ScheduleNobel Conference 46, 2010
Tuesday, October 5
Time | Presenter |
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9:15 a.m. | PreludeThe Gustavus Wind Orchestra |
9:30 a.m. | Academic Procession and Opening Ceremony
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10 a.m. | Marion Nestle |
11 a.m. | Q&A SessionModerated by Chuck Niederriter, Director, Nobel Conference, or Lisa Heldke, Chair, Nobel Conference 46 |
11:30 a.m. | Lunch Break |
12:45 p.m. | PreludeThe Vasa Wind Orchestra |
1 p.m. | Cary Fowler |
2 p.m. | Q&A Session |
2:30 p.m. | Break |
3 p.m. | Jeffrey M. Friedman |
4 p.m. | Q&A Session |
5 p.m. | Dinner Break |
5:30 p.m. | Screening of Farming ForwardFarming Forward, a documentary film produced by Martin Lang, assistant professor of communication studies, and junior student Ethan Marxhausen, brings together people from a number of Minnesota farms to examine the role of sustainability in the future of farming. Lang and Marxhausen pursued the project with the assistance of a Presidential Faculty/Student Collaboration Grant and additional support from the Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota, the St. Peter Food Cooperative, and the Nicollet County Historical Society. |
6 p.m. | Art at the Nobel ConferenceReception, 6–8 p.m. Nobel Conference attendees will want to seek out a special project mounted in the Hillstrom Museum of Art along with its current exhibitions. An oil painting titled Autumn Still Life, by American artist Henry Varnum Poor (1887–1970), is the subject of the latest of the Hillstrom Museum’s FOCUS IN/ON projects, in which a single work from the Hillstrom Collection is analyzed in depth through a collaboration between the museum director and a faculty colleague from across the disciplines. Poor’s painting is exhibited along with an essay co-written by Museum director Donald Myers and philosophy professor Lisa Heldke, who is chair of the 2010 Nobel Conference, “Making Food Good.” Their essay considers Poor, his career, and the still-life elements in his painting, tying them to contemporary movements in locally grown and organic food. Swedish images figure prominently in the art exhibitions featured in the Hillstrom Museum of Art during the Nobel Conference. Running concurrently are two shows—Voices: Contemporary Ceramic Art from Sweden and Ennesbo, a multi-media installation by artist Sandra Binion focusing on Swedish sites associated with her family. An opening reception for the concurrent exhibitions and the FOCUS IN/ON project, which are on view at the College through November 7, 2010, is scheduled for Tuesday evening during the conference, 6–8 p.m. in the museum. The event is open to the public, and Nobel Conference guests are specially invited. |
6:30 p.m. | Minnesota Food Forum |
8 p.m. | The Nobel Conference Concert |
Wednesday, October 6
Time | Presenter |
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9:30 a.m. | Opening Music and WelcomeThe Gustavus Symphony Orchestra |
10 a.m. | Bina Agarwal |
11 a.m. | Q&A Session |
11:30 a.m. | Lunch Break |
12:45 p.m. | PreludeThe Gustavus Jazz Lab Band |
1 p.m. | Linda Bartoshuk |
2 p.m. | Q&A Session |
2:30 p.m. | Break |
3 p.m. | Paul B. Thompson |
4 p.m. | Q&A Session |
6:30 p.m. | The Nobel Conference BanquetEvelyn Young Dining Room, Jackson Campus Center |
ca. 8 p.m. | Frances Moore Lappé |
All events are held in Lund Center Arena unless otherwise indicated.
The Nobel Conference is officially authorized by the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden.