• Processional — The Gustavus Wind Orchestra
• Invocation: Brian Johnson, Chaplain to the College
• Welcome: Jim Peterson, President of the College
• Conference Introduction: Tim Robinson, Professor of Psychology and Nobel Conference Director
• Conferral of Honorary Degree upon Wolfgang Ketterle
  • Citator: Chuck Niederriter, Professor of Physics and Chair, Nobel Conference 41
  • Lictors: Dennis Henry, Professor of Physics
    Colleen Jacks, Associate Professor of Biology

• Introduction of Speaker: Scott Bur, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• "Bose-Einstein Condensates and Other New Forms of Matter Close to Absolute Zero"
  
  Wolfgang Ketterle
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  2001 Nobel Laureate in Physics

• Prelude
  The Vasa Wind Orchestra Douglas Nimmo, Conductor

• Introduction of Speaker: Mike Hvidsten, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
• "The Education of Albert Einstein"
  
  Thomas Levenson
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of Einstein in Berlin

• Prelude
  Trombone Choir
  Scott Moore, Conductor

• Introduction of Speaker: Tom LoFaro, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
• "Warped Spacetime: Einstein's General Relativity Legacy"
  Kip S. Thorne
  California Institute of Technology

• Alumni Hall, Johnson Student Union
• John Haught
  Georgetown Center for the Study of Science and Religion
• Introduction: Darrell Jodock, Drell and Adeline Bernhardson Distinguished Professor in Lutheran Studies

• Anderson Theatre
• Janet Allard, Playwright
• Amy Seham, Director

• The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, Warren Friesen, Conductor
• The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band, Steve Wright, Director
• The Chamber Singers, Gregory Aune, Conductor

• The Gustavus Philharmonic Orchestra
• Warren Friesen, Conductor

Welcome: Tim Robinson

• Introduction of Speaker: Steve Mellema, Professor of Physics
• "Is Cosmic Concordance in Concomitance with Superstring/M-Theory?"
  
  S. James Gates Jr.
  University of Maryland, College Park

• The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band
  Steve Wright, Director

• Introduction of Speaker: Larry Potts, Professor of Chemistry
• "The Legacy of Albert Einstein for Cosmology"
  Wendy Freedman
  Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, Calif.

• Brass Choir
  Scott Moore, Conductor

• Introduction of Speaker: Tom Huber, Associate Professor of Physics
• "The Existence of Life in the Universe and the Crucial Issue of Ethics"
  George F.R. Ellis
  University of Cape Town, South Africa

• Evelyn Young Dining Room, Jackson Campus Center
• Invocation: Rachel Larson, Chaplain to the College
• Welcome: Jim Peterson
• Master of Ceremonies: Tim Robinson
• Closing Panel
  Ira Flatow, Moderator
  Science Correspondent, National Public Radio
  Introduction: Phil Bryant, Associate Professor of English