Science Board Meeting-Schedule

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This meeting is for invited participants only.

Friday, May 12, 2006 - Santa Fe Institute, Robert N. Noyce Conference Room
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Continental breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m.	Welcome
9:05 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	President's Report (including Overview of SFI Science), Geoffrey West
9:45 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.	Overview of Education (Ginger Richardson) Overview of International Program and Business Network (Shannon Larsen)
10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.	Talk(s) on Frontier Areas of Research with Possible Implications for Future SFI Research: "Laws of Life," Eric Smith (SFI) and Harold Morowitz (George Mason University) "Degeneracy: A Characteristic of the Immune System", Eli Sercarz (Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies)
10:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Coffee break
11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.	Trustees Operational Review: Science Governance, Roles of Science Board and SSC, Chris Wood, Doug Erwin, Simon Levin, John Holland
11:20 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.	Trustees Operational Review: Science Resources; What is SFI Science? David Krakauer, Jim Rutt
11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Open Discussion on Science Governance issues, Simon Levin
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Talks on Frontier Areas of Research with Possible Implications for Future SFI Research: "Socioeconomic Challenges for a Substantive Biosphere," Simon Levin (Princeton University) Additional TBD
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Talks on Frontier Areas of Research with Possible Implications for Future SFI Research: "The Future of Multiple Selves," Jon Wilkins (SFI) "Allowable Paths in Evolution and the Occupancy of Phenotypic Space," Richard Lewontin (Harvard University)
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.	Open discussion on Science at SFI, Simon Levin
5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	SFI Annual Secondary School Prize for Scientific Excellence Award Reception and Ceremony
Evening – Free
Saturday, May 13, 2006 - Santa Fe Institute, Robert N. Noyce Conference Room
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Continental breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.	Talk(s) on Frontier Areas of Research with Possible Implications for Future SFI Research: "New Frontiers and Opportunities for Complexity Education," Eric Klopfer (MIT) Additional TBD
10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Talks on Frontier Areas of Research with Possible Implications for Future SFI Research: "Emergent Behavior in Quantum Matter," David Pines (Los Alamos National Laboratory) "Innovation and the Construction of Biodiversity," Doug Erwin, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History "Foundations in Theoretical Medicine," David Krakauer (SFI)
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Open discussion on Science at SFI, Future Areas, Initiatives and Individuals for Consideration
5:30 p.m.	Reception and Buffet Dinner, Palace of the Governors Museum and Courtyard, 100 Palace Avenue, Santa Fe
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