8:00 am
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Registration and Breakfast
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8:30 am
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Introduction and Welcome, Rob Axtell, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, GMU, Chris Wood, Santa Fe Institute, and Matt Koehler, The MITRE Corporation
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9:00 am
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Complexity in the National Airspace System, Michele Merkle, Federal Aviation Administration
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10:00 am
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Break
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10:30 am
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Complex Systems Engineering: A Telecommunications Perspective, Barry Menich, Nokia
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11:30 am
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Is the Power Grid Complex, or Just Complicated?, Seth Blumsack, Penn State University
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12:30 am
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Lunch
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1:30 pm
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Software and Complexity, John Knight, University of Virginia
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2:30 pm
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Modeling Rates of Technological Improvement, Jessika Trancik, MIT and Santa Fe Institute
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3:30 pm
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Break
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4:00 pm
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Doomsday Machines: United Flight 232 and a Few Questions About Complex Technology, Laurence Gonzales, SFI Journalism Fellow, and Author of "Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival"
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5:00 pm
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Discussion/Final Thoughts
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5:30 pm
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Adjourn
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