TIME |
ACTIVITY |
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Thursday, November 2 |
6:30-8:30p.m. |
Registration and Informal Welcome Reception, Inn at Loretto
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Friday, November 3 |
8:00-9:00a.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 and Human Evolution: Genes, Germs, Geography and Human Behavior, Ethne Barnes, Independent Author and Researcher |
10:30-10:45 |
Break |
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Diffusion of Products and People |
10:45-11:20 |
Diffusion of Product Innovation, PJ Lamberson, University of Michigan |
11:20 - 12:00 p.m. |
Diffusion and Social Movements, Sarah Soule, Cornell University |
12:00 - 1:15 |
Lunch
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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 |
8:00-9:00a.m. |
Buffet Breakfast, Inn at Loretto |
9:00-10:00 |
Domesticating the ‘Wild’ Memes of Religion, Daniel Dennett, Tufts University |
10:00-12:30p.m. |
Is Technology Infectious?
- Technology as a Vector for Infectious Ideas, Esther Dyson, Release 0.9
- People behind the Programs, Sarah Gordon, Symantec
- Technology Creating Technology, W. Brian Arthur, SFI
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12:30-2:00 |
Lunch and optional film screening, "Mind in the Machine: The Discovery of Artificial Intelligence," by Dan Rockmore, SFI and Dartmouth |
2:00-3:30 |
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
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3:30-5:00 |
Business Network Member Breakout Session |
5:00-6:00 |
Business Network Member Cocktail Hour |