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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: Nancy Moran, 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: Jean Lehmann, Rockefeller University 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: Dimitar Sasselov, Harvard University 4:15 Questions & Discussion

4:30 Speaker 4: George Whitesides, Harvard University 5:00 Questions & Discussion

5:15 Summary Discussion

5:45pm Meeting Close