The 2020 Tang Prize Awarding Ceremony is scheduled to be held online at 2p.m. 
Taipei time(GMT+8) on Saturday, Nov.20,2021. The Tang Prize Foundation will 
livestream the whole event, which features eight laureates receiving the awards 
and making their acceptance speeches. Viewers all over the world are cordially 
invited to take part in this joyful celebration of the outstanding achievements 
of our 2020 laureates.

In conjunction with the 4th Tang Prize Awarding Ceremony, eight laureate's 
lectures have been scheduled for Nov.20&27. Anyone interested in topics 
concerning sustainable development, biopharmaceutical science, Sinology, and 
the rule of law is cordially invited to visit the Foundation's 
website(https://www.tang-prize.org/en/first.php) and YouTube 
channel(https://www.youtube.com/user/theTangPrize) on these two Saturdays. 

Five lectures will be held on Nov.20, beginning at 10a.m. with "From Wen to 
Shi: China's Road", delivered by Sinology winner Prof. Wang Gungwu. It will be 
followed by "Hope", a talk to be given by Dr. Jane Goodall, laureate in 
Sustainable Development. Three lectures by winners in Rule of Law will ensue in 
the evening. At 7:30p.m, the lecture, "Impact of PIL (Public Interest 
Litigation)", will be presented by the representative of The Bangladesh 
Environmental Lawyers Association. At 8p.m., the representative from The Legal 
Agenda will be discussing "Public Interest Litigation in Undemocratic Arab 
Contexts: Lessons from The Legal Agenda Experiences". At 8:45p.m., two members 
from Dejusticia: The Center for Law, Justice and Society will be speaking on 
"Strategic Litigation, Democracy, and Social Justice: A Perspective from 
Dejusticia and Global South." 

Slated for Nov.27 are lectures by three laureates in Biopharmaceutical Science. 
At 4p.m, Dr. Charles Dinarello will be talking about "Interleukin-1, the Prime 
Mediator of Systemic and Local Inflammation". Soon afterward, Dr. Marc Feldmann 
will be shedding light on "Translating Molecular Insights in Autoimmunity into 
Effective Therapy" at 5p.m. Finally, at 6p.m., Dr. Tadamitsu Kishimoto will be 
sharing his knowledge of "Interleukin-6: from Arthritis to CAR-T and COVID-19".

The 2020 Awarding Ceremony, held against the backdrop of a global pandemic, 
will have a special significance, as every laureate has helped ease this health 
crisis in their own way. You will be touched by the laureates' dedication to 
their work as well as by their contributions and vision, and become duly 
concerned about the sustainable future of our planet.

SOURCE: The Tang Prize Foundation

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