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  | <b>Sunday, January 27</b>
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  |6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
  |Welcme Reception, Canyon Room, Hotel Santa Fe
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   | <b>Monday, January 28</b>
   | <b>Monday, January 28 - Models of Organizational Dynamics</b>
 
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   |9:30 a.m.  
   |9:30 a.m.  
   |Introduction and Conceptual Overview: '''Shannon Larsen''', Executive Director, Development and Corporate Relations
   |Introduction to Theme Week and CASITA Content Management: '''Shannon Larsen''', Executive Director, Development and Corporate Relations


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   |10:00 a.m.  
   |10:00 a.m.  
   |"Simple Models of Institutional Dynamics," Speaker TBD
   |"Simple Models of Institutions," '''Dan Hruschka''', Postdoctoral Fellow


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   |11:00 a.m.  
   |10:45 a.m.  
   |Business Network Speaker TBD
   |"The Long View on Dynamical Processes in Organizations: States, Churches and Firms," '''Peter Turchin''', Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut


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   |11:30 a.m.
   |11:30 a.m.
   |Group Discussion
   |Discussion,  Facilitated by '''Dan Hruschka''' and '''Peter Turchin'''


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   |1:00 p.m.
   |1:00 p.m.
   |"Dynamical Processes in Organizations," Speaker TBD
   |"How Information and Energy Exchange Shape Organisms and Societies," '''Melanie Moses''', Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico


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   |2:00 p.m.
   |2:00 p.m.
   |Group Discussion
   |Discussion, Facilitated by '''Chris Wood,''' Vice President, SFI


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   |4:00 p.m.
   |4:00 p.m.
  |Unscheduled Block
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  |5:00 p.m.
   |Adjourn
   |Adjourn


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   | <b>Tuesday, January 29</b>
   | <b>Tuesday, January 29 - Evolution of Cooperative and Competitive Behavior</b>
 
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  |  |'''Social Organization and Evolution of Cooperation'''


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   |9:00 a.m.
   |9:00 a.m.
   |"Social Organizations in Ant Populations," Speaker TBD
   |"Cache Economics," '''Lucia Jacobs''', Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
 
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   |10:00 a.m.
   |10:00 a.m.
   |"Spatial Learning and Organization in Rodents," Speaker TBD
   |"Evolution of Personalities: Lessons from the Animal Kingdom," '''Sander van Doorn''', Postdoctoral Fellow, SFI
 


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   |11:00 a.m.
   |11:00 a.m.
   |Business Network Presentation
   |Business Network Member Presentation


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   |12:00 p.m.
   |12:00 p.m.
   |Lunch with SFI Community
   |Lunch and Lecture: Social Organization and Cooperation in the Anasazi
'''George Gumerman,''' External Faculty, SFI and School for Advanced Research


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   |1:00 p.m.
   |1:00 p.m.
   |TBD: Trip to Bandalier National Monument/ Guided Tour and Lecture by George Gumerman, SFI and School for Advanced Research
   |Guided Tour at the [http://www.nps.gov/band/ Bandelier National Monument]


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   |4:30 p.m.
   |4:30 p.m.
   |Margaritas and Dinner at Rancho de Chimayo
   |Margaritas and Dinner at [http://www.ranchodechimayo.com/food/food.htm Rancho de Chimayo]


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| <b>Wednesday, January 30</b>
| <b>Wednesday, January 30 - Understanding Evolution and Diffusion of Information</b>


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   |7:00 a.m.
   |9:00 a.m.
   |Full Breakfast - Las Fuentes Restaurant / Continental Breakfast - Tesuque Pavilion
   |Unstructured time


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   |'''Session Continues:'''
   |12:00 p.m.
  |Lunch with SFI Community


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   |'''Managed Ecosystems:  The Bridge from Ecology to Nutrition'''
   |1:00 p.m.
  |"Shared Information in an Uncertain World: Experimental Studies of Cultural Evolution," '''Charles Efferson''', Postdoctoral Fellow


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   |8:00 a.m.
   |2:00 p.m.  
   |(Optional Breakfast Discussion, Tesuque Pavilion), "A Disconnected Food System Is Out of Joint," '''Joel Salatin,''' Proprietor, Polyface Farms
   |"Information Aggregation in Diverse Groups," '''Willemien Kets''', Postdoctoral Fellow


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   |8:50 a.m.  
   |3:00 p.m.
   |Short break
   |Break / Tea with SFI Community


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   |'''Diversity and Functionality in Algorithms and Behavior'''
   |3:30 p.m.
  |Business Network Member Presentation, '''Eleanor Wynn''', Principal Engineer, IT Research, Intel


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   |9:00 a.m.  
   |5:00 p.m.
   |Overview by '''Michael Mauboussin''', Chief Investment Strategist, Legg Mason Capital Management
   |Adjourn
 
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| <b>Thursday, January 31 - Networks and Organizational Learning</b>


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   |9:30 a.m.
   |9:00 a.m.
   |Overview: "Brain Origins of Behavioral Diversity," '''Charles Stevens''', External Professor, Santa Fe Institute and The Salk Institute
   |"Networks and Strategic Interactions," '''Willemien Kets''', Postdoctoral Fellow


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   |9:45 a.m.
   |10:00 a.m.
   |"Induced Collapse of Genetic Diversity in Honey Bee Colonies Lowers Disease Resistance and Foraging Success," '''Tom Seeley''', Professor, Cornell University
   |“The Changing Speed of Organizational Learning,” '''Tiha von Ghyczy''', Lecturer and Director of Business Projects, Darden School of Business and BCG
Strategy Institute


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   |10:30 a.m.
   |11:00 a.m.
   |"The Adaptive Portfolio/Team/Ecosystem: Diversity Maintenance and Collective Performance in Complex Environments," '''Scott E. Page''', External Professor, Santa Fe Institute and Research Professor and Associate Director, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
   |"Lessons from the Gene," '''Jon Wilkins''', Professor


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   |11:15 a.m.  
   |12:00 p.m.  
   |Break
   |Lunch with SFI Community


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   |11:30 a.m.
   |1:00 p.m.  
   |"Promiscuous Interoperability Engenders Unexpected Uses," '''Virgil Griffith''', California Institute of Technology
   |"Innovation from an Ecosystem Perspective," '''Martin Waszak''', Senior Research Engineer, NASA


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   |12:15 p.m.
   |2:00 p.m.  
   |Lunch - El Charro Lounge and Thunderbird Room
   |“Malicious Behavior: Challenges Faced by Online Social Networks,” '''Virgilio Almeida''', Professor, Computer Science Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil


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   |1:15 p.m.
   |3:00 p.m.
   |"Diversity and Evolution in an Online Marketplace," '''Neel Sundaresan''', Distinguished Research Professor and Director, eBay Research Labs
   |Break / Tea with SFI Community


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   |2:00 p.m.
   |3:30 p.m.
   |"Generating Diversity in Computing Systems - An Automated Response" '''Gabriela Barrantes''', Associate  Professor, University of Costa Rica, with comments by Stephanie Forrest, External Professor, Santa Fe Institute and University of New Mexico
   |Unstructured time


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   |2:30 p.m.
   |6:30 p.m.
   |Introduction by '''Douglas H. Erwin''', Professor, Santa Fe Institute and Senior Scientist and Curator of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution
   |Group Dinner - [http://www.thepinkadobe.com/ Pink Adobe Restaurant] (Shuttles from Hotel Santa Fe depart at 6:15 p.m.)
 
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| <b>Friday, February 1 - Scaling, Innovation and Organizational Structure</b>


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  |2:45 p.m.
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   |"Where Have all the Languages Gone? Global Perspectives on Biolinguistic Diversity and the Decline of the World's Languages," '''Suzanne Romaine''', Merton Professor of English Language, University of Oxford, UK
   |"The Open Systems Organizational Learning Model: One Way to Learn, Adopt, and Change in Dynamic Environment," '''Christopher Chaves''', University of New Mexico and Learn.Apply.Change


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  |3:30 p.m.
  |Break


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  |3:45 p.m.
|10:30 a.m.
   |Wrap-up Session: '''D. Eric Smith''', '''Douglas H. Erwin''', '''David Krakauer''', '''Jennifer Dunne''', '''Michael Mauboussin'''
   |"The Scale and Unity of Life From Cells to Cities: Growth, Innovation and Pace of Living," '''Geoffrey West''', President and Distinguished Professor, Santa Fe Institute


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   |4:30 p.m.
   |12:00 p.m.  
   |Adjourn / Coffee in Tesuque Pavilion
   |Lunch with SFI Community


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   |5:00 p.m.
   |1:00 p.m.
   |Business Network Meeting & Cocktails, Alcove of Las Fuentes Restaurant
   |Wrap-up Session and Next Steps

Latest revision as of 18:36, 30 January 2008


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TIME ACTIVITY

Monday, January 28 - Models of Organizational Dynamics
9:00 a.m. Welcome: Geoffrey West, President and Distinguished Professor, Santa Fe Institute
9:30 a.m. Introduction to Theme Week and CASITA Content Management: Shannon Larsen, Executive Director, Development and Corporate Relations
10:00 a.m. "Simple Models of Institutions," Dan Hruschka, Postdoctoral Fellow
10:45 a.m. "The Long View on Dynamical Processes in Organizations: States, Churches and Firms," Peter Turchin, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
11:30 a.m. Discussion, Facilitated by Dan Hruschka and Peter Turchin
12:00 p.m. Lunch with SFI Community
1:00 p.m. "How Information and Energy Exchange Shape Organisms and Societies," Melanie Moses, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
2:00 p.m. Discussion, Facilitated by Chris Wood, Vice President, SFI
3:00 p.m. Tea with SFI Community
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
Tuesday, January 29 - Evolution of Cooperative and Competitive Behavior
9:00 a.m. "Cache Economics," Lucia Jacobs, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
10:00 a.m. "Evolution of Personalities: Lessons from the Animal Kingdom," Sander van Doorn, Postdoctoral Fellow, SFI
11:00 a.m. Business Network Member Presentation
12:00 p.m. Lunch and Lecture: Social Organization and Cooperation in the Anasazi

George Gumerman, External Faculty, SFI and School for Advanced Research

1:00 p.m. Guided Tour at the Bandelier National Monument
4:30 p.m. Margaritas and Dinner at Rancho de Chimayo
Wednesday, January 30 - Understanding Evolution and Diffusion of Information
9:00 a.m. Unstructured time
12:00 p.m. Lunch with SFI Community
1:00 p.m. "Shared Information in an Uncertain World: Experimental Studies of Cultural Evolution," Charles Efferson, Postdoctoral Fellow
2:00 p.m. "Information Aggregation in Diverse Groups," Willemien Kets, Postdoctoral Fellow
3:00 p.m. Break / Tea with SFI Community
3:30 p.m. Business Network Member Presentation, Eleanor Wynn, Principal Engineer, IT Research, Intel
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
Thursday, January 31 - Networks and Organizational Learning
9:00 a.m. "Networks and Strategic Interactions," Willemien Kets, Postdoctoral Fellow
10:00 a.m. “The Changing Speed of Organizational Learning,” Tiha von Ghyczy, Lecturer and Director of Business Projects, Darden School of Business and BCG

Strategy Institute

11:00 a.m. "Lessons from the Gene," Jon Wilkins, Professor
12:00 p.m. Lunch with SFI Community
1:00 p.m. "Innovation from an Ecosystem Perspective," Martin Waszak, Senior Research Engineer, NASA
2:00 p.m. “Malicious Behavior: Challenges Faced by Online Social Networks,” Virgilio Almeida, Professor, Computer Science Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
3:00 p.m. Break / Tea with SFI Community
3:30 p.m. Unstructured time
6:30 p.m. Group Dinner - Pink Adobe Restaurant (Shuttles from Hotel Santa Fe depart at 6:15 p.m.)
Friday, February 1 - Scaling, Innovation and Organizational Structure
9:30 a.m. "The Open Systems Organizational Learning Model: One Way to Learn, Adopt, and Change in Dynamic Environment," Christopher Chaves, University of New Mexico and Learn.Apply.Change


10:30 a.m. "The Scale and Unity of Life From Cells to Cities: Growth, Innovation and Pace of Living," Geoffrey West, President and Distinguished Professor, Santa Fe Institute
12:00 p.m. Lunch with SFI Community
1:00 p.m. Wrap-up Session and Next Steps
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