The 9th Swiss Biennial on Science, Technics and Aesthetics titled “The Large, the Small and the Human Mind” was held in Lucerne on March 31 and April 1.  

This year’s event was devoted to brain research, universe study, and satellite programs.     

The two keynote speakers in the discussions devoted to universe study were renowned scientist Sir Roger Penrose of the University of Oxford; and Vahagn Gurzadyan of the Center for Cosmology and Astrophysics, National Laboratory of Armenia, and Yerevan State University. 

The deliberations closed with roundtable discussions moderated by Sir Malcolm Longair of the University of Cambridge, who chairs the European Space Agency Science Committee.