ScheduleNobel Conference 59
All lectures and panel discussions will be live streamed and archived on the conference website. Workshops will not be livestreamed or recorded.
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Time | Event |
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8:30 a.m. |
Doors Open |
9:15 a.m. |
SESSION 1Musical Prelude |
9:30 a.m. |
Academic Procession and Conference Opening |
10 a.m. |
Lecture by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, PhD |
10:35 a.m. |
Break |
10:45 a.m. |
Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A |
11:45 a.m. |
LunchLunch Options on Campus
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11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. |
Learning LabHead toward the Lund Forum (basketball court) to learn more about this year’s topic, through self-directed activities that include seeing live insects, trying crickets, and cockroach races. |
12:45 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions and Self-Guided ActivitiesBreakout SessionsView the schedule and descriptions. |
1:45 p.m. |
SESSION 2Musical Prelude |
2 p.m. |
Fly Psychology 101 Lecture by Shannon Olsson, PhD |
2:35 p.m. |
Break |
2:45 p.m. |
The Minds of Insects and Why They Matter Lecture by Jonathan Birch, PhD |
3:20 p.m. 3:30 p.m. |
Break Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A |
4:30-5:30 p.m. |
Bug Bites Reception |
7:30 p.m. | The Moth StorySLAM Insects: A Live Storytelling Event Bjorling Recital Hall Separate Ticket Required (free for Gustavus students and employees and $5 for general public) Join us for a live storytelling event with The Moth. The Moth aims to promote the art and craft of storytelling, and to honor and celebrate the diversity and commonality of human experience. Relax and enjoy the show or plan to tell a story. For this special one-off StorySLAM, prepare a story to share onstage, or simply join us to listen to the wonderful stories shared by members of our community. Three teams of judges will select one winner, who will progress toward a GrandSLAM Championship. The theme for the night is... insects. Prepare a five-minute story about bugging out. Moments that get your spidey senses tingling. Jiminy Cricket, Beetlejuice, Queen Bey, and Ant-Man or Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Lepidoptera. Making a beeline for someone, or dropping like flies. A caterpillar's metamorphosis from an inching, wriggling crawler into a majestic, flying butterfly. Dreaded encounters with those biting, bloodthirsty pests that lurk at dusk or an awe-filled reverence for those that pollinate, decompose, and make the world go round. |
Wednesday, October 4:
We'd Be Nowhere Without Them
Insects have a profound impact on our lives in both basic and applied–foundational and practical–ways. In their roles as model organisms, insects enable researchers to explore common, underlying aspects of how life works. Practically, insects affect every aspect of our everyday lives, from what we eat to what we wear to how we construct our dwellings.
Time | Event |
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8:30 a.m. |
Doors Open |
9:15 a.m. |
SESSION 3Musical Prelude |
9:30 a.m. |
Innovations in Insect Science Lecture by Segenet Kelemu, PhD |
10:05 a.m. |
Break |
10:15 a.m. |
Latitude and attitude: Environmental and cultural impacts on the perception of insects as food Lecture by Julie Lesnik, PhD |
10:50 a.m. 11 a.m. |
Break Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A |
11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. |
Lunch
Lunch Options on Campus
Learning Lab Head toward the Lund Forum (basketball court) to learn more about this year’s topic, through self-directed activities that include seeing live insects, trying crickets, and cockroach races. Self-Guided Activities There are many other self-guided activities to choose from.
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12-2 p.m. |
Schaefer Art Gallery ReceptionGallery talk by the artist at 1:15 p.m. Diminutive Messengers Exhibit Location: Schaefer Art Gallery, Schaefer Fine Arts building on the south end of campus In creative conjunction with Nobel Conference 59, Twin Cities-based collage artist Eleanor McGough brings a blend of ephemeral hand-cut paper installations and acrylic paintings to the Schaefer Art Gallery. Working with a mixture of new and recycled materials, and inspired by insect forms, McGough articulates a sense of wonder for the astonishing variety and intricacy of these creatures, along with a sense of foreboding for the messages they convey about the issues at play in our ecosystem. “The idea that insects are bio-indicators of ecosystem health fascinates me. Elaborating on the astonishing variety of documented insect forms with my own variations, my work seeks to articulate the critical role these diminutive and ephemeral messengers play in the structure of life, and how their once ubiquitous existence is under threat.” McGough received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and studied in Brighton, England on scholarship. She is the recipient of two Minnesota State Arts Board grant awards, as well as a Bemis Foundation Residency. |
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. |
"Go to the Ant, Thou Sluggard": Insects and Biblical WisdomThe Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) contains many references to insects. Ancient sages accumulated considerable knowledge of insect behavior based on their observations of the natural world—think of it as an early version of "citizen science." For the biblical writers, insect behavior reflects the orderliness of God's good creation, and it offers lessons for humans about how to live a good, meaningful life. Join Blake Couey, Professor of Religion at Gustavus, for an overview and discussion of the Bible's perspectives on the insect world. |
12:30 p.m. |
Gustavus Student Exclusive: Meet the speakersGustavus students have an exclusive opportunity to participate in conversations with the world expert Nobel Conference presenters 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Beck Hall (1st Floor). |
1:45 p.m. |
SESSION 4Musical Prelude |
2 p.m. |
(Bio)Diversity Lecture by Jessica Ware, PhD |
2:35 p.m. |
Break |
2:45 p.m. |
What Happens to a Lonely Fly Lecture by Michael Young, PhD |
3:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A |
4:15 p.m. |
Nobel Conference 59 Closing remarks |