Doors Open

Musical Prelude

• The Gustavus Wind Orchestra, James Patrick Miller, Conductor
  • Aubrey Fanfare (1998) Jack Stamp (b. 1954)
  • Overture to Colas Breugnon (1937) Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904–1987)
  • Alleluia, Laudamus Te (1973) Alfred Reed (1921–2005)

Academic Procession and Opening Ceremony

• Processional (The Gustavus Wind Orchestra)
  • The Olympic Fanfare and Theme (1984) John Williams (b. 1932)
• Invocation: Brian Johnson, College Chaplain
• Welcome: Jack R. Ohle, President of the College
• Conference Introduction: Tim Robinson, Professor of Psychology

Introduction: Karen Larson

• Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies

First Lecture: Curtis Marean
"The African Evidence for the Origins of Modern Human Behavior"

• Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University

Q&A Session

• Moderated by Tim Robinson

Lunch Break

Atlatl Dart Throwing Demonstration

Tom Sanders, Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site

Musical Prelude

• The Vasa Wind Orchestra, James Patrick Miller, Guest Conductor
  • Flourish for Wind Band (1939) Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
  • The Washington Post March (1889) John Philip Sousa (1854–1932)
  • America, the Beautiful Samuel Augustus Ward (1848–1903), Arr. Carmen Dragon

Introduction: Joel Carlin

• Assistant Professor of Biology

Second Lecture: Svante Pääbo
"A Neandertal View of Human Origins"

• Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

Q&A Session

Break

Introduction: Carolyn Dobler

• Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

Third Lecture: Marcus Feldman
"The History of Migration and Selection Seen through the Human Genome"

• Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, Stanford University

Q&A Session

Dinner Break

Nobel Conference Buffet

• Serving 5:00 p.m to 6:30 p.m. (separate ticket required)

Art at the Nobel Conference

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

Peopling of Minnesota Forum
Concurrent sessions at two sites in Lund Center

1. "Finding Minnesota: The First People of the North Star State"
   Scott Anfinson, Minnesota State Archaeologist, Department of Administration
2. "After the PaleoIndians: Archaic and Woodland Peoples in Minnesota"
   Guy Gibbon, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota

Venue 1

Lund Center

Venue 2

Lund Center

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
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional Spiritual, Arr. Irvin Wagner
  • La Bavara Giovanni Martino Cesare (c.1590–1667), Edited by Glenn Smith
  • Great Lakes Octet Eric Ewazen (b.1954)

Introduction: Robert Douglas

• Professor of Geography

Fourth Lecture: Dennis Stanford
"The Ice-Age Discovery of the Americas: Constructing an Iberian Solution"

• Head, Division of Archaeology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Q&A Session

Lunch Break

Atlatl Dart Throwing Demonstration

Tom Sanders, Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site

Flintknapping Demonstration

Rod Johnson, Science Museum of Minnesota

Musical Prelude

• The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band, Adam Rossmiller, Director
  • In a Mellow Tone Duke Ellington (1899–1974), Arr. Frank Foster
  • Smoke and Mirrors Mike Tomaro
  • The Way You Look Tonight Jerome Kern (1885–1945), Arr. Mike Tomaro

Introduction: Jon Grinnell

• Associate Professor of Biology

Fifth Lecture: Robin Dunbar
"Mind the Gap: Why Humans Aren’t Just Great Apes"

• Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford

Q&A Session

Break

Introduction: Mary Solberg

• Associate Professor of Religion

Sixth Lecture: J. Wentzel van Huyssteen
"Human Origins and Religious Awareness – An Interdisciplinary Challenge for Theology"

• Princeton Theological Seminary

Q&A Session

Closing Remarks