Yonsei, Nobel Visions Six Nobel Laureates gathered at Yonsei to participate in the 2nd Yonsei Nobel Forum. It was a rare opportunity for Yonsei students to listen to lectures given by Nobel Laureates in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, and Economics, and also to have discussions with them on the theme of “Creativity and the Future.” The invited Nobel Laureates were: Vernon L. Smith (2002 Economics), James A. Mirrlees (1996 Economics), K. Barry Sharpless (2001 Chemistry), Ryoji Noyori (2001 Chemistry), George F. Smoot (2006 Physics), and H. Robert Horvitz (2002 Medicine/Physiology). The Yonsei Nobel Forum is part of Yonsei’s efforts to become a globally competitive research university. For scientists and engineers especially, the Nobel Forum holds added significance. Meeting Nobel Laureates at Yonsei raises public awareness of the importance of scientific studies at a time when interest in science and engineering is unusually low. For the Yonsei community in general, the Nobel Forum will encourage Yonsei students and researchers to reach higher and further in their respective fields. A similar event was held last year with eight participating Nobel Laureates under the title of “Yonsei-BK21 with Nobel Laureates,” making this year’s event the second annual forum. An Introduction to This Year’s Nobel Scholars Vernon L. Smith (George Mason University)) Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for his development of laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms. James A. Mirrlees (University of Cambridge)) Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1996for his fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information. K. Barry Sharpless (The Scripps Research Institute) Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions. Ryoji Noyori (Nagoya University)) Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001 for his work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions. George F. Smoot (University of California, Berkeley)) Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006for the discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation. H. Robert Horvitz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)) Awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology in 2002 for discoveries in genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death.