The Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study, Peder Sather Symposium took place on October 25, 2012, in the Berdahl Auditorium, Stanley Hall. University of California, Berkeley. The symposium featured UC Berkeley Nobel Laureates Saul Perlmutter (2011), Professor of Physics, and George Smoot (2006), Professor of Astrophysics. George Kreisler, Executive Director of the Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley, moderated the discussion. Other speakers included Karin Sveen of Norway, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer, Executive Dean Mark Richards, Rector Ole Petter Ottersen of the University of Oslo, Norway, Minister Nyamko Sabuni or Sweden, and musicians Ole Aastad Braaten and Knut Aastad Braaten.