ScheduleNobel Conference 51

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

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.

First Lecture: Eric Kandel, MD 

We Are What We Remember:  Memory and Age Related Memory Disorders
11 a.m.

Q & A
11:30 a.m.

Lunch Break
12:45 p.m.

Musical Prelude
1 p.m.

Second Lecture: Denise Kandel, PhD and Eric Kandel, MD

Molecular Basis for the Gateway Hypothesis
2 p.m.

Q & A
3 p.m.

Third Lecture: Sheigla Murphy, PhD

Understanding Prescription Drug Misuse from a Sociological Perspective
4 p.m.

Q & A
5 p.m.

Dinner Break
6–8 p.m.

Art at the Nobel Conference

Hillstrom Museum of Art, Jackson Campus Center, Reception (no ticket required)
6:30 p.m.

"Front-Line Triage" Panel Discussion

  • The Honorable Judge Allison Krehbiel
  • Reverend Walter Lockhart
  • Detective Matt Grochow
  • Dr. Robert Gazzola, MD
  • Barb Carlson, LADC
8:00 p.m.

Music at the Nobel Conference

Music by guest artist Emily Ondracek-Peterson, violin and Gustavus faculty Jill Olson Moser, violin, Justin Knoepfel, viola, Sharon Mautner-Rodgers, 'cello, and Yumiko Oshima-Ryan, piano (no ticket required)

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Time Presenter
8:30 a.m.

Doors Open
9:45 a.m.

Music Prelude and Welcome
10 a.m.

Fourth Lecture: Carl Hart, PhD

Why Drug-related Research is Biased: Who Benefits and Who Pays
11 a.m.

Q & A
11:30 a.m.

Lunch Break
12:45 p.m.

Music Prelude
1 p.m.

Fifth Lecture: Owen Flanagan, PhD

Willing Addicts? Drinkers, Dandies, Druggies and other Dionysians 
2 p.m.

Q & A
3 p.m.

"Exploring Different Treatment Options" Panel Discussion

  • Anne M. Fletcher, MS, RD
  • William Cope Moyers
  • Michael V. Pantalon, PhD
  • Mark Willenbring, MD
4 p.m.

Q & A
6:30 p.m.

Nobel Banquet and Closing Lecture

Evelyn Young Dining Room, Jackson Campus Center (Banquet ticket required)
7:30 p.m.

Closing Lecture: Marc Lewis, PhD

Reflections on the Science and Experience of Addiction