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====Tuesday, September 1====
====Friday, September 9====
Held at Towers Watson, 71 High Holborn, London, UK
Held at Towers Watson, 71 High Holborn, London, UK


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   |8:45 am
   |8:45 am
   |'''Welcome''', [https://thinkingaheadinstitute.org/Home/Leadership Tim Hodgson], Towers Watson, and [http://www.santafe.edu/about/people/profile/Chris%20Wood Chris Wood], SFI  
   |'''Welcome''', [https://thinkingaheadinstitute.org/Home/Leadership Tim Hodgson], Willis Towers Watson, and [http://www.santafe.edu/about/people/profile/William%20Tracy Will Tracy], SFI  
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   |9:00 am
   |9:00 am
   |'''Reinventing the Investment Industry - Evolving its Guiding Purpose and Cutting Edge''' [https://thinkingaheadinstitute.org/Home/Leadership Tim Hodgson and Roger Urwin] Towers Watson
   |'''Fundamental Limits to Prediction''', [http://www.santafe.edu/about/people/profile/David%20Krakauer David Krakauer], SFI President and Professor
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   |10:00 am
   |10:00 am
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   |10:30 am
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| |'''Systemic Risk and the Investment Industry''', [http://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty/profiles/jenkins-r#.Vc0Ek0JVhBc Robert Jenkins], AQR Institute for Asset Management and London Business School
| |'''Predicting the Antigenic Evolution of Influenza Viruses''', [http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-terry-jones Terry Jones], University of Cambridge
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|11:30 am
|11:30 am
   |'''Thinking Long-Term''', Hendrik du Toit, Investec Asset Management
   |'''Limits to Prediction in Economics and Elsewhere''', [http://www.santafe.edu/about/people/profile/J.%20Doyne%20Farmer J. Doyne Farmer], University of Oxford and SFI External Professor
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|12:30 pm
|12:30 pm
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|1:30 pm
|1:30 pm
|'''The Nature of Investing''', [http://www.honeybeecapital.com/about/ Katherine Collins], Honeybee Capital and SFI Trustee
|'''Mathematics, Science, and Prediction''', [http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~ole/ Ole Peters], London Mathematical Laboratory and SFI External Professor
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|2:30 pm
|2:30 pm
|'''How Much Does the Next Financial Crisis Cost? Quantification and Elimination of Systemic Risk in Financial Markets''', [http://www.santafe.edu/about/people/profile/Stefan%20Thurner Stefan Thurner], Medical University of Vienna and SFI External Professor
|'''Language Evolution Is Predictable, up to a Point…''', [http://www.evolution.rdg.ac.uk/ Mark Pagel], University of Reading and SFI External Professor
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|3:30 pm
|3:30 pm
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|4:00 pm
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||'''Evolutionary Perspectives on Business Strategy''', [http://www.santafe.edu/about/people/profile/Simon%20A.%20Levin Simon Levin], Princeton University and SFI Science Board
||'''Rock, Paper, Scissors, Higgs: from quantum field theory to the No-Trade theorem''', [http://www.santafe.edu/about/people/profile/Simon%20DeDeo Simon DeDeo], Carnegie Mellon University and SFI External Professor
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|5:00 pm
|5:00 pm
|'''Adjourn'''
|'''Adjourn'''
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|5:00 pm - 6:00 p.m.
|'''Cocktail Reception'''
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Friday, September 9

Held at Towers Watson, 71 High Holborn, London, UK

8:00 am Breakfast and Registration
8:45 am Welcome, Tim Hodgson, Willis Towers Watson, and Will Tracy, SFI
9:00 am Fundamental Limits to Prediction, David Krakauer, SFI President and Professor
10:00 am Break
10:30 am Predicting the Antigenic Evolution of Influenza Viruses, Terry Jones, University of Cambridge
11:30 am Limits to Prediction in Economics and Elsewhere, J. Doyne Farmer, University of Oxford and SFI External Professor
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Mathematics, Science, and Prediction, Ole Peters, London Mathematical Laboratory and SFI External Professor
2:30 pm Language Evolution Is Predictable, up to a Point…, Mark Pagel, University of Reading and SFI External Professor
3:30 pm Break
4:00 pm Rock, Paper, Scissors, Higgs: from quantum field theory to the No-Trade theorem, Simon DeDeo, Carnegie Mellon University and SFI External Professor
5:00 pm Adjourn
5:00 pm - 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception