Elaine Fuchs, laureate of the 2020 Canada Gairdner Intl Award, advocated for zero discrimination between genders, races and personalities at the SHE Forum of the 4th WLF.

If leaders make a visible effort to ask for and listen to the views of women, minorities and quiet men, everyone will begin to appreciate each other's strengths and become more confident.

Lenore Blum, professor of computer science at CMU and academician of NAS: call me Lenore, Mrs. Blum.

Manuel Blum, laureate of the 1995 TuringAward and husband of Lenore: woman can hold up half the sky.

"Lenore is my perfect academic partner," said Blum at the WLF She Forum, "she told me it is time to study human consciousness."

"Whether genetic engineering is good or bad is unknown, but we cannot give up," said Michael Shepard, winner of the 2019 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, on Nov 2.

"I am very much in favor for more research on microorganisms," said Tomas Lindahl, a Swedish medical scientist and also the 2015 NobelLaureate in Chemistry, during an interview at 4th WLF.

He said that microorganisms offer approaches to complicated diseases like cancer, as it can replace the functions of our cells. "Cells will be damaged in the process of DNA repair. Therefore, it is very important for us to find out how cells spread and transmit."

Dai Hongjie, winner of the 2006 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, said, "The world is facing common challenges and it's urgent to educate younger generations on sustainable energy."