ScheduleNobel Conference 60

All lectures and panel discussions will be live streamed and archived on the conference website. Breakout sessions will not be livestreamed or recorded. Watch the Livestream.

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Tuesday, October 1
Time Event
8:30 a.m.

Doors Open to Christ Chapel
9 a.m.

SESSION 1 - Understanding the Nature of Sleep

Musical Prelude
9:15 a.m.

Academic Procession and Conference Opening 
Welcome, Rebecca Bergman, President of the College
Nobel Conference 60 Introduction, Lisa Heldke, Director of The Nobel Conference and Phil Voight, Chair of Nobel Conference 60
9:45 a.m.

Sleep, Memory, and Dreaming

Lecture by Robert Stickgold
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
10:30 a.m.

How We Sleep

Lecture by Amita Sehgal
Professor of molecular biology and chronobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
11:15 a.m.

Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
12 p.m.

Lunch

Lunch Options on Campus

  • Purchase lunch in the MarketPlace, the main Gustavus dining service 
  • Bring your own lunch and join other conference attendees in one of the Campus Center banquet rooms
  • Note: no pre-ordered lunch is available
12:45 p.m.

Breakout Sessions and Self-Guided Activities

Join a special topic session, led by a member of the Gustavus community. A full list of options will be available in the program. 

Schaefer Art Gallery Opening Reception
"Between Dreams: Paintings by Michon Weeks"
A gallery talk by the artist, an associate professor at St. Olaf College, will take place at 1 p.m.

Gustavus Arboretum
Take a self-guided walk through Minnesota’s biomes, in the Gustavus arboretum.

Bonnier Multifaith Center in Anderson Hall
A place for quiet reflection, prayer, meditation or contemplation.
1:45 p.m.

SESSION 2 - Why and How Does the U.S. Study Sleep?

Musical Prelude

2 p.m.

The National Sleep Agenda

Lecture by Marishka Brown
Director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health

2:45 p.m.

Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
3:30 p.m.

Conference Speakers Meet with Gustavus Classes
7:30 p.m.

The Moth StorySLAM

Sleep: A Live Storytelling Event
Bjorling Recital Hall
Free and open to the 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... Sleep!

Prepare a five-minute story about slumber. Waking up or becoming woke. Dozing off during class, dreaming under the stars, or hiding from the boogie man under the bed. Pajama parties, pillow fights and overnight rites of passage. Hitting the snooze button five times or running on zero. Circadian rhythms, REM, homeostasis or melatonin. Time to catch some shut eye—nighty night!

Wednesday, October 2

Time Event
8:30 a.m.

Doors Open to Christ Chapel
9 a.m.

SESSION 3 - Sleep Across the Lifespan

Musical Prelude
9:15 a.m.

Clock, Hourglass and Teen Sleep

Lecture by Mary Carskadon
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University
10 a.m.

Sleep and Aging

Lecture by Maiken Nedergaard
Professor in the departments of neurology and of neurosurgery, and is the co-director of the Department of Neurology, Center for Translational Neuromedicine at the University of Rochester

10:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A 
11:30 a.m.

Lunch

Lunch Options on Campus

  • Lunch Discussions in Campus Center Banquet Rooms
    • Join a discussion table for an informal conversation led by a Gustavus faculty member. This is a time to meet other attendees and to share your thoughts and questions. 
    • Purchase lunch in the MarketPlace or bring your own lunch
  • Note: no pre-ordered lunch is available

Bonnier Multifaith Center in Anderson Hall
A place for quiet reflection, prayer, meditation or contemplation.
Schaefer Art Gallery
"Between Dreams: Paintings by Michon Weeks"
12:45 p.m.

SESSION 4 - Social and Cultural Implications of Sleep

Musical Prelude
1 p.m.

Sleep Throughout History

Lecture by Benjamin Reiss 
Professor of English, Emory University
1:45 p.m.

Rest as Portal for Justice

Lecture by Tricia Hersey 
Performance artist, theologian and founder of The Nap Ministry
2:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
3:15 p.m.

Nobel Conference 60 Closing remarks
3:30 p.m.

Conference Speakers Meet with Gustavus Classes