TIME |
ACTIVITY |
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Thursday, November 2 |
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. |
Registration and Informal Welcome Reception, Inn at Loretto
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Friday, November 3 |
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
Registration and Buffet Breakfast
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9:00 - 9:30 |
Welcome, Geoffrey West, SFI President & Distinguished Professor and
Meeting Overview, Douglas Erwin, Smithsonian Institution and SFI |
9:30 - 10:30 |
Diseases in Human Evolution, Ethne Barnes, Independent Author and Researcher |
10:30 - 10:45 |
Break |
10:45 - 12:30 p.m. |
From Epidemic to Pandemic
- Abstract modeling of viral infection, Luca Cardelli, Microsoft, Cambridge Research Laboratory
- Influenza epidemic, Catherine Macken, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- From epidemic to pandemic, Norman Johnson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
1:30 - 3:45 |
From Pandemic to Panic
- Diffusion in social movements, Sarah Soule, Cornell University
- Diffusion in deverse vs. homoegnous populations, Scott Page, University of Michigan and SFI
- From pandemic to panic, TBA
(Break 2:45 - 3:00 p.m.) |
3:45 - 4:15 |
Discussion |
5:00 - 5:30 |
Buses depart for SFI |
5:30 - 8:30 |
Author's Evening and Dinner at SFI |
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Saturday, November 4 |
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
Buffet Breakfast, Inn at Loretto |
9:00 - 10:00 |
Cultural Diffusion or The Spread of Religion, TBA |
10:00 - 12:30 p.m. |
Is Technology Infectious?
- Technology as a vector for infectious ideas, Esther Dyson, Release 0.9.
- Virus Writers, Sarah Gordon, Symantec
- Economics of Technology Diffusion, W. Brian Arthur, SFI
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12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch and optional film screening, "Mind in the Machine: The Discovery of Artificial Intelligence," by Dan Rockmore, SFI and Dartmouth (to be confirmed) |
1:30 - 3:00 |
New Models of Infection, Contagion and Diffusion
- TBA, Bruce Levin, Emory University
- Infectivity in markets: Thoughts and evidence, Michael Mauboussin, Legg Mason Capital Management
- SFI as a Model of Infection in Academia, Murray Gell-Mann, SFI
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3:00 - 5:00 |
Business Network Member Breakout Session |
5:00 - 6:00 |
Business Network Member Cocktail Hour |