The Academy meeting in honour of the LAS Grand Medal 2010 laureate Professor K. Schwartz will be held on 21 April 2010 at15:00 in the Small Hall of the Academy (3^rd floor)

The Meeting postponed to 16 June at 15.00

Agenda

• Presentation of the LAS Grand Medal to Professor Kurt Schwartz (Latvia – Germany), full member of the LAS

• Laudatio for Kurt Schwartz read by the LAS President Juris Ekmanis

• Academic lecture given by the laureate “Research in Radiation Physics: from Salaspils Nuclear Reactor to Darmstadt Heavy Ion Accelerator”

The Latvian Academy of Sciences will hold the Spring General Meeting on Thursday, 8 April 2010 at 14.00 in the Conference Hall of the Academy.

Agenda

The Opening speech of the LAS President Juris Ekmanis

Ceremony of presenting the LAS Awards

Latvia’s economy: current status and future prospects, keynote lecture given by the President of the Bank of Latvia Mr. I. Rimsevics

Report on the LAS activities in 2009 by Secretary General Valdis Kampars

Report of the LAS Supervisory Council by the Council’s Chairman Peteris Zvidrins

Discussion

On 9 February 2010 the Senate of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) took a decision to award the 2010 LAS Grand Medals to

Marcis Auzins for outstanding contribution to the research of coherent process in atomic and molecular physics

and

Kurt Schwartz for the outstanding work and achievements in practical solutions in radiation physics and holography

The Grand Medal is the most prestigious honor in Latvia bestowed by the Latvian Academy of Sciences on a scientist for his outstanding creative solutions. The Academy has been awarding Grand Medals to two – Latvian and foreign – scientists every year since 1992.

The Top ten scientific developments in Latvia in 2009 have been named by the Latvian Academy of Sciences. The list of Latvian Science’s Top 10 of 2009 was made after careful consideration of the proposals submitted by the universities, research institutes and centres.