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
Nobel Week Dialogue 2018
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