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In 1955 at the 5th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, German physics Nobel laureates Max Born and Otto Hahn initiated the ‘Mainau Declaration against the Use of Nuclear Weapons’ that was meant to urge world leaders to abstain from using nuclear weapons. It was initially signed by 18 Nobel laureates attending the meeting, but the number of signatories grew to 52 within a year. Sixty years later, at the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in the summer of 2015, a second Mainau Declaration was issued, this time making a statement on the need to combat climate change. The declaration was initially signed by 36 attending Nobel laureates who were later joined by 40 additional colleagues. The first "Mainau Declaration 2024 Against Nuclear Weapons" was taken up in the context of the "Mainau Declaration 2024" in 2024. At the conclusion of the 73rd At the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, 30 Nobel laureates signed a declaration, read out by David J. Gross, warning of the dangers of nuclear war.
=== Lindau Guidelines === Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn initiated the “Lindau Guidelines” in her opening speech during the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. The initiative formulates guidelines for global, sustainable and cooperative open science in the 21st century. The “Lindau Guidelines” currently comprise 10 goals, which are still openly discussed and are to be officially adopted and signed at the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in 2021.The Lindau Guidelines were signed by numerous Nobel laureates and other scientists.
=== Asian Science Camp ===
The Asian Science Camp, an annual forum for pre-collegiate and college students which aims at promoting discussion and cooperation among Asian students for the betterment of science in the Asian region, is modeled after the Lindau meetings. This idea of an annual camp was co-proposed by Yuan Tseh Lee and Masatoshi Koshiba at the 2005 Nobel Laureate Meetings at Lindau. With the exception of the COVID-19 pandemic, the forum has been meeting annually since 2007.
== Mediatheque == Due to the fact that the Lindau Meetings have such a long tradition and history, a digital and open to the public archive was established. It currently contains about 400 hours of video footage of lectures held by Nobel laureates during the Lindau meetings. In addition, photos, animated educational films and interactive content like virtual tours of Nobel laureates’ laboratories and an interactive map showing the career paths of the laureates are also available. The mediatheque is also used as an educational tool providing topic dossiers and introductions to certain scientific fields that can be used by teachers and professors.
== Other projects and outreach == The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are also actively engaging in outreach projects and science communication based on their ‘Mission Education’ leitmotif. Among these projects are the photo exhibition ‘Sketches of Science’ by German photographer Volker Steger being exhibited world-wide and a permanent exhibition on the history of the meetings in Lindau's city museum.
== Footnotes ==
== References == Burmester, Ralph (2000), Science at First Hand. 50 years of the Meetings of Nobel Laureates in Lindau on Lake Constance, Munich, Bonn, Washington: Deutsches Museum, Deutsches Museum Bonn and National Museum of American History, ISBN 3-924183-58-9 Burmester, Ralph (2015), Science at First Hand. 65 years of Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, Deutsches Museum Bonn
== External links == www.lindau-nobel.org - official website http://mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org - online archive with videos of Nobel laureate lectures