Award ceremony and panel discussion with Svante Pääbo, Alumnus of the Year 2023

Each year, Uppsala University awards the title of Alumnus of the Year to an alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to their professional field, or has accomplished something else worthy of commending. The purpose of the award is to acknowledge and honour alumni who, through their drive and commitment, make our world a better place.
The recipient of the Alumnus of the Year 2023 award is Svante Pääbo, the 2022 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. On 9 February 2024, we welcomed Svante Pääbo back to his Alma Mater for an award ceremony and a panel discussion between himself and four of the university's leading researchers, on the theme "What makes us uniquely human?"
Panel Participants:
Svante Pääbo, Director, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Gustaf Gredebäck, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Uppsala University
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Professor of Comparative Genomics, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University
Thomas Schön, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University
Katarina Westerlund, Associate Professor in Empirical-Practical Studies of Religion and Theology, Department of Theology, Uppsala University
The discussion was moderated by journalist Claes Elfsberg.