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TIME ACTIVITY

Thursday, November 2
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Registration and Informal Welcome Reception, Inn at Loretto

Friday, November 3
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Buffet Breakfast
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
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: the emerging threat, Norman Johnson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
(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

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
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
3:00 - 5:00 Business Network Member Breakout Session
5:00 - 6:00 Business Network Member Cocktail Hour