Virtual Swiss Pavilion
Takaaki Kajita, Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
Unlocking the Universe’s Secret with Neutrinos
Join Nobel Laureate Takaaki Kajita, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Tokyo and Director of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, for a fascinating journey into the world of neutrinos.
The lecture is live-streamed in the virtual auditorium of the University of Zurich and made freely accessible to a global audience via the Metaverse environment of the Osaka World Expo and the Swiss Pavilion.
Renowned for his groundbreaking discovery of neutrino oscillations — recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2015 — Professor Kajita will share how tiny, elusive particles help us probe the most fundamental mysteries of the universe. Drawing from decades of work with the Super-Kamiokande detector and leading the KAGRA gravitational wave project, his talk offers a rare glimpse into the future of particle astrophysics.
Nobel Talks – Designing Progress Together is the first virtual lecture series in the Metaverse featuring Nobel Laureates and other outstanding thinkers of our time. Organised by the Metapeace Association and powered by the University of Zurich (UZH) Blockchain Center, the series will launch on the occasion of Expo 2025 in Osaka and will run from May to October 2025. Nobel Talks is an independent contribution to the Expo’s main theme, “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” aiming to foster global dialogue on progress, peace, and societal transformation in the digital space. The lectures will be broadcasted live in the virtual Swiss Pavilion of Expo 2025, designed by the UZH Blockchain Center, an interdisciplinary research center of the University of Zurich.
Nobel Talks creates a new form of scientific exchange in the digital space – open, accessible, and global. The goal is to inspire young people and experts worldwide to engage in the Metaverse with future-oriented questions and to experience science and technology as cornerstones of transformative development and peace.
Outline
17:00 - 17:05 (JST) 10:00 - 10:05 (CEST) Words of Welcome by Prof. Claudio Tessone, Co-founder and Chairman of the UZH Blockchain Center
17:05 - 17:10 (JST) 10:05 - 10:10 (CEST) Words of Welcome by Janis Hegwein, Co-founder and President of the Metapeace Association
17:10 - 17:55 (JST) 10:10 - 10:55 (CEST) Nobel Talk by Nobel Laureate Takaaki Kajita “Unlocking the Universe’s Secrets with Neutrinos”
17:55 - 18:15 (JST) 10:55 - 11:15 (CEST) Q&A Session
Access to the Virtual Pavilion
Click here to download the app. Once you’ve registered, scan the QR-code below to get to the Virtual Swiss Pavilion.
You’ll be sent to the Island of Harmony, where the Virtual Swiss Pavilion is located on the right side. Enter the Pavilion and the Aula.
