ScheduleNobel Conference 48

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Time	Presenter
9:15 a.m.	Prelude The Gustavus Wind Orchestra Douglas Nimmo, D.M.A., Conductor
9:30 a.m.	Academic Procession and Opening Ceremony Processional The Gustavus Wind Orchestra Invocation The Rev. Rod Anderson, Interim Senior College Chaplain Welcome Jack R. Ohle, D.D., President of the College Conference Introduction Chuck Niederriter, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Director, Nobel Conference Conferral of Honorary Degree upon Lars Heikensten, Ph.D., Executive Director, Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden Citator: Jack R. Ohle, President of the College Lictors: Mark Braun, Ph.D., Provost and Dean of the College Chuck Niederriter, Ph.D., Director, Nobel Conference
10 a.m.	David Gallo First Lecture "Beyond Titanic – What’s Left to be Discovered in the Deep Sea"
11 a.m.	Q&A Session
11:30 a.m.	Lunch Break
12:45 p.m.	Prelude The Vasa Wind Orchestra Karrin Meffert-Nelson, D.M.A., Conductor
1 p.m.	Maya Tolstoy Second Lecture "Our Global Ocean Floor"
2 p.m.	Q&A Session
2:30 p.m.	Break
3 p.m.	Barbara Block Third Lecture "Sushi and Satellites: Tracking Large Ocean Predators in the Blue Serengeti"
4 p.m.	Q&A Session
5 p.m.	Dinner Break
6 p.m.	Art Exhibition Hillstrom Museum of Art
6:30 p.m.	William Fitzgerald Fourth Lecture "Mercury, Microbes, Mosquitoes, and More..."
7:30 p.m.	Q&A Session
8:15 p.m.	The Nobel Conference Concert Christ Chapel

Time	Presenter
9:30 a.m.	Opening Music and Welcome The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra Ruth Lu Lin, Conductor Conferral of Honorary Degree upon Christopher Sabine, Ph.D. Citator: Jeff Jeremiason, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director, Environmental Studies Program Lictors: Julie Bartley, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geology and Co-chair, Nobel Conference 48 Joel Carlin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology and Co-chair, Nobel Conference 48
10 a.m.	Christopher Sabine Fifth Lecture "What does midwest coal have to do with the price of shellfish in Seattle? Understanding how fossil fuels contribute to ocean acidification"
11 a.m.	Q&A Session
11:30 a.m.	Lunch Break
12:45 p.m.	Prelude The Gustavus Jazz Lab Band Steve Wright, D.M.A., Director
1 p.m.	Kathleen Dean Moore Sixth Lecture "Red Sky at Morning: Ethics and the Oceanic Crisis"
2 p.m.	Q&A Session
2:30 p.m.	Break
3 p.m.	Ove Hoegh-Guldberg Seventh Lecture "Coral reefs in a rapidly changing climate: going, going, gone?"
4 p.m.	Q&A Session
6:30 p.m.	The Nobel Conference Banquet Evelyn Young Dining Room, Jackson Campus Center
8 p.m.	Carl Safina Closing Lecture "Caught in the Same Net; The Ocean and Us"