Prof. Flemming Besenbacher

Flemming Besenbacher is the Chairman of the Board of Direct­ors of the Carlsberg Foundation and of the Supervisory Boards of property companies affiliated to the Carlsberg Foundation. Prof. Besenbacher is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Carlsberg Labor­atory and member of the Boards of the Tuborg Foundation and MedTech Innovation Center. He was director of the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, from 1 January 2002 to 1 February 2012. He has extensive experience of managing large knowledge-based organisations and has strong competences relating to innovation, research, CSR and sustainable development. Flemming Besenbacher is Professor Honoris Causa at a number of international universities, including Chongqing University, China, and a recipient of the prestigious Einstein Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Presentation

Chairman of the session.