TALKS 2026: FREEDOM

Time
Sept. 17 2026 at 13:30 - 13:32
Place
Place: Inge Lehmann Atrium, Niels Bohr Building, 2200 Cph N
Organiser
Center for Medicinal Chemistry
Type
Talk
How do we define freedom? Are humans free? And what about free energy of binding in drug design - is that analogous to friendships? Join in for an inspirational afternoon kicking off with a performance dance followed by two TALKS.

Drinks will be served.

Participation is free of charge. Registration required (open now).

Program

14:15 Welcome – grab a drink

14:30   Pas de Deux: The Extra Mile
           Dansers: Erika Cucumazzo & Yuri Fortini. Choreographer: Lotte Sigh
           Copenhagen International Dance Festival. Link

14:50   TALK 1: The Free Human: Ethics, imagination, psychosis

Are humans free? Are thoughts free? What are thoughts during a psychosis? We will investigate the borderland consciousness and psychosis and search for freedom. Does ethics and moral compass guide or limit our freedom? Can the field biological psychiatry help us understand ourselves?

  • Lars Cyril Nørgaard, Associate Professor, Church History Section, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen. Link

  • Bjørn H. Ebdrup, Professor, MD, Head of Center for Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatric Center Glostrup. Link

15:25 Break

15:45 TALK 2: Free Energy of Binding in Drug Design Vs in Friendships.

In this TALK we will analyze the laws of thermodynamics on guest-host binding and examine how this extends to friendships.

  • Jiwoong Lee, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. Link

  • Line Jensen, Author and Illustrator. Link

16:20 Stay for another drink (the event ends at 17:00)

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The two TALKS are moderated by Journalist Kristoffer Zøllner.

Registration

Registration is free of charge. Open now: Link to registration