Nobel Conference® XXXVII Schedule of Events TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 9:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony Lund Arena Academic Procession Welcome Axel D. Steuer, President of the College Introduction of Panelists Tim Robinson, Director, Nobel Conference 10 a.m. Lecture Lund Arena "Science, a Round Peg in a Square World" Sir Harold W. Kroto University of Sussex, Brighton, England 1996 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 11 a.m. Q & A Session Lund Arena Moderated by Cornelia Dean Chief Science Editor, The New York Times 11:30 a.m. Lunch Break 1 p.m. Lecture Lund Arena "Science and Ethics: A Marriage of Necessity and Choice for This Millennium" Roald Hoffmann Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1981 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2 p.m. Q & A Session Lund Arena Moderated by Cornelia Dean 2:30 p.m. Refreshment Break 3 p.m. Lecture Lund Arena "A Century of Nobel Prizes" Erling C.J. Norrby Secretary General, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm 4 p.m. Q & A Session Lund Arena Moderated by Cornelia Dean 5:30 p.m. Centennial Banquet Alumni Hall (by invitation) Champagne reception followed by formal dinner recreating the first Nobel Prize banquet 8 p.m. Honorary Degree Ceremony and Nobel Symphony Christ Chapel WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 9:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony Lund Arena Nobel Symphony Postlude 10 a.m. Lecture Lund Arena "How Proteins Speak with One Another in Cell Signaling" Edmond H. Fischer University of Washington, Seattle 1992 Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine 11 a.m. Q & A Session Lund Arena Moderated by Cornelia Dean 11:30 a.m. Lunch Break 1 p.m. Lecture Lund Arena (Live Telecast) "Mad Cows, Demented People, and the Biology of Prions" Stanley B. Prusiner University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco 1997 Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine 2 p.m. Q & A Session Lund Arena Moderated by Cornelia Dean 2:30 p.m. Refreshment Break 3 p.m. Lecture Lund Arena "Protein Targeting" Günter Blobel The Rockefeller University, New York 1999 Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine 4 p.m. Q & A Session Lund Arena Moderated by Cornelia Dean 6:30 p.m. Nobel Banquet Evelyn Young Dining Room, Jackson Campus Center Lecture: "What Remains to Be Discovered" Sir John R. Maddox Former Editor, Nature Magazine, London, England |
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