Minimal Life - Agenda
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SCHEDULE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 9
6pm Reception Holiday Inn: Cocktail Food, Soft Drinks & Cash Bar
SCHEDULE: MONDAY, AUGUST 10
Monday, August 10 8:30am Arrival Bagels, Fruit & Breakfast Beverages
9:00 Opening remarks
Session I: Unusual Life
9:15 Session Chair & 1st Speaker, Stephen Giovannoni, Oregon State University
9:45 Questions & Discussion
10:00 Speaker 2: Ulf Kueper, University of Regensburg, Germany
10:30 Questions & Discussion
10:45 Coffee Break
11:00 Speaker 3: Work of Nancy Moran, University of Arizona Program Note: Presented by Howard Ochman, University of Arizona
11:30 Questions & Discussion
11:45 Speaker 4: John Baross, University of Washington
12:15pm Questions & Discussion
12:30 – 2pm Lunch: Break and eat at neighborhood restaurants
Session II: Engineered Life
2:00 Session Chair & 1st Speaker, Clyde Hutchison, J Craig Venter Institute 2:30 Questions & Discussion
2:45 Speaker 2: Tom Knight, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:15 Questions & Discussion
3:30 Coffee Break
3:45 Speaker 3: Sheref Mansy, University of Trento, Italy
4:15 Questions & Discussion
4:30 Speaker 4: Robert Austin, Princeton University
5:00 Questions & Discussion
5:15 Summary Discussion
5:45 End of Meeting: Day One
6:00pm Dinner: All present and available are encouraged to gather for dinner at neighborhood Indian restaurant, Tandoori Nights.
SCHEDULE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 11
Tuesday, August 10
8:30am Arrival: Bagels, Fruit & Breakfast Beverages
9:00 Opening remarks
Session III: Biochemistry, Genetics, Thermodynamics, etc…
9:15 Session Chair & 1st Speaker, Harold Morowitz, Krasnow Institute, George Mason University
9:45 Questions & Discussion
10:00 Speaker 2: Howard Ochman, University of Arizona
10:30 Questions & Discussion
10:45 Coffee Break
11:00 Speaker 3: Everett Shock, Arizona State University
11:30 Questions & Discussion
11:45 Speaker 4: Peter Unrau, Simon Fraser University, Canada
12:15pm Questions & Discussion
12:30 – 2pm Lunch: Break and eat at neighborhood restaurants
Session IV: The Coda
2:00 Session Chair & 1st Speaker, Eric Smith, Santa Fe Institute
2:30 Questions & Discussion
2:45 Speaker 2: Andy Ellington, University of Texas at Austin
3:15 Questions & Discussion
3:30 Coffee Break
3:45 Speaker 3: TBA
4:15 Questions & Discussion
4:30 Speaker 4: George Whitesides, Harvard University
5:00 Questions & Discussion
5:15 Summary Discussion
5:45pm Meeting Close