Where the pioneers of computation meet the builders and capital shaping what comes next.
"Mathematics and computer science pervade every level and field of life. Their social value keeps growing — laying the foundation for today's high-tech society and creating a culture of our own."
Breakthroughs now depend on integrating frontier science, scalable models, compute infrastructure, and capital formation.
Intelligence is ceasing to be a tool and becoming infrastructure — and 2026 sets its foundations.
The frontier conversations shaping the next era of science, intelligence and capital.
A week of thorough scientific dialogue between the world's laureates and 200 young researchers — the model we build on.
Founded by Klaus Tschira to bridge mathematics and computer science, the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF) was established in 2013. Each year it brings the most distinguished mathematicians and computer scientists together with 200 young researchers from around the world for a week of in-depth exchange in Heidelberg.
Its power lies in an informal structure — laureates and rising scholars interact far beyond the podium. Funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation, with HITS and Heidelberg University as research partners, and supported by the ACM, the IMU and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Andreas Reuter — Scientific Chairman, HLF Foundation · shared the 1992 Turing Award textbook legacy with Jim Gray, and helped Klaus Tschira establish the Forum in 2012.
Ruth Wetzlar — Managing Director, HLF Foundation · built and has organized the Forum from the ground up since 2012.
— the architects of the modern scientific age.
The leaders shaping frontier AI, global capital and science.
Two days in Hong Kong — panels and fireside chats, interleaved, building to the Gala.
Co-hosted by the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation and the Innovative Business Foundation — the HLFF's first science gathering outside Europe. A two-day programme of banquet and forum, with laureates sharing their work with young scientists at Hong Kong PolyU. The Opening Banquet was officiated by the HKSAR Chief Executive.
The Turing Night · Hong Kong · December 11 – 12, 2026
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