Henkel helps students meet Nobel Prize winners

It's not every day you get to rub shoulders with Nobel Prize Winners but 60 lucky chemistry students have been doing just that for the past week.

Germany's Henkel helped to take the young scientists to Lindau on the shores of Lake Constance for the annual Nobel Prize-Winner Conference that was first held in 1951. They were among some 580 students from 67 countries who had convened to discuss sustainable chemistry during the week-long meeting from June 28 to July 3.

While there, Henkel also invited them to an exclusive dinner where they could talk to two of the Nobel Prize winners and members of the company's senior management. The applicants - some of the most promising scientific talents - were put forward by their universities and research institutions.

“Forging personal contacts with committed students is of great importance for us. The dinner provided a good opportunity to get to know a range of young yet already highly qualified scientists from around the world,” said Jessica Thiel, global head of talent, leadership and learning.