2013

Exploring the Future of Energy

9th December
Gothenburg

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Schedule of Events

The programme for the 2012 Nobel Week Dialogue, The Genetic Revolution and its Impact on Society, was broadly split into two parts, with morning plenary sessions followed by parallel streams of panel discussions during the afternoon.

All programme elements (with the exception of the more informal events occuring during the sandwich lunch) are available to view online on our Meeting Videos page.

 

Streamed online

Morning lectures

9:00-9:10

Introductory remarks by Lars Heikensten, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation

9:10-9:55

Eric Lander: Five Turns of the Double Helix

10:00-10:20

On stage interview with James Watson by Matt Ridley

10:20-10:50

Coffee Break

10:50-11:20

Helga Nowotny: A Social Scientist in the Land of Genomic Promise

11:20-12:00

Steven Chu: The Role of Genomics in Energy and the Environment

Sandwich lunch and events

12:15-13:00

General Foyer

Discussion Panel: Science for the Public and the Role of Communication

Chair

  • Beatrice Lugger

Panelists

Room 201

Video Screening: A Conversation with James Watson and Francis Crick (1993 interview with Horace Freeland Judson)

Courtesy of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Medical Television Center)

Room 202

Discussion Panel: The Genetic/Genomic Research Environment in Sweden (in Swedish)

Chair

  • Staffan Normark

Panelists

  • Anders Ekblom
  • Torbjörn Fagerström
  • Anders Hamsten
  • Ove Nilsson
  • Eugen Steiner

Room 300

Introduction to Afternoon Discussion Stream 1

Chair

  • Göran Hansson

Speakers

Room 203-204

Introduction to Afternoon Discussion Stream 2

Chair

Speakers

Room 307

Introduction to Afternoon Discussion Stream 3

Chair

Speakers

Streamed online

Parallel afternoon discussion panels

 

Stream 1

Stream 2

Stream 3

13:15-14:30

1A: The Promised Land of Genomic Medicine: Where Can the Science Take Us?

Moderator

  • Göran Hansson

Panelists

2A: Genetics in Agriculture and the Environment: Where Are We Going and How Do We Get There?

Moderator

Panelists

3A: Human Evolution: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?

Moderator

Panelists

14:30-15:45

1B: The Promised Land of Genomic Medicine: How Do We Actually Get There?

Moderator

  • Adam Smith

Panelists

2B: Genetics and Nurture: Understanding the Interactions Between Genetics and the Environment

Moderator

Panelists

3B: Human Biology: The Great Deal We Don’t Know and How to Discover It

Moderator

Panelists

Concluding plenary session

15:45-16:15

Drinks Reception

16:15-17:00

Streamed online

Concluding Panel: Emergent Conclusions

Moderator

  • Adam Smith

Panelists

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