Nobel Week Dialogue
Please note that this agenda is subject to change.
9 December 2019
10:00 - 12:15 Morning sessions
10:00 - 12:15 Congress hall
WELCOME
FACING AN UNCERTAIN, BUT OPEN FUTURE
Helga Nowotny
RISK ILLITERACY
Gerd Gigerenzer
THE HISTORY OF UNCERTAINTY
Lorraine Daston, David Spiegelhalter
THE KNOWLEDGE WARS
Peter Doherty
THE LIMITS OF EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING
Jonna Bornemark, Peter Doherty, Helga Nowotny
AI: WHY UNCERTAINTY IS OUR FRIEND
Stuart Russell
FREE SOLO!
Alex Honnold, Chai Vasarhelyi
THE SECOND WAVE OF THE ARAB SPRING
Tawakkol Karman
INTERVIEW WITH TAWAKKOL KARMAN
THE ROLE OF NOT-KNOWING
Jonna Bornemark, Steven Chu, Lorraine Daston
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch
Parallel lunch sessions : 3 Tracks
Track 1
Congress hall
12:35 - 13:15
LOST AND FOUND
Short film by Orlando von Einsiedel
Track 2
Congress foyer
12:35 - 13:15
CHANGING JOBS
Nessa Carey, John Hassler, Stuart Russell
Track 3
The Square
12:15 - 13:15
CLIMATE, ENERGY, FOOD PRODUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Steven Chu
13:15 - 14:30 Parallel sessions : 4 Tracks
Track 1
13:15 - 14:30
Congress hall
TO FEAR OR NOT TO FEAR?
Armita Golkar,
Alex Honnold
THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
IS THIS BAD FOR MY HEALTH?
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi,
Peter Doherty,
David Spiegelhalter
Track 2
13:15 - 14:30
The square - Stage 1
WHERE WILL AI LEAD US?
Olle Häggström,
Helga Nowotny,
Stuart Russell
WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT NUCLEAR WAR?
John Polanyi
THE NUCLEAR THREAT
Lorraine Daston,
John Polanyi,
Stuart Russell
Track 3
13:15 - 14:30
The square - Stage 2
FINANCIAL MARKETS - CREATING OR MITIGATING RISK?
John Hassler
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN HASSLER
GENE EDITING – WHERE WILL IT STOP?
Nessa Carey
GENE EDITING
Nessa Carey
Christian Munthe
WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN AN ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE WORLD?
Jonna Bornemark,
Helga Nowotny
Track 4
13:15 - 14:30
The square - Stage 3
COMMUNICATING UNCERTAINTY
Peter Doherty,
Gerd Gigerenzer,
David Spiegelhalter
THE SENSITIVITY OF EARTH’S CLIMATE
Steven Chu
AVERTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Steven Chu,
John Hassler,
Olle Häggström
14:30 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 16:10 Final sessions
15:00 - 16:10 Congress hall
EXPLOSIVE BEAUTY
Cai Guo-Qiang
UNDERESTIMATING UNCERTAINTY
Lorraine Daston, Gerd Gigerenzer
WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT?
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Steven Chu, Peter Doherty, Tawakkol Karman, John Polanyi