Tuesday, October 2

Time Event Location
8:30 a.m.

Doors Open

Lund Center Arena
9:15 a.m.

Musical Prelude

Lund Center Arena
9:30 a.m.

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
Lund Center Arena
10 a.m.

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
Lund Center Arena
11 a.m.

Q&A Session

Lund Center Arena
11:30 a.m.

Lunch Break

12:45 p.m.

Musical Prelude

The Vasa Wind Orchestra, Douglas Nimmo, Conductor

Lund Center Arena
1 p.m.
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
Lund Center Arena
2 p.m.

Q&A Session

Lund Center Arena
2:30 p.m.

Break

Lund Center Arena
3 p.m.
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
Lund Center Arena
4 p.m.

Q&A Session

Lund Center Arena
4:30 p.m.

Dinner Break

6 p.m.

Art at the Nobel Conference

  • Reception, 6–8 p.m. (no ticket required)
Hillstrom Museum of Art, Jackson Campus Center
6:15 p.m.

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
7 p.m.

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
8:15 p.m.

Music at the Nobel Conference

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

Wednesday, October 3

Time Event Location
8:30 a.m.

Doors Open

Lund Center Arena
9:30 a.m.

Opening Music and Welcome

  • Trombone Choir, Scott Moore, Conductor
  • Conferral of Honorary Degree upon Glen and LaVonne Johnson
Lund Center Arena
10 a.m.
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
Lund Center Arena
11 a.m.

Q&A Session

Lund Center Arena
11:30 a.m.

Lunch Break

12:45 p.m.

Musical Prelude

The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band, Steve Wright, Director

Lund Center Arena
1 p.m.
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
Lund Center Arena
2 p.m.

Q&A Session

Lund Center Arena
2:30 p.m.

Break

Lund Center Arena
3 p.m.
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
Lund Center Arena
4 p.m.

Q&A Session

Lund Center Arena
6:30 p.m.

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.

Evelyn Young Dining Room, Jackson Campus Center