ScheduleNobel Conference 52

Doors Open

Musical Prelude - Gustavus Wind Orchestra

Academic Procession and Opening Ceremony

Welcome, Rebecca M. Bergman, President of the College

First Lecture: Dan Ariely, PhD
The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty

James B. Duke Professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, N.C., and founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight

Q & A

Lunch Break

Musical Prelude - Vasa Wind Orchestra

Second Lecture: Orley Ashenfelter, PhD
Comparing Real Wages around the World:  Inequality in Human Wealth

Joseph Douglas Green 1895 professor of economics and director of the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University, N.J.

Q & A

Third Lecture: Joerg Rieger, PhD
What Does Jesus Have to Do with Wall Street

Cal Turner Chancellor’s Chair of Wesleyan Studies and Distinguished Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt University Divinity School

Q & A

Dinner Break

Art at the Nobel Conference
Animal and Sporting Paintings from the Penkhus Collection: The Very English Ambience of It All

Hillstrom Museum of Art, Jackson Campus Center, Reception
No ticket required

Panel Discussion
Tales from the Tightrope: Economic Balance in Everyday Life 

Margaret Anderson Kelliher, President and CEO, Minnesota High Tech Association
Jodi Harpstead, President and CEO, Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota
Anne Krisnik, Executive Director, Joint Religious Legislative Coalition of Minnesota
Robert J. LaBombard, CEO, GradStaff
Ytive Prafke, Special Programs Coordinator and Media Specialist, St. Peter School District
Moderated by Matt Kusilek, Publisher, Minnesota Business magazine

Lund Arena
A panel discusses the search of economic balance at the local level
No ticket required

Music at the Nobel Conference

Bjorling Recital Hall
Violin Sonata in A Major for Viola and Piano by César Franck (1886) -- Justin Knoepfel (Viola) and Yumiko Oshima-Ryan (Piano) 
Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano in C Major by Francis Poulenc (1932) --  Rena Kraut (Clarinet), Barbara Leibundguth (Flute), Sarah Erickson-Lume (Oboe), Melissa Morey (Horn), Ann Pesavento (Bassoon), and Yumiko Oshima-Ryan (Piano)  
No ticket required

Doors Open

Music Prelude - Gustavus Symphony Orchestra

Fourth Lecture: Paul Collier, PhD
Africa’s Prospects in a Difficult Decade

Professor of economics and public policy in the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, UK, and Professorial Fellow of St. Antony’s College

Q & A

Lunch Break

Music Prelude - Gustavus Jazz Lab Band

Fifth Lecture: John List, PhD
Using Field Experiments to Make the World a Better Place

The Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the Chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago  

Q & A

Sixth Lecture: Deirdre McCloskey, PhD
How the World Grew Rich: The Liberal Idea, Not Accumulation or Exploitation

Professor of economics, history, English, and communication, and an adjunct professor of philosophy and classics at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Q & A

Nobel Banquet and Closing Lecture

Alumni Hall, O.J. Johnson Student Union
Banquet ticket required

Closing Lecture: Chris Farrell
On Economic Inclusion

Economics editor for Marketplace Money from American Public Media
No ticket required to view the live stream in Jackson Campus Center Banquet Rooms