Science Board Symposium April 09 - Agenda
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| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| Thursday, April 16 - Inn at Loretto (211 Old Santa Fe Trail) | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Welcome Cocktail Reception, Inn at Loretto, (Light appetizers and no-host bar) |
| Friday, April 17 - Inn at Loretto | |
| Tesuque Ballroom
7:30 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| Zuni Ballroom
9:00 |
Welcome, Simon Levin (Co-Chair, SFI Science Board & Princeton University) |
| 9:15 | Welcome and SFI Overview, Geoffrey West (SFI President and Distinguished Professor) |
| 9:30 | Foundations of Economic Theory, Kenneth Arrow (Nobel Laureate and SFI Science Board) |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 | Assessing Individual Risk, John Rundle (U. C. Davis and SFI External Professor) |
| 11:30 | Understanding Risk and Markets, Led by J. Doyne Famer (SFI Professor) |
| Tesuque Ballroom
12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:30 | Foundations and Frontiers of Physics (Introduction by Geoffrey West), David Gross (Nobel Laureate, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, and SFI Science Board) |
| 2:15 | Response by Murray Gell-Mann (Nobel Laureate and SFI Distinguished Fellow) |
| 2:30 | The Frontiers of Scientific Computing – why it matters! (Introduction by C. C. Wood, SFI VP for Administration), Cris Moore, (University of New Mexico and SFI Professor) and Stephanie Forrest (University of New Mexico and SFI External Professor) |
| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:30 | Frontiers in Cognition and Linguistics (Introduction by David Krakauer, SFI Professor and Chair of Faculty)
The Diversity of Mental Representation, Ray Jackendoff (Tufts University and SFI Sabbatical Visitor) Frontiers in Molecular Evolution, Andreas Wagner (University of Zurich and SFI External Professor) |
| 5:00 | Cocktail Hour hosted by Bill Miller (SFI Trustee) and Jim Rutt (SFI Trustee) |
| 6:30 | Dinner on own—contact SFI events office for assistance with dinner reservations |
| Saturday, April 18 - Santa Fe Institute | |
| 7:30-9:00 a.m. | Shuttles provided from Inn at Loretto to SFI |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 | The State of the SFI, Geoffrey West (SFI President and Distinguished Professor) |
| 9:45 | SFI Research Vision and Implementation Strategy, Krakauer and Elisabeth Johnson (SFI Director of Strategic Planning and Administration) |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 | SFI Business Network and Development Efforts including short presentation by Business Network Members, Shannon Larsen, SFI Vice President of Development and Corporate Relations |
| 11:45 | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | SFI in the New Reality, General discussion by Science Board, led by Science Board Co-Chairs Levin and Campbell
Trustee’s Perspective on Science Board, Bill Miller (Chairman, SFI Board of Trustees, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Legg Mason Capital Management) |
| 3:45 - 5:00 | Shuttles to Inn at Loretto |
| 4:00 | Closed Session: Science Board Business Meeting |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
| 6:15-7:00 | Shuttles from Loretto to SFI |
| 6:30 | Cocktails, Dinner and Open House, Santa Fe Institute |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Shuttles to Inn at Loretto |