ScheduleNobel Conference 60

Doors Open to Christ Chapel

SESSION 1 - Understanding the Nature of Sleep

Musical Prelude

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

Sleep, Memory, and Dreaming

Lecture by Robert Stickgold
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

How We Sleep

Lecture by Amita Sehgal
Professor of molecular biology and chronobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A

Lunch

Lunch Options on Campus

• Eat at the nationally ranked college Dining Service
• Bring your own lunch and sit the Campus Center Banquet Rooms
• No pre-ordered lunch available

Breakout Sessions and Self-Guided Activities

There are many other self-guided activities to choose from.

Geology Museum
Visit the Chester Johnson Geology Museum in Nobel Hall of Science.
Greenhouse
Visit the Nobel Hall Greenhouse, where biology students will be available to answer your questions about the plants and insects found there. 
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.

SESSION 2 - Sleep Research

Musical Prelude

Why and How Does the U.S. Study Sleep?

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

Nobel Conference Speakers Visit to Gustavus Classes

The Moth StorySLAM

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!

Doors Open to Christ Chapel

SESSION 3 - Sleep Across the Lifespan

Musical Prelude

Sleep in Children and Adolescents

Lecture by Mary Carskadon
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University

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 

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.
  • Buy lunch in the college Dining Service or bring your own lunch
    
    
• No pre-ordered lunch available

SESSION 4 - Social and Cultural Implications of Sleep

Musical Prelude

Sleep Throughout History

Lecture by Benjamin Reiss 
Professor of English, Emory University

Obstacles to Sleep and Rest is Resistance

Lecture by Tricia Hersey 
Performance artist, theologian and founder of The Nap Ministry

Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A

Nobel Conference 60 Closing remarks

Nobel Conference Speakers Visit to Gustavus Classes