PROGRAM
Saturday June 18
From 13.00 Informal gathering at the Nobel Museum (address: Börshuset, Stortorget, Gamla Stan)
15.00 Bus leaves from the Nobel Museum to the conference facility at Sånga-Säby
18.00 Welcome reception followed by dinner
Sunday June 19
09:00 Session I: Origin of non-equilibrium universe, dark matter and dark energy
Chair: Lars Bergström
Professor Andrei LindeWhat energy drives the universe?
Professor Martin Rees Galaxies, stars and black holes: their formation and energy budgets
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Professor William Klemperer The chemistry of the universe
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Session II: Chemical reactions, energy transfer and catalysis (part 1)
Chair: Bengt Nordén
Professor Ahmed Zewail Life of molecules in space and time
Professor Richard N. Zare Energy requirements and energy release in elementary chemical reactions
15.30 Coffee
16.00 Chair: Astrid Gräslund
Professor Gerhard Ertl Molecules at surfaces and mechanism of catalysis
Professor Julius Rebek Jr.The inner space of molecules
19.00 Dinner
21.00 Open discussion - all participants
Chairs: Lars Bergström, Erna Möller, Bengt Nordén
Monday June 20
09.00 Session III: Biological energy and molecular motors
Chair: Hans Jörnvall
Professor Jeffrey Friedman Genes, behaviour and metabolism: balancing the energy equation in vivo
Professor Kazuhiko Kinosita, Jr.F1-ATPase: A molecular transducer of chemical and mechanical energies
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Professor Arthur L. Horwich Protein folding
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Session IV: Energy and evolution of man
Chair: Nils-Göran Larsson
Professor Svante Pääbo Human evolution
Professor Siv Andersson The microbial contribution to energy in man
15.30 Coffee
16.00 Session V: Chemical reactions, energy transfer and catalysis (part 2)
Chair: Bengt Nordén
Professor Richard A. Lerner The new chemistry of antibodies
Professor Joan Steitz Novel RNAs along the pathway of gene expression
19.00 Dinner
21.00 Open discussion - all participants
Chairs: Börje Johansson, Hans Jörnvall, Anders Liljas
Tuesday June 21
09.00 Session VI: Central nervous system, brain and information
Chair: Bo Angelin
Professor Eric R. Kandel Long term memory and the persistence of memory storage
Professor Roderick MacKinnon Membrane channels
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Professor Richard AxelA molecular logic of olfactory perception
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Session VII: Future sources of energy
Chair: Mats Jonson
Professor Carlo Rubbia Does nuclear energy have a future?
Professor Joachim Luther Sustainable energy systems
15.30 Coffee
16.00 Professor Robert Aymar Whatever became of nuclear fusion?
17.00 Open discussion - all participants
Chairs: Bo Angelin, Astrid Gräslund and Mats Jonson
19.00 Banquet dinner
Wednesday June 22 Public forum, Aula Magna, Stockholm University
08.15 Bus leaves for public forum
09.25 Introduction
Michael Sohlman, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation
09.30 Energy and Man – Physics
Chairs: Lars Bergström and Mats Jonson
Panel: Robert Aymar, Andrei Linde, Joachim Luther
10.20 Coffee
10.30 Energy and Man – Chemistry
Chairs: Astrid Gräslund and Bengt Nordén
Panel: Roderick MacKinnon, Julius Rebek, Ahmed Zewail
11.30 Energy and Man – Medicine
Chairs: Bo Angelin and Hans Jörnvall
Panel: Jeffrey Friedman, Eric Kandel, Svante Pääbo
12.30 Press conference
12.30-13.30 Lunch followed by departure
Last updated May 26, 2005