QRW Past Plenary Lectures

Key Dates:

Friday 1 May, 2026

Registration & Abstract Submission Open

Wednesday 1 July, 2026

Abstract Submission Deadline

Friday 17 July, 2026

Early Bird Registration Deadline 4pm

Thursday 20 August, 2026

Registrations close 4pm

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We have been honoured to have a number of global science leaders present the main plenary lecture at Queenstown Research Week

2005	Sydney Brenner	Nobel Prize
2006	Tim Hunt	Nobel Prize
2007	John Walker	Nobel Prize
2008	Kary Mullis	Nobel Prize
2009	Martin Evans	Nobel Prize
2010	Aaron Ciechenover	Nobel Prize
2011	Barry Marshall	Nobel Prize
2012	Peter Dohery	Nobel Prize
2013	Susumu Tonegawa	Nobel Prize
2016	John Gurdon	Nobel Prize
2017	Bruce Beutler	Nobel Prize
2018	Elizabeth Blackburn	Nobel Prize
2019	Joan Steitz	Lasker Award
2020	Richard J. Roberts	Nobel Prize
2023	David Julius	Nobel Prize
2024	Jane Harding & Ashley Bloomfield
2025	Tak Mak