Business Network and Board of Trustees Symposium - Agenda

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TIME	ACTIVITY
	Thursday, November 2
6:30-8:30p.m.	Registration and Informal Welcome Reception, Inn at Loretto
	Friday, November 3
8:00-9:00a.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, Bruce Levin, Emory University
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:45	From Pandemic to Panic Finding the Right Diffusion Model for You, brief comments by Scott Page, University of Michigan and SFI Diffusion of Product Innovation, PJ Lamberson, University of Michigan Diffusion in Social Movements, Sarah Soule, Cornell University 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
8:00-9:00a.m.	Buffet Breakfast, Inn at Loretto
9:00-10:00	Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, Daniel Dennett, Tufts University
10:00-12:30p.m.	Is Technology Infectious? Technology as a Vector for Infectious Ideas, Esther Dyson, Release 0.9 The Psychology of 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 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