Nobel Week Dialogue

Please note that this agenda is subject to change.

9 December 2018

10:00 - 12:00 Morning sessions

10:00 - 12:00 Congress Hall

Welcome
Lars Heikensten

The future of humanity on earth
Johan Rockström

Protecting the right to water forever
Maude Barlow

Activism – Don’t talk, act!
Jan Eliasson, Beatrice Fihn, Gary White
Moderator: Maude Barlow

Dwindling fresh water
Steven Chu, Sandra Postel
Moderator: Adam Smith

Biodiversity out of sight
Diva Amon

The oceans
Diva Amon, Julian Dowdeswell, Lisa Emelia Svensson
Moderator: Lisen Schultz

Understanding past and present Mars: the search for water
Roberto Orosei

Water on Mars and other exoplanets
John Grotzinger, Stefan Hell, Roberto Orosei
Moderator: Juleen Zierath

12:00 - 13:15 Lunch

13:15 - 13:50 Parallel sessions : 5 Tracks

Track 1

13:15 - 13:50

Congress Hall A

Water and climate change
Johan Rockström, Steven Chu, Julian Dowdeswell
Moderator: Lisen Schultz

Track 2

13:15 - 13:50

Congress Hall C

Signs of hope?
Sandra Postel, Maude Barlow, Lisa Emilia Svensson
Moderator: Adam Smith

Track 3

13:15 - 13:50

Room 201

Entrepreneur showcase 1: Case Studies

Solvatten -  the power of safe and hot water
Petra Wadström

Refreezing melting glaciers using nature and culture
Sonam Wangchuk
Moderator: Mattias Fyrenius

Track 4

13:15 - 13:50

Room 202

Life is elsewhere
Diva Amon, Roberto Orosei, Randy Schekman
Moderator: John Grotzinger

Track 5

13:15 - 13:50

Room 203

Desalination
Andre Geim, Dan Shechtman
Moderator: Laura Sprechmann

On-water chemistry, a blue revolution
Barry Sharpless

13:55 - 14:30 Parallel sessions : 5 Tracks

Track 1

13:55 - 14:30

Congress Hall A

Exploration!
John Grotzinger and Diva Amon
Moderator: Adam Smith

Ice stupas
Sandra Postel and Sonam Wangchuk
Moderator: Lisen Schultz

Track 2

13:55 - 14:30

Congress Hall C

The nature of water
Andre Geim, Barry Sharpless, Anders Nilsson
Moderator: Juleen Zierath

Track 3

13:55 - 14:30

Room 201

Entrepreneur showcase 2:

Triple helix innovation
Sofie Allert, Stefan Hell, Angela Wulff
Moderator: Laura Sprechmann

Track 4

13:55 - 14:30

Room 202

Antarctic science and searching for Shackleton's Endurance
Julian Dowdeswell

Water.org Matters
Gary White

Track 5

13:55 - 14:30

Room 203

The science and beauty of soap bubbles
Dan Shechtman

Malaria – a water-borne pandemic
Peter Agre

14:30 - 15:00 Break

15:00 - 16:00 Final session

15:00 - 16:00 Congress Hall

Performance lecture, Water Matters
Marina Abramović

Water and our bodies
Peter Agre, Randy Schekman
Moderator: Juleen Zierath

For the greatest benefit to humankind?
Peter Agre, Steven Chu, Beatrice Fihn, Andre Geim, Stefan Hell, Randy Schekman, Dan Shechtman, Barry Sharpless
Moderator: Adam Smith

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