The Shaw Prize Award Presentation Ceremony will be held in Hong Kong on Tuesday, 27 September 2016. You or your representative(s) are cordially invited to attend the event. Details are as follows:
| Date: | 27 September 2016 (Tuesday) | |
| Time: | 6:00pm | Press Registration & Briefing |
| 6:15-7:25pm | Guests Reception & Registration (interview & photo-taking at press zone only) | |
| 7:25-8:30pm | Award Presentation (* photo-taking at press zone only) | |
| Venue: | Grand Hall, New Wing, 3/F, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre | |
Officiating Guests
The Honourable C Y Leung, Chief Executive of the HKSAR, People’s Republic of China, will officiate the ceremony.
Speakers
| Professor Yuet-Wai Kan | Council Member & Chairman of the Board of Adjudicators, The Shaw Prize Foundation |
| Professor Peter Goldreich | Chairman of the Shaw Prize in Astronomy Selection Committee |
| Professor Randy W Schekman | Chairman of the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine Selection Committee |
| Professor John W Morgan | Member of the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences Selection Committee |
Shaw Laureates in Attendance
| Astronomy | Professor Ronald W P Drever (Represented by Professor John L Drever) |
| Professor Kip S Thorne | |
| Professor Rainer Weiss | |
| Life Science and Medicine | Professor Adrian P Bird |
| Professor Huda Y Zoghbi | |
| Mathematical Sciences | Professor Nigel J Hitchin |
* A press station for photo taking will be located in the Grand Hall, 45 meters (150 feet) away from the stage. Press members are advised to bring telephoto lenses and the necessary equipment.
The duration of the excerpt news footage cannot exceed 3 minutes (the Award Presentation Ceremony will be broadcast on HKTVB Jade and Pearl on 1 October at Hong Kong time 2230–2300 and on 3 October at Hong Kong time 1900–1925 respectively).
For press enquiries, please contact Link-Work Communications (HK) Ltd:
| Joanne Yik | Tel: 2918 0901 / 9216 3710 Email: joanne.yik@link-work.com.hk |
Invited by The Shaw Prize Foundation
Presented by Link-Work Communications (HK) Ltd
13 September 2016 Hong Kong
