Fred Kavli visits Trondheim and the Kavli Institute

Fred Kavli was the main speaker at a symposium on philanthropy organized by Trondheim Foundation for Neuroscience in collaboration with Focus Bank and NTNU at Britannia Hotel in Trondheim on September 6, 2011.
He spoke about motivation and experiences in his philanthropic efforts to support science. Minister of Science, Tora Aasland, spoke about quality in research and May-Britt and Edvard Moser provided an overview of the Kavli Institute’s research activities. More than 60 participants from the business community in Trondheim as well as authorities and academia attended the symposium.
Fred Kavli also found time to visit the new laboratories under construction at the Kavli Institute.