October 18, 2007 at 15:30 in the large Experiment Hall of GSI

Musical Prelude
L´Arlésienne Saxophon Quartett

Welcome
  Horst Stöcker, Scientific Director of GSI

Welcome Addresses (in German)
  Andreas Storm, Parliamentary State Secretary,
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
  Ralph Alexander Lorz, State Secretary of Higher Education,
Research and the Arts, Hesse
  Walter Hoffmann, Mayor of the City of Darmstadt
  Albrecht Wagner, Vice President of the Helmholtz Association

Musical Interlude
L´Arlésienne Saxophon Quartett

From GSI to FAIR
  Volker Metag, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen

About the Ups and Downs, and the Strange Charm of Things
  Walter F. Henning

Musical Finale
L´Arlésienne Saxophon Quartett

Dinner