ScheduleNobel Conference 50

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Time	Presenter
8:30 a.m.	Doors Open
9:15 a.m.	Musical Prelude
9:30 a.m.	Academic Procession and Opening Ceremony Welcome, Rebecca M. Bergman, President of the College
10 a.m.	Session 1: Science and Society Steven Chu, 1997 Nobel laureate in physics and former energy secretary, “Energy and Climate Change” (10:15 a.m.) Sir Harry Kroto, 1996 Nobel laureate in chemistry, “How to Survive” (11 a.m.)
11:45 a.m.	Q & A
Noon	Lunch Break
1:15 p.m.	Musical Prelude
1:30 p.m.	Session 2: Evolution/Ecology Sean B. Carroll, evolutionary developmental biologist, “Evolution at the Molecular and Planetary Scale: A Tale of Two Biologies” (1:30 p.m.) Svante Pääbo, evolutionary geneticist, “Of Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Modern Humans” (2:15 p.m.) Gary Ernst, petrologist and geochemist, “Earth Resources, Global Equity, and Future Sustainability” (3 p.m.)
4 p.m.	Q & A
6–8 p.m.	Art at the Nobel Conference Hillstrom Museum of Art, Jackson Campus Center, Reception (no ticket required)
6:30 p.m.	“Remembering 50 Years of the Nobel Conference” Presentation Richard Q. Elvee and Tim Robinson, past Nobel Conference directors, Lund Center Arena (no ticket required)
8:00 p.m.	Music at the Nobel Conference Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, Christ Chapel (no ticket required)

Time	Presenter
8:30 a.m.	Doors Open
9:45 a.m.	Music Prelude and Welcome
10 a.m.	Session 3: Physical Sciences Steven Weinberg, 1979 Nobel laureate in physics, “Glimpses of a Hidden World” (10:15 a.m.) live-stream presentation Harry Gray, chemist, “Solar-Driven Water Splitting” (11 a.m.)
11:45 a.m.	Q & A
Noon	Lunch Break
1:15 p.m.	Music Prelude
1:30 p.m.	Session 4: Neuroscience/Medicine Jennifer L. West, biomedical engineer, “Nanotechnology and Biomedical Engineering” (1:30 p.m.) Antonio Damasio, cognitive neuroscientist, “The Consciousness Issue” (2:15 p.m.) Patricia Smith Churchland, neurophilosopher, “The Brains behind Morality” (3 p.m.)
4 p.m.	Q & A
6:30 p.m.	Nobel Banquet: “Reflection and Reminiscence” Evelyn Young Dining Room, Jackson Campus Center (Banquet ticket required)
7:30 p.m.	Closing ~~Speaker~~ Discussion Freeman Dyson, theoretical physicist and mathematician, “Living through Four Scientific Revolutions” Panel Discussion with nine Nobel Conference presenters “Reflections on 50 Years of Science” (Simulcast in Alumni Hall, approximate start time 7:30 p.m.)