Conference Schedule

Friday, Sept. 23

There will be an opening reception from 7-9 p.m. at the
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis.

All events will be held in the Buntrock Commons unless otherwise noted.

8 a.m.	Registration Crossroads
9 a.m.	Opening Welcome President Christopher Thomforde Black and Gold Ballroom
9:15 a.m.	Keynote Address Geir Lundestad Allies of a Kind: So Similar, So Different Black and Gold Ballroom
10:15 a.m.	Break Crossroads
10:30 a.m.	Session I Christine Ingebritsen Norwegians as Norm Entrepreneurs in World Politics Per Egil Hegge TBA Black and Gold Ballroom
Noon	Lunch and recital Black and Gold Ballroom Dessert Reception Dittman Corridor
1:30 p.m.	Session II Terje Osmundsen Management Challenges in the 21st Century: Is There a Scandanavian Way? What Can We Learn from the American Way? James Johnston Emissions Trading and the Katrina Oil Shock Black and Gold Ballroom
3 p.m.	Break Crossroads
3:30 p.m.	Session III Rita Colwell Science and Engineering in the 21st Century Ragnhild Sohlberg Science, Technology and Society: A Norwegian Perspective Black and Gold Ballroom
5 p.m.	Dedication of Peace Garden Memorial on the Green
6 p.m.	Banquet Black and Gold Ballroom
7:30 p.m.	Response Ambassador Knut Vollebæk Black and Gold Ballroom
8 p.m.	Remarks Per Egil Hegge Black and Gold Ballroom
8:30 p.m.	Conclusion President Christopher Thomforde Black and Gold Ballroom

Join the St. Olaf student congregation in Sunday morning worship at 10:30 a.m. in Boe Memorial Chapel.