2020 Tang Prize Awarding Ceremony and Laureate Lecture Go Virtual on November 20 and 27, 2021

TAIPEI, Nov. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2020 Tang Prize Awarding Ceremony is scheduled to be held online at 2p.m. Taipei time (GMT+8) on Saturday, November 20, 2021. The Tang Prize Foundation will livestream the whole event, which features eight laureates receiving the awards and making their acceptance speeches. Viewers all over the world are cordially invited to take part in this joyful celebration of the outstanding achievements of our 2020 laureates.  

In conjunction with the 4^th Tang Prize Awarding Ceremony, eight laureate's lectures have been scheduled for November 20 and 27. Anyone interested in topics concerning sustainable development, biopharmaceutical science, Sinology, and the rule of law is cordially invited to visit the Foundation's website (https://www.tang-prize.org/en/first.php) and YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/theTangPrize) on these two Saturdays.

Five lectures will be held on November 20, beginning at 10 a.m. with "From Wen to Shi: China's Road", delivered by Sinology winner Prof. Wang Gungwu. It will be followed by "Hope", a talk to be given by Dr. Jane Goodall, laureate in Sustainable Development. Three lectures by winners in Rule of Law will ensue in the evening. At 7:30p.m., the lecture, "Impact of PIL (Public Interest Litigation)", will be presented by the representative of The Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association. At 8p.m., the representative from The Legal Agenda will be discussing "Public Interest Litigation in Undemocratic Arab Contexts: Lessons from The Legal Agenda Experiences". At 8:45p.m., two members from Dejusticia: The Center for Law, Justice and Society will be speaking on "Strategic Litigation, Democracy, and Social Justice: A Perspective from Dejusticia and Global South."

Slated for November 27 are lectures by three laureates in Biopharmaceutical Science. At 4p.m., Dr. Charles Dinarello will be talking about "Interleukin-1, the Prime Mediator of Systemic and Local Inflammation". Soon afterward, Dr. Marc Feldmann will be shedding light on "Translating Molecular Insights in Autoimmunity into Effective Therapy" at 5p.m. Finally, at 6p.m., Dr. Tadamitsu Kishimoto will be sharing his knowledge of "Interleukin-6: from Arthritis to CAR-T and COVID-19".

The 2020 Awarding Ceremony, held against the backdrop of a global pandemic, will have a special significance, as every laureate has helped ease this health crisis in their own way. You will be touched by the laureates' dedication to their work as well as by their contributions and vision, and become duly concerned about the sustainable future of our planet.