The Latsis Symposium of ETH Zurich is a prestigious annual event. The selection of the symposium's theme – always a topic of ground-breaking importance – and its organizers is made on the basis of a competitive application process. The Fondation Latsis Internationale, a non-profit, public benefit foundation established in 1975, has been supporting the annual Latsis Symposium at ETH Zurich since 1986. The theme of the symposium must relate to an area in which research is being conducted at ETH Zurich and which is of interest to the general public.