39th WCC Award Ceremony
The 39th World Cultural Council Award Ceremony as successfully hosted by McGill University at its historic downtown campus in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. The 2024 Awards At this event, the Albert Einstein World Award of Science and the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts were conferred upon distinguished leaders in […]
Special Lectures 2024
Photo Gallery Photos by Owen Egan and Joni Dufour Special Lectures by Cónal Creedon and Eske Willerslev Special Lecture by Prof. Omar Yaghi
2024 WCC Event Live Stream
2024 Beatty lecture Tuesday, October 22 at 6 PM EDT Watch the live stream here: 2024 Award Ceremony at McGill University Wednesday, October 23 at 4 PM EDT Watch the live stream here:
Physics Nobel Prize 2024
Prof. John J. Hopfield, winner of the 2005 Albert Einstein World Cultural Council Award of Science has been granted the Physics Nobel Prize 2024. Awarded with the Albert Einstein World Award of Science in 2005, Professor Emeritus John Hopfield has now been honored with the prestigious 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. His groundbreaking contributions to […]
Winners of 2024 WCC Awards Announced
Award Ceremony to be held at McGill University, Montreal, Canada in October 2024 This year the World Cultural Council will celebrate its 39th Award Ceremony hosted by McGill University at its historic downtown campus in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. The Awards will be given by the President of the WCC, Sir Fraser Stoddart, President and […]
Extended call for 2025 nominations
Extended Call for WCC 2025 Awards nominations The World Cultural Council is now accepting nominations for the Albert Einstein and the José Vasconcelos 2025 Awards. Nominations must be submitted by January 31, 2025, midnight Central European Time (CET). The awards Nominees for the Albert Einstein World Award of Science should be eminent scientists whose achievements […]
Helsinki 2023 – University of Helsinki
Date: 2-3 November 2023 Place of Ceremony: Great Hall Host Institution: University of Helsinki Host Country: Finland Video of the 2023 Award Ceremony Science Award Professor Christoph Gerber, Department of Physics and Swiss Nano Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland, has been selected as the winner of the Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2023. The […]
Winners of World Cultural Council awards announced
Award Ceremony to be held at the University of Helsinki, Finland on November 2023 The University of Helsinki will host the 38th Annual World Cultural Council (WCC) Award Ceremony on Friday 3rd November 2023. At the event, the “Albert Einstein” World Award of Science and the “José Vasconcelos” World Award of Education will be conferred on eminent […]
Presidency of the World Cultural Council
Sir Colin Blakemore Sir Fraser Stoddart Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart will succeed Professor Sir Colin Blakemore as President of the World Cultural Council. He will assume this role for the 2022 Award Ceremony at the University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal. Fraser Stoddart has been a member of the faculty at Northwestern University since 2008. He […]