activities.

The public is cordially invited to attend the symposium lectures that will be given in English; admission is free and registration is not required.

The Young Talents Day and the Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Symposium is jointly organized by the Swiss Physical Society SPS, the Physikali­sche Gesellschaft Zürich PGZ, and the Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT.

Symposium program:

  • 13:15 - 14:00: Ralph Claessen, Universität Würzburg, Röntgen's discovery: from serendipity to scientific revolution
  • 14:00 - 14:45: Marco Stampanoni, ETH Zürich, 125 years of X-ray imaging and still eager to push further
  • 14:45 - 15:15: Kaffepause
  • 15:15 - 15:45: Clemens Schulze-Briese, Dectris Ltd. Baden, X-rays in industry and society, what we do today and what can be done tomorrow
  • 15:45 - 16:15: Davide Bleiner, EMPA, Progress in small scale X-ray lasers
  • 16:15 - 16:45: Stéphane Paltani, Université de Genève, The revolution of X-ray astronomy
  • 16:45 - 17:45: Apéro