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The Nobel Foundation (Swedish: Nobelstiftelsen) is a private institution founded on 29 June 1900 to manage the finances and administration of the Nobel Prizes.1 The Foundation is based on the last will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.2 It also holds Nobel Symposia on important breakthroughs in science and topics of cultural or social significance.

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Nobel Symposia

In 1965, the Foundation initiated the Nobel Symposia, a program that holds symposia "devoted to areas of science where breakthroughs are occurring or deal with other topics of primary cultural or social significance."3 The symposia has covered topics such as prostaglandins, chemical kinetics, diabetes mellitus, string theory, cosmology, and the Cold War in the 1980s.4 The Nobel Symposium Committee consists of members from the Nobel Committees in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine; the Prize Committee for Economics; the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation; and the Wallenberg Foundation.3

Michael Nobel Energy Award

In 2007 Dr. Michael Nobel, a great grand nephew of Alfred Nobel, attempted to start a prize called the Michael Nobel Energy Award that would award innovations in alternative energy technology.56 The plan was announced at nanoTX 07. The Nobel Foundation quickly reacted by threatening legal action for infringement of their trademark.The Director of the Nobel Foundation and the elected Chairman of the Board of the Nobel Family Society disapproved to the institution of the so called 'Dr. Michael Nobel Award' as well as the Nobel Charitable Trust and Nobel Family Benevolent society. 789

Michael Nobel was born as Michael Oleinikoff. Michael's father Sven Oleinikoff changed to his mother's maiden name Nobel, and subsequently, so did Michael.

Michael has (as of June 2008) not abided to the advice of the Nobel foundation and the Nobel family head, but continues his efforts to establish a new prize in his own (taken) name. 10 Furthermore, on the 10th of October, 2008, Michael Nobel gave a talk, where transcripts of his speech falsely attributes him to be representing the "Nobel Peace Foundation".11

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  1. ^ Lemmel, Birgitta (2007-06-29). "The Nobel Foundation: A Century of Growth and Change". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Foundation". Nobel Foundation (2007-09-24). Retrieved on 2007-10-28. "The Nobel Foundation is a private institution established in 1900 based on the will of Alfred Nobel. The Foundation manages the assets made available through the will for the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace. It represents the Nobel Institutions externally and administers informational activities and arrangements surrounding the presentation of the Nobel Prize."
  3. ^ a b "Nobel Symposia". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  4. ^ "Complete List of Nobel Symposia from 1965 - present". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
  5. ^ Nobel, Philip (2007-10-09). "Michael Nobel Energy Award", PRBuzz.com. Retrieved on 18 October 2007. 
  6. ^ Nobel, Philip (2007-10-09). "Statement from the Nobel Charitable Trust Foundation regarding the Michael Nobel Energy Award", I-Newswire.com. Retrieved on 18 October 2007. 
  7. ^ Metro: Nobel var en bedragare
  8. ^ nanoPRwire (2007-09-24). "Michael Nobel Relieved of nanoTX'07 Activities After Protest from Nobel Foundation and Family Society". Nano Science and Technology Institute. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
  9. ^ Feder, Barnaby J. (2007-10-18). "The Nobel Prize That Wasn’t", The New York Times. Retrieved on 18 October 2007. 
  10. ^ New set of Noble prizes for energy in offing - Yahoo! India News
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