2021 Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future: Proceedings of a Summit (2021)
Chapter: Appendix A: Main Stages Agenda
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Main Stages Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. 2021 Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26310.
APPENDIX A
Main Stages Agenda
The Main Stages consisted of three parts:
Our Planet, Breakthroughs, and Our Future.
April 26–27, 2021
All times cited in U.S. Eastern Time
| 9:15 am | NETWORKING |
| 9:45 am | DOORS OPEN TO VIRTUAL MAIN STAGE |
SESSION 1: OUR PLANET
| 10:00 am | THE PERFECT HOME |
| Sir David Attenborough provides a message for our planet via a glimpse into his newest project. | |
| 10:20 am | WELCOME FROM THE THREE PRESENTING HOSTS |
| Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director, The Nobel Foundation | |
| Marcia McNutt (NAS/NAE), President, U.S. National Academy of Sciences | |
| Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | |
| 10:30 am | SETTING THE STAGE: OUR PLANET |
| Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Nobel Prize laureate, Co-Founder and Chair of Generation Investment Management, and Founder and Chair of the Climate Reality Project | |
| 10:45 am | THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY |
| A conversation between | |
| Sandra Diaz (NAS), Professor of Ecology, Córdoba National University and senior member, National Research Council of Argentina | |
| Thomas Lovejoy (NAS), Professor of Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University | |
| 11:00 am | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND ART PIECE: BEATIE WOLFE FEATURING FROM GREEN TO RED |
| Artist and UN Women campaign role model for innovation Beatie Wolfe shares her latest work, built using 800,000 years of climate data. With an introduction by Nobel Prize laureate Robert Woodrow Wilson |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Main Stages Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. 2021 Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26310.
| 11:15 am | DYNAMIC DIALOGUES |
| A fast-paced, interactive exchange centered on the summit’s core topics. | |
| Human Rights | |
| Martin Chalfie (NAS/NAM), Nobel Prize laureate, Professor of Biology, Columbia University | |
| With Connie Nshemereirwe, independent science and policy facilitator | |
| Gatwal Augustine Gatkuoth, peacebuilding advocate | |
| Gingger Shankar, musician and activist | |
| Economics of Inequality | |
| Gary Hoover, Professor of Economics and Director, Murphy Institute at Tulane University | |
| With Simon Levin (NAS), James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University | |
| Zoë Jenkins, education justice activist | |
| Sustainability/Earth Systems | |
| Brigitte Baptiste, biologist, Chancellor of Universidad Ean, Colombia With Adam Riess (NAS), Nobel Prize laureate, cosmologist | |
| Klaus von Klitzing (NAS), Nobel Prize laureate, physicist | |
| Anne Muthoni, climate change enthusiast | |
| Technology | |
| Stanley Whittingham (NAE), Nobel Prize laureate, Professor of Chemistry, Binghamton University, State University of New York | |
| With David Gross (NAS), Nobel Prize laureate, Chancellor’s Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics and former Director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| Beatie Wolfe, artist and UN Women campaign role model | |
| Ahmad Mobayed, digital education advocate, youth leader, and Co-Founder, Syrian Youth Assembly | |
| Hosted by actor, writer, musician, producer, futurist, and science enthusiast Ahmed Best | |
| 12:10 pm | DYNAMIC DIALOGUES BREAKOUT |
| Choose your own adventure audience Q&A: Which of the dynamic dialogues piqued your curiosity? Join the discussion group of your choice to take a deeper dive with one of our dynamic dialogue scientists. | |
| 1:00 pm | CLOSE OF FIRST SESSION AND BRAIN BREAK |
| Join a relaxing, 30-minute yoga and sound bath session with Phyllicia Bonanno, work on a fun puzzle challenge with puzzle master David Kwong, network with fellow attendees, catch up on personal business, or take a walk. |
SESSION 2: BREAKTHROUGHS
| 3:00 pm | SESSION OPENS |
| 3:05 pm | WELCOME |
| Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | |
| 3:15 pm | PAY IT FORWARD: ENVISIONING NEXT STEPS WITH OUR LEADERS OF TOMORROW |
| Xiye Bastida, climate activist and youth leader |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Main Stages Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. 2021 Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26310.
| 3:25 pm | EVIDENCE OF URGENCY: AN ISLAND NATION’S CALL TO ACTION |
| David W. Panuelo, President, Federated States of Micronesia | |
| 3:40 pm | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: GINGGER SHANKAR AND SPECIAL GUESTS |
| “Promises of Our Grandmothers” is an original musical piece by | |
| Gingger Shankar exploring the roles of our grandmothers and their | |
| relationship to the land and environment. | |
| 3:50 pm | MANY AVENUES FOR ACTION: A PANEL DISCUSSION |
| Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel Prize laureate and Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs | |
| Tamar Krishnamurti, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh and CEO, Naima Health | |
| Rana el Kaliouby, Co-Founder and CEO, Affectiva | |
| Moderated by Nisha Anand, CEO, Dream Corps | |
| 4:10 pm | GIVING POWER TO SOLUTIONS |
| A conversation between | |
| Steven Chu (NAS), Nobel Prize laureate and Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University | |
| Natalia Kanem, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund | |
| 4:25 pm | A COMMITMENT TO COOPERATION |
| A conversation between John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate | |
| Marcia McNutt (NAS/NAE), President, U.S. National Academy of Sciences | |
| 4:30 pm | CLOSING REMARKS |
| Marcia McNutt (NAS/NAE), President, U.S. National Academy of Sciences | |
| 4:40 pm | NETWORKING SESSIONS: CONNECTING & COLLABORATING TO CREATE CHANGE |
| Meet someone new or connect with a colleague. Collaborate with fellow attendees. | |
| 5:00 pm | CLOSE OF DAY 1 |
DAY 2: APRIL 27, 2021
SESSION 3: OUR FUTURE
| 1:00 pm | COFFEE OR COCKTAILS |
| Hosted by leading mixologists, attendees will be led through a coffee and cocktail mixology demonstration to prepare a beverage to enjoy during the session. | |
| 1:30 pm | OPENING REMARKS |
| Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director, Nobel Foundation | |
| 1:50 pm | TOGETHER WE STAND: A VIEW TO THE FUTURE |
| A message from Ursula von der Leyen, President, European Commission |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Main Stages Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. 2021 Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future: Proceedings of a Summit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26310.
| 1:55 pm | A PANDEMIC GUIDE TO SOLVING PROBLEMS WITH SCIENCE: A PANEL DISCUSSION |
| Anthony Fauci (NAS/NAM), Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health | |
| Jennifer Doudna (NAS/NAM), Nobel Prize laureate and Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley | |
| Peter Doherty (NAS/NAM), Nobel Prize laureate and patron of the Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne | |
| Moderated by author and policy analyst Laurie Garrett | |
| 2:20 pm | LISTENED: LEARNED |
| Key themes and messages from the previous panel shared by Victor Dzau (NAM), President, U.S. National Academy of Medicine | |
| 2:30 pm | HARD PROBLEMS: SCIENCE SOLUTIONS |
| A message from James Liao (NAS/NAE), President, Academia Sinica | |
| 2:40 pm | WE ARE THE WORLD: HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA |
| An interview with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet | |
| 2:55 pm | NETWORKING |
| Seek out fellow attendees to connect or join a roundtable discussion on summit topics created to foster discussion and action. | |
| 3:15 pm | TOOLBOX OF TRUTH |
| A conversation between Saul Perlmutter (NAS), Nobel Prize laureate and Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, and Bryan Doerries, Artistic Director, Theater of War Productions, The Oedipus Project | |
| 3:30 pm | THE OEDIPUS PROJECT: A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE AND GLOBAL DISCUSSION |
| The Oedipus Project presents acclaimed actors reading scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, constructive, global conversations about climate change, ecological disaster, and environmental justice. Sophocles’ ancient play, first performed in 429 BC just after the first wave of a plague that killed nearly one-third of the Athenian population, is a story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, intergenerational curses, and a pestilence and ecological collapse that ravages the archaic city of Thebes. Seen through this lens, Oedipus the King appears to have been a powerful tool for helping Athenians communalize trauma and loss, while interrogating their own complicit role in the suffering, not just of those around them but also of generations to come. This performance will be presented on Zoom. | |
| Featuring performances by Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), Frankie Faison (The Wire), David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck), Marjolaine Goldsmith (Company Manager of Theater of War Productions), and Jumaane Williams (New York City Public Advocate), and a Chorus of Nobel Prize-awarded scientists, including Elizabeth Blackburn and Harold Varmus. | |
| Translated, directed, and facilitated by Bryan Doerries. | |
| 5:30 pm | CLOSE OF DAY 2 |
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