Doors Open

Musical Prelude

Academic Procession and Opening Ceremony

• Processional (The Gustavus Wind Orchestra)
• Invocation: Rachel Larson, College Chaplain
• Welcome: Jim Peterson, President of the College
• Conference Introduction: Tim Robinson, Professor of Psychology and Nobel Conference Directory
• Conferral of Honorary Degree upon 1997 Nobel Laureate Steven Chu

First Lecture: Steven Chu
"The World's Energy Problem and What We Can Do About It"

• Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; 1997 Nobel laureate in physics

Q&A Session

Lunch Break

Musical Prelude

The Vasa Wind Orchestra, Douglas Nimmo, Conductor

Introduction of Speaker: James Welsh, Associate Professor of Geology

Second Lecture: Kenneth S. Deffeyes
"Peak Oil: Here and Now"

• Professor emeritus of geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Q&A Session

Break

Introduction of Speaker: John Clementson, Professor of Education

Third Lecture: Lee Rybeck Lynd
"Biofuels: Technology, Challenges and Their Role in a Sustainable World"

• Professor of engineering, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

Q&A Session

Dinner Break

Art at the Nobel Conference

• Reception, 6–8 p.m. (no ticket required)

Minnesota Energy Forum
Concurrent sessions at two sites

"Care for Our World's Resources: A Biblical Perspective"
Bishop Craig Johnson, Minneapolis Area Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

"Community-Based Energy: Local Ownership of Renewable Energy"
Dan Juhl, DanMar and Associates, Woodstock, Minn.

Venue 1

Lund Center Arena

Venue 2

Alumni Hall, Johnson Student Union

Minnesota Energy Forum, II
Concurrent sessions at two sites

"Global Warming: Minnesota Impacts, Minnesota Solutions"
J. Drake Hamilton, Science Policy Director, Fresh Energy, St. Paul, Minn.

"Advances in Biofuels: Ethanol and Beyond"
Doug Cameron, Chief Scientific Officer, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Park, Calif.

Venue 1

Lund Center Arena

Venue 2

Alumni Hall, Johnson Student Union

Music at the Nobel Conference

• Featuring the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, Warren Friesen, Conductor (no ticket required)

Doors Open

Opening Music and Welcome

• Trombone Choir, Scott Moore, Conductor
• Conferral of Honorary Degree upon Glen and LaVonne Johnson

Introduction of Speaker:
Jeffrey Jeremiason, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Fourth Lecture: James E. Hansen
"The Threat to the Planet: The Dark and Bright Sides of Global Warming"

• Lead climate scientist and director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York

Q&A Session

Lunch Break

Musical Prelude

The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band, Steve Wright, Director

Introduction of Speaker:
Glenn Barnette, Associate Professor of Economics and Management

Fifth Lecture: Paul L. Joskow
"Placing a Price on Greenhouse Gas Emissions"

• Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

Q&A Session

Break

Introduction of Speaker:
Thomas Huber, Associate Professor of Physics

Sixth Lecture: Joan M. Ogden
"Prospects for Hydrogen Energy"

• Co-director of the Hydrogen Pathways Program, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis

Q&A Session

Nobel Banquet and Closing Lecture

• Invocation: Brian Johnson, College Chaplain
• Master of Ceremonies: Tim Robinson

Introduction of Speaker
Robert Douglas, Professor of Geography

Closing Lecture: Will Steger
"The Front Lines of Global Warming—Will Steger's Eyewitness Account"

• Polar explorer, writer, conservationist, educator, and photographer

Will Steger's lecture will begin at or soon after 7:30 p.m. Conference attendees who do not have tickets for the banquet may go to Alumni Hall, Johnson Student Union, to hear the simulcast lecture.